I was brought up on those things, I am amazed that folk still have them. I have two Yamaha's in one of my cupboards somewhere, they haven't been switched on for about 25 years.
I''m in the setup process now and this is exactly what I was looking for. I think upgrading from floppies (and maybe also the screen backlight if needed) can make these machines great even by 2023 standards.
nice to see a small improvement incorporated into these samplers, shows how these still hold up its like that with old video cameras as well, this is a particular piece of gear that seems to have been rediscovered were people realize how good it actually is, its crazy cus its so old
Helpful video. How are you turning the sound files from your computer into hds images? I can load the Akai sample pack CD ISOs via WIFI without a problem but I haven't found an easy way to dump my own custom sounds in there in a format that it will recognize.
Really great video, thank you. You inspired me to go down this route and now I have PiSCSI setup to use with my Akai S3200XL. Next I want to, like you, create a hard disk image that I can set to SCSI ID 0 for saving to but I'm unsure how. Are you able to explain (to a non-computer guy) how to do this?
Hi Jim, Thank you for such aninformative video. This look like the way forward for me. I have an s3000XL just sitting there. I am assuming that all the sample libraries are on the 128gig SD card. Is that correct? And are you saving new programs and sample there? - Maybe a short video on file management would be a useful addition to this? - I find it a littles confusing. 7 (8) scsi devices are the all on the SD card? Breaking this down clearly in a video would give great insight. Thanks again! ;)
Ive got the hollow sun library on hd. And i have mesa running on a g3 powerbook. However all those samples are msdos pc format snd i have to convert them into mac format with is aiff for mesa to read them from the g3.
very infomative , i have the Gotek but have a Raspi 4 somewhere so going to give the SCSI route a go. Do you have link for the sample packs you have Jim ?
Really useful video, thanks! I just got an S3000XL and I'm just waiting for my PiSCSI to arrive. I was wondering how you made the HDS image files - but now I think they're probably ISO files that you renamed? And the hard-disk file I assume you made with the PiSCSI and then formatted in the Akai? Also, I notice your hard disk file 2000MB, but I thought I'd read that the S-samplers have a limit of around 512MB for hard drives. Do you know what the upper limit really is?
Yes, an HDS is just a renamed ISO file. You are absolutely right about the max HD size, I didn't know that when I made that disk, but yes, it won't be able to read all that disk for sure.
I was brought up on those things, I am amazed that
folk still have them. I have two Yamaha's in one of my
cupboards somewhere, they haven't been switched
on for about 25 years.
I''m in the setup process now and this is exactly what I was looking for. I think upgrading from floppies (and maybe also the screen backlight if needed) can make these machines great even by 2023 standards.
I appreciate a good teacher.
nice to see a small improvement incorporated into these samplers, shows how these still hold up its like that with old video cameras as well, this is a particular piece of gear that seems to have been rediscovered were people realize how good it actually is, its crazy cus its so old
thanks for sharing this video, i've ordered a piscsi and look forward to setting it up!
Super Info ! Thanks a lot !
Great info. Thanks.
Nice one Jim👍
Thanks a lot
Helpful video. How are you turning the sound files from your computer into hds images? I can load the Akai sample pack CD ISOs via WIFI without a problem but I haven't found an easy way to dump my own custom sounds in there in a format that it will recognize.
Really great video, thank you.
You inspired me to go down this route and now I have PiSCSI setup to use with my Akai S3200XL. Next I want to, like you, create a hard disk image that I can set to SCSI ID 0 for saving to but I'm unsure how. Are you able to explain (to a non-computer guy) how to do this?
Guess I need to dust off the old EMU E4K. LOL. Didn't realize these antiques were making a comeback. LOL.
I’ve got s3000 s6000 and Emu e64
6000 ok for storage
Hi Jim, Thank you for such aninformative video. This look like the way forward for me. I have an s3000XL just sitting there. I am assuming that all the sample libraries are on the 128gig SD card. Is that correct? And are you saving new programs and sample there? - Maybe a short video on file management would be a useful addition to this? - I find it a littles confusing. 7 (8) scsi devices are the all on the SD card? Breaking this down clearly in a video would give great insight. Thanks again! ;)
Ive got the hollow sun library on hd. And i have mesa running on a g3 powerbook. However all those samples are msdos pc format snd i have to convert them into mac format with is aiff for mesa to read them from the g3.
The idea is to store the samples and sequences internally and record onto external
Im hoping to get zuluscsi in there. I dont really want external scsi.
Hello, does the PiSCSI card work with a PI ZERO 2 with GPIO support or should a PI3 or PI4 be used?
very infomative , i have the Gotek but have a Raspi 4 somewhere so going to give the SCSI route a go. Do you have link for the sample packs you have Jim ?
Really useful video, thanks! I just got an S3000XL and I'm just waiting for my PiSCSI to arrive.
I was wondering how you made the HDS image files - but now I think they're probably ISO files that you renamed? And the hard-disk file I assume you made with the PiSCSI and then formatted in the Akai? Also, I notice your hard disk file 2000MB, but I thought I'd read that the S-samplers have a limit of around 512MB for hard drives. Do you know what the upper limit really is?
Yes, an HDS is just a renamed ISO file. You are absolutely right about the max HD size, I didn't know that when I made that disk, but yes, it won't be able to read all that disk for sure.