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this Vid make me want to Fly again

I need a SCSI Pi that can work as an editor/librarian for E-MU EOS

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 appreciate a good teacher.

Had S2000 and S3000XL and sold them a few years ago as they were just occupying space. It wasn't that easy to sell them as well, took some time... I would probably find a few uses (or things to check) with the S3000XL now, such as fx unit for polysynth etc. Anyway, it was fun to even just turn it on and look at it :)

Does it need a gotek

I’m thinking of buying one and this will my first peice of equipment bought i have a computer tho do i need a sd card or a special software or something

16 Mwords. The filter card from the non xl ( S3200 will work in the S3000XL as mine broke and i took the card out now i have a S3000XL with full ram , new screen , floppy emulat , and 2nd filter card. I Run it from scsi Iomega from an adabtec scsi card in my old pc with recycle 2.0 for chopping. Nice sampler.

fab video , thanks

Hello, does the PiSCSI card work with a PI ZERO 2 with GPIO support or should a PI3 or PI4 be used?

Cool video I want to get one of these rack samplers some day to replicate the old ways. Maybe get an Atari ST and cubase as well! Side note: Your 1st monitor with all those icons is giving me OCD issues I can't resolve. LOL Anyways, cheers!

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.

Thank you for such a wonderful video.. Subbed

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?

Great video thanks! These samplers are so much fun to use. My much loved S3000xl has the scsi fuse problem and doesn’t recognise the hard drive. Would a floppy emulator be able to bypass this issue and use a Gotek to store samples? I think I’ve kind of answered my own question which is most likely a ‘yes’ 😅

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I read that the s1000 a feature where you can assign several loop start points, as to prevent repetitive loops when sampling synths and whatnot. Haven’t seen it in practice, but I’m wondering if the 3000 has the same feature and if you could demonstrate that?

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! ;)

Guess I need to dust off the old EMU E4K. LOL. Didn't realize these antiques were making a comeback. LOL.

Why does the video description say S3000XL and you keep talking about the 2000 and sometimes the 3000? Which one is it for gods sake?

The good thing is that you do not need SCSI stuff to send samples to S3000XL. I just use Data transfer using MIDI. Slow yes, but you do not need mesa/scsi cards etc.

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.

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 s900/950 are 12 bit samplers. The s1000/s3000xl are 16 bit.

I think if you have the fx card the fx arw postfader. That means the fx are mixed in 50/50. With the drys. Im not sure 8f you csn send the wets and drys separately. ???

The 3000xl can be used as a hd recorder.

Im not exactly sure what the original hardware was for the s3000xl

Its cheaper to use a 1000 with the spx90 but you have to make s1000 programs with the fx loop 9n.

Fx cards are $300+

I got all the ram maxed out and i got the eproms upgraded and ive got mesa working so i have a sample pack for synths i can get the samples into the 1000 by lading them into the 3000 and then the 1000 reads them.

Ive got a 1000 a 2000 and a s3000xl. But 9nly 8 outs in the 3000xl and no fx cards. I think i can use the 1000 with a spx90 to get the fx but the 1000 only does 9ne loop so maybe i can make loops in the 1000 and resample them into the 3000. ????

Ive got one.

I had my s3000xl 15 years now maxed out and scsi with mesa on windows 11 Brought 60 pound back then And now its maxed out could sell it for 500 pound Im 2023 But ill never sell it ,nothing can beat it not mashine not my mpc one and not my akai s5000 which i allso use but that runs with akai keys through usb on my windows 11 comp with virtual box The s3000xl dont need virtual box It just works on any windows You need aspi drivers to get it going on windows 11🎉

Thanks a lot

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?

Nice thorough info + overview! If i remember correctly, the individual outputs are unbalanced, but TRS jacks should usually be ok.

I think the S3000XL came out in 1996. Early 90's was the (previous generation) S3000. (Non-XL gen) I purchased an S2000 new in the late 90's, which is the same as the S3000XL but with a smaller screen (but at least the screen was a different type which doesn't seem to fade!).

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 ?

I’m looking at eventually getting a 950 or 1000, but this was a helpful breakdown of the S3000XL. Would love to learn more about how to sample with it, the MIDI capability, and the SCSI functionality. Thanks! - Your latest subscriber

thanks for sharing this video, i've ordered a piscsi and look forward to setting it up!

Just got mine from ebay for $230

Thank you for this! Funny I have your same zoom mixer too

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.

Cheeky buggers selling the output board. Don't these fit the MPC 2000XLs also? Might be why someone took it out to sell.

Nice one Jim👍

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

Great Video for Beginners !

Super Info ! Thanks a lot !