28 Sep
2015
28 Sep
'15
5:41 p.m.
Hi Duncan,
Just use the monochrome output. It'll connect to any monitor or TV. The RGB output is
a lot more hassle.
Once you have a screen view, you'll be able to see and access stuff.
The samples from the Sunday Paper demo song were on one of the original disks with the
sequencer software for the S550. My memory on everything to do with the S550 is somewhat
hazy...I haven't used mine for many years.
Just curious:
With all the power of current apps like Logic Pro, how come you bought an S550? Using a
software sampler will give you so much more variety and scope than the S550 ever can.
On 28Sep, 2015, at 20:04, Duncan Malashock <duncanmalashock(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Colin,
Thanks for the info on your setup. Somehow I figured it wouldn't be such a stretch
to get a floppy drive setup working on Yosemite, but it looks like I was a little too
cavalier.
Space is at a premium in my Brooklyn apartment, but maybe I could grab a G4 Mac Mini from
eBay and do something similar to what you're doing. But I'm guessing a good next
step before that is to:
1) get my hands on some sample disks
2) hook up the video output from the S-550 to make things a little more manageable.
I'm talking to someone about the disks they have around, but in the meantime, does
anyone have any ideas where I can grab disks with the samples used in the demo I posted
earlier?
Thanks for your help!
On Mon, Sep 28, 2015 at 6:26 AM, Colin Shapiro <musos(a)icon.co.za> wrote:
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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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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