Hi everyone,
After watching this video I decided I want to buy a Roland DT100 to
use with my Roland S770 and S760:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtei1cBk2mI
To be honest, I didn't find many resources about the compatibility
between the DT100 and my two samplers, but I was confident I could've
used it since I own the RC100 controller, that is necessary to use the
DT100.
Other important thing to say: my DT100 is not a "true" DT100. It is in
fact a Philips NMS1150, and I've found some sources on the net that
said that the twos are identical.
My wish was to use it as seen on the video: to draw my own waves on
the X/Y axis and then use the sampler as a sort of digital synth.
It seems like I made a big mistake: on the S770, I've found the "Wave
draw" section but it's very different from the one in the S330 shown
in the video, and try to draw a wave is very difficult. I've sampled a
silent 0.4 sec, and then work on it, but It was very hard to handle it
(wasn't able to find the "window loop" function too :( )
On the S760 I didn't even find the "wave draw" section at all (stop
laughing please).
In both cases the use of the tablet is a nightmare: it works as a
mouse but the pointer is higly unstable and I have to press to keep it
stable. To direction it is even worse...
Did any of you use the DT100 or the Philips equivalent in combo with
S770 or S760 and succeded in using it as seen on the video?
Is it possible? Or you can use it that way only with the S330 or S550?
Any help would be veeeery appreciated.
If I can't find a way to use it I will sell the tablet, so if you are
interested contact me at paolo.giangrasso(a)gmail.com
My best regards
Paolo Giangrasso
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At 01:13 PM 2/14/2014, you wrote:
>I am trying to find floppies for my old Roland S-50; alas, my old factory
>discs are all corrupted.
>In particular I would love to find the Bass Marimba sample, and the strings
>disc.
>Can anyone please point me in the right direction?
The factory sounds are on the SGroup archives, which brings me to the question I wanted to ask...
The archives go back a long way, and there are some files that are corrupted or duplicates.
CORRUPTED
---------
504_6.zip
5503_3.zip
L705_3.zip
DUPLICATE
---------
L703_4.zip (is a dupe of L703_5.zip)
Nic, if you could dig those up, that would be great.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
Hi sgroup,
I am trying to find floppies for my old Roland S-50; alas, my old factory
discs are all corrupted.
In particular I would love to find the Bass Marimba sample, and the strings
disc.
Can anyone please point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Declan Murphy
There was a program called SYX2WAV on the S-10 Manager website but the
site has been offline forever. I can't seem to find the syx2wav program
and was wondering if someone had a copy that they could email to me or upload for posterity.
At 08:35 AM 10/4/2013, you wrote:
>>I think these are all hidden from me, since the S550 can't even communicate with the drives.
>I have just reboot the S550 without the Zip and I cant go to the setup menu.
>during the boot you should see SCSI CHECK ****** after S550 initialize
I am booting from the HD5-IF floppy, which is supposed to be different. During boot, after S550 Initialize it checks the connection, and says "Harddisk Parking", nothing like SCSI Check. I assume this is a false error, since later on I constantly get errors even connecting.
Thanks.
>>> I hope it help to get S550 support in Translator
>>> I have try some transfers, the S550 see the files but the sound is distorted.
>> Are you trying to convert S550 stuff into other formats? It should work. If not, send the S550 files in question.
>No from S550 disk images to ZIP to have all the files in the same Zip disk
Place a www.chickensys.com/translator/bugreports Bug Report, this is a good time to do it.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
At 09:42 AM 10/4/2013, you wrote:
>I've noticed a distinct increase in seller misrepresentation on eBay, I have had several, though thankfully less severe, problems over the last few years... Jon E.
Thanks.
I think perhaps eBay is getting so ubiquitous and people so familiar, that people use eBay as a junk pile and start forgetting that what they send out actually has to be legit. Still, it's an expensive mistake - you have to pay for shipping back to you. This guy responded quickly and even gave me his phone number. I appreciate the honesty, but it still strikes me as weird that the unit was so problematic yet he said it was fully functional.
Regarding misrepresentation, I've noticed for years that people consistently call ZipDrives "SCSI" on eBay even if it is a parallel port version. Although it's a waste of time, I ping these ads and tell them to eliminate the word "SCSI" from their ad. But it happens ALL THE TIME. I wonder how many people, wanting a SCSI Zip, get a parallel port instead. I know I have calls for service where the person is unaware. It's the same port, DB25, but the seller should know better. Again, it's the use of eBay as a glorified Recycling Center.
>I really think it's a problem with the HD5 SCSI Interface, even though the S550 tests it successfully. Maybe the output jack is faulty. Shoot, I was looking forward to this. I got it off eBay, with a included the CD-ROM Drive, but it came and the CD-ROM Drive didn't even work, an the S550 floppy didn't even work. I think it was sent completely untested - bad form. The seller did respond to me right away after I complained, but he never shouldn't have tried to sell it like this.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
What SCSI ID is the S550 set to? The manual doesn't say. And how do you determine what SCSI ID to set your drive to? Does the S550 just look through all the ID's (except it's own, obviously) and show which it finds? (Like the S760?)
Also, does anyone use ZipDrives with their S550? I know someone who finds it successful with the W30, and I think that uses the same HD5 SCSI board.
Lastly, has anyone attempted to reverse the board and make new ones? It's a shame so many S550's don't have the board on them.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
At 12:32 AM 10/4/2013, you wrote:
>i could be wrong but im nearly sure for the s550 you need a specific scsi cd rom
>like the one here
><http://synpro.heimat.eu/s330550.htm>http://synpro.heimat.eu/s330550.htm
>i dont think common cd roms will work
Actually, most of what he lists - though it's NOT for S550, it's for S7x and later, strangely - are common CD-ROM Drives. Nevertheless, the Zip should work, I had plenty of people tell me they use a Zip. But it doesn't. I think the SCSI Interface is funky, I'm going to try some other things.
Garth Hjelte
Sampler User
