28 Sep
2015
28 Sep
'15
6:26 a.m.
Back again...
I noticed from a further post that you're running Yosemite.
It's highly unlikely that you'll find a drive that has up to date drivers for
any newer Mac OS than 10.6
I have an old Imation Superdrive which used to work under OS 10.6 but there are no longer
drivers for it, and the Mac doesn't even see the drive anymore. I've kept a
"legacy" G4 that runs OS 10.2 and even OS9, simply to be able to read and write
(and convert) floppies and run old programs that could read Roland format disks.
Do you perhaps have an old computer lying around gathering dust? That may be the
answer....or a friend that still has an old Mac.
Regards - Colin
On 28Sep, 2015, at 12:11, Colin Shapiro <musos(a)mac.com> wrote:
Hi Duncan,
I'm replying to your original post, mainly to ask some questions.
First and most important, what OS are you running on the Mac?
Next, what disk drive did you get?
What type of connection does it have to your Mac?
The DD 720K disks you have are perfect for the S550, but they must be formatted in MS-DOS
format to work on the S550.
The problem is that the Mac most likely will not even see the drive, let alone the disks.
I'll wait for your answers before continuing...
Regards
Colin
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On 28Sep, 2015, at 0:35, Duncan Malashock <duncanmalashock(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Sgroup,
How's it going? First time posting to the group, so thanks for having me.
I recently purchased an S-550 and love the sound. I'm mostly interested in
using those great samples that I'm sure you've all heard in the Sunday Paper
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-_YmUmAMwU> demo. I'm hoping that the
seasoned experts among you may be able to help me make that a reality.
My unit came with two system disks, and it seemed like only one of them
loaded completely. Through doing program changes I was able to get a couple
samples working (one of a string section and one of an orchestra hit). I'm
finding it very difficult to see what samples are available through the
front panel. I had hoped the Sunday Paper samples were pre-installed, but
it seemed trying to load the samples I was after was going to take more
work.
So my next step was to try to write disk images to floppies to use in the
S-500. I tracked down 10 DD 720K disks (old stock, not the new ones which
I've heard are unreliable), and the RSB sample library in .OUT format
<http://llamamusic.com/s50s550/unusual_samples.html>. I'm on a Macbook Pro
running OS X Yosemite, so SMAC doesn't seem like a possibility, and the
Sabrent USB floppy drive I bought doesn't seem to read the DD disks. So
right now I'm stuck.
Thanks for reading this far. Can anyone help me find a way to write these
disk images to the floppies using my Mac? Many thanks for any help.
All best,
Duncan
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