Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Hi Everyone,

  My name is Adam. I'm new in this group. I just got my hands on an S1100 sampler. I know 
i'm a little backwards only getting one now. As you can understand i'm finding it hard to get 
any support, so this group sounds perfect!

  I'm having trouble saving to floppy disk. The Akai tells me it's a bad disk or unformatted. 
Even when i've formatted it (using the S1100). I've downloaded some of the programs on this 
forum to create Akai floppies. Haven't tried them yet. Any tips?

Adam.

Hi Adam,

It sounds like your drive is faulty. My recommendation is
to get a SCSI zip drive and forget about floppies all
together. 

Mike 



--- adamscottmcguinness <amjscott@...> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> 
>   My name is Adam. I'm new in this group. I just got my
> hands on an S1100 sampler. I know 
> i'm a little backwards only getting one now. As you can
> understand i'm finding it hard to get 
> any support, so this group sounds perfect!
> 
>   I'm having trouble saving to floppy disk. The Akai
> tells me it's a bad disk or unformatted. 
> Even when i've formatted it (using the S1100). I've
> downloaded some of the programs on this 
> forum to create Akai floppies. Haven't tried them yet.
> Any tips?
> 
> Adam.
> 
>

You can save the OS to ZIP and boot the new OS from zip but
like you said there will be some cable swapping you'll need
to do when you make the ZIP.

I had a similar issue when my floppy died so I updated the
EPROMS to the latest code level 4.30 and that was that.
This obviously is only a solution if you have an EPROM
burner. 


 
--- floflood <floflood@...> wrote:

> I\ufffdve a Zip Drive and wonder if i should put the floppy
> back in. WHY ? I can't find a way to Boot-Update the OS
> when Powering on using the ZIP ..but using the floppy !
> (i could boot from floppy and change to the cables to
> zip while the machine is on.. to be able to save the 
> system on zip, isn't it ? ..but that's quite something)
> ..
> Other thing: Is there any place to get spare parts for
> the Akai S Series. I have a S1100 and ..(simple spoken)
> the power converter (?) for the display (which is on a
> small seperate board) does an awful high frequent noise
> and is getting quite hot. It's some item i can't find
> nowhere on internet. Brand and detail: "NICHIA 8V1ZT"
> It's a small grey block: 3cm long, 2 wide, 2cm high..
> with 3 connections on a small board left of the case.
> ..
> Since the noise is really awfull i have to replace the
> item or sell the Akai again. Any hints or tips ? Thnx
> ..
> Floflood
> 
> --- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, Mike Wolak
> <mikewolak@...> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Adam,
> > 
> > It sounds like your drive is faulty. My recommendation
> is
> > to get a SCSI zip drive and forget about floppies all
> > together. 
> > 
> > Mike 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- adamscottmcguinness <amjscott@...> wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > > 
> > >   My name is Adam. I'm new in this group. I just got
> my
> > > hands on an S1100 sampler. I know 
> > > i'm a little backwards only getting one now. As you
> can
> > > understand i'm finding it hard to get 
> > > any support, so this group sounds perfect!
> > > 
> > >   I'm having trouble saving to floppy disk. The Akai
> > > tells me it's a bad disk or unformatted. 
> > > Even when i've formatted it (using the S1100). I've
> > > downloaded some of the programs on this 
> > > forum to create Akai floppies. Haven't tried them
> yet.
> > > Any tips?
> > > 
> > > Adam.
> > > 
> > >
> >
> 
> 
>

On Friday 21 September 2007 16:18:29 floflood wrote:

> Other thing: Is there any place to get spare parts for
> the Akai S Series. I have a S1100 and ..(simple spoken)
> the power converter (?) for the display (which is on a
> small seperate board) does an awful high frequent noise
> and is getting quite hot. It's some item i can't find
> nowhere on internet. Brand and detail: "NICHIA 8V1ZT"
> It's a small grey block: 3cm long, 2 wide, 2cm high..
> with 3 connections on a small board left of the case.
> ..
> Since the noise is really awfull i have to replace the
> item or sell the Akai again. Any hints or tips ? Thnx

Various places on eBay sell new backlight EL strips.  Maybe they'll have the 
inverters too.

It's possible it's just that the EL strip itself is gubbed, and replacing it 
will help.

Gordon

I got a replacement inverter ( the grey plastic box)
from Cimple Solutions, probably a salvaged one from
another dissimilar Akai model, it was mounted on a
diffent type of board, which needed reasonable skill
to remove and transplant, not really DIY. It was a bit
pricy too. Works great.
Backlight failure seemed to have killed the old
inverter, so a new backlight too, about 30 euros from
midi-rakete.de, who are brilliant.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the floppies are a very
common but now obsolete type, I tried a few from my
parts box and they were all suitable, but it was
18months ago and I'm not sure where they are now in
the pile of stuff.

Here in the UK,used S series are so cheap nobody is
bothering with repair I guess.

--- Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@...> wrote:

> On Friday 21 September 2007 16:18:29 floflood wrote:
> 
> > Other thing: Is there any place to get spare parts
> for
> > the Akai S Series. I have a S1100 and ..(simple
> spoken)
> > the power converter (?) for the display (which is
> on a
> > small seperate board) does an awful high frequent
> noise
> > and is getting quite hot. It's some item i can't
> find
> > nowhere on internet. Brand and detail: "NICHIA
> 8V1ZT"
> > It's a small grey block: 3cm long, 2 wide, 2cm
> high..
> > with 3 connections on a small board left of the
> case.
> > ..
> > Since the noise is really awfull i have to replace
> the
> > item or sell the Akai again. Any hints or tips ?
> Thnx
> 
> Various places on eBay sell new backlight EL strips.
>  Maybe they'll have the 
> inverters too.
> 
> It's possible it's just that the EL strip itself is
> gubbed, and replacing it 
> will help.
> 
> Gordon
> 



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