Post by stratboy on Nov 29, 2015 19:46:46 GMT -6
Hi, Guys,
Over the holiday, I inherited an Akai S-2800 sampler. I helped a friend rewire his studio and he had it in the closet, sitting unused for the last decade or so. I don't know why I took it; I haven't made music with MIDI since the late eighties, but it came with a Zip 100 drive and what looks like some pretty cool samples, especially drums. My friend used to work in NYC and picked up some gems (he says) from black market collections going around at the time.
I'm curious enough to invest a little bit of time in this beast, but I am in the process of downsizing my rig. There is no space in my racks. I can't keep it. So can any of you guys tell me how I might get these samples off the 3.5" floppies and the zips to make them useful? I can plug the Zip drive into the akai via a SCSI adapter, or I have a USB Zip drive I could connect to a PC. I can get access to a USB floppy drive for a PC, or perhaps use the floppy on the 2800 and transfer via MIDI?
Honestly, i am at a bit of a loss. Is this worth the time? I appreciate your thoughts and guidance; some of you I know have a long history with this kind of gear.
Thanks,
Spence
Over the holiday, I inherited an Akai S-2800 sampler. I helped a friend rewire his studio and he had it in the closet, sitting unused for the last decade or so. I don't know why I took it; I haven't made music with MIDI since the late eighties, but it came with a Zip 100 drive and what looks like some pretty cool samples, especially drums. My friend used to work in NYC and picked up some gems (he says) from black market collections going around at the time.
I'm curious enough to invest a little bit of time in this beast, but I am in the process of downsizing my rig. There is no space in my racks. I can't keep it. So can any of you guys tell me how I might get these samples off the 3.5" floppies and the zips to make them useful? I can plug the Zip drive into the akai via a SCSI adapter, or I have a USB Zip drive I could connect to a PC. I can get access to a USB floppy drive for a PC, or perhaps use the floppy on the 2800 and transfer via MIDI?
Honestly, i am at a bit of a loss. Is this worth the time? I appreciate your thoughts and guidance; some of you I know have a long history with this kind of gear.
Thanks,
Spence
