Ensoniq TS-10 SCSI Install and Demo

[@Johnsormani]

Hey Hank, I have one of Jarek‘s scsi interfaces as well. He is a great guy to deal with. I can only recommend him

[@HankCoffey]

Yeah man, so far so good 👍

[@christianvictor827]

I just lifted my TS-10 out of its flight case to install my SCSI board and I made exactly the same sound as you. 😄 Thanks for the video! I was worried my card is missing standoffs but apparently there are none.

[@HankCoffey]

And if you think that is heavy, I have a TS-12 also. That one is heavier. lol.

[@christianvictor827]

@@HankCoffey Yep, the arm I used to haul my KS32 around is now considerably longer than the other. And don't get me started on the ASR-88. That thing makes roadies doubt their life decisions. 😄

[@darwiniandude]

The TS-12 is 5KG heavier than my 88 note Nord Grand which has 88 fully weighted keys and wooden ends! The TS-12 is a monster! (I got one a week ago)@@HankCoffey

[@HankCoffey]

@@darwiniandude I have to keep mine in a flight case. I rarely take it out because I hate lifting it. I don't have room to leave it set up.

[@mattiesanders5102]

I'm glad I watched this.

[@HankCoffey]

Me too Mattie!

[@NicholasNorway]

Sweet tones groove master hank!

[@HankCoffey]

Hey Nicholas! Thanks man!

[@joemurray1664]

this helped me a lot thanks

[@HankCoffey]

No problem Joe. Thanks!

[@nonsuch]

27 f'n screws. I opened mine up at least 5 times for different upgrades.

[@HankCoffey]

I know, I hate working on keyboards. lol.

[@robertclarkguitar]

Oh man. Now I want an old board again. I miss beating out kits.

[@HankCoffey]

lol, yeah I like old keyboards with onboard sequencers.

[@roguecthulhu6002]

I love my ts-10 and 12. It is a shame that there is almost nothing on the internet about them.

[@HankCoffey]

There is a TS group on FaceBook... and a Ensoniq group. There is a decent amount of info on those. I've made several TS videos on my channel. Doing various stuff.

[@anonymous_friend]

Love your vids and sense of humor! I just got a ts10 in the mail damaged 😢 about to open her up and see whats rattling before I power up for the first time. Also had some cracked keys, which I'll deal with later. But I also wanted to ask if you know how I can get hooked up with a bunch of different cd iso's or images? Thanks Hank!

[@HankCoffey]

Thanks! That's a bummer about the shipping damage. Look for a site called R-Massive. You might have to get a password from them on Facebook to access the files.

[@anonymous_friend]

@@HankCoffey Ahh. Ok, I noticed they had k2000 discs. didnt realize they have stuff for ensoniq. Are a lot of these formats cross compatible?

[@HankCoffey]

@@anonymous_friend No, Ensoniq is it's own thing. Computers can't even read it without using special software. The K2000VP and K2vx can read Ensoniq, Roland, and Akai sample discs.

[@jessecook845]

great content keep it up!

[@HankCoffey]

Thank you Jesse!

[@vantasties]

Very nice video, Hank! How can I get in touch with the polish dude who makes these scsi cards?

[@HankCoffey]

Search Ensoniq SCSI on eBay. He has a listing with 3 available at the moment.

[@TRIGO_ALLINE]

educational video, really like it!

[@HankCoffey]

Thanks Trigo!

[@noisesintheattic4202]

Recently I bought a TS-10. I was pleasantly surprised that it already had the scsi and RAM expansion and I got an additional SCSI CD reader. Unfortunately, the samples are not read properly. There is noise in the sound and most of the time the sample is aborted and you only hear noise. Loading via floppy works fine though. I have tried another scsi CD reader but it is not even recognized (invalid). The TS-10 has firmware v2.02. I can't find a solution anywhere on the internet. Although I like your video, this one has brought no idea for a solution. But hey, thumbs for your videos.

[@HankCoffey]

Does it load samples from floppy? Or is it just the TS programs from the TSD floppies? Every time I've had sample bank problems it's been the RAM. Especially with v2.02. You need the old school 8 chip non-parity RAM. It's REAL hard to find. Someone probably snapped in 2 chip RAM simms. Those might work on v3. But they didn't on a v2 TS I had. They mess the samples up, and make the keyboard lock up.

[@HankCoffey]

Samplerzone has the correct RAM if you think it's the RAM

[@noisesintheattic4202]

@@HankCoffey I filled banks 8 and 9 with samples from a floppy, and this gave no problems. So I think the RAM is Ok. Probably the SCSI drive or the SCSI expansion card. I connected another SCSI drive and it was not recognized. So maybe the SCSi card? I'm too tech savvy to figure this out. I'd like to loosen all the connections and put them back in, but they are very tight. Afraid to break a connector. I'm also looking for info about the aftertouch, because that doesn't work either (don't worry, everything else works fine ;-))

[@HankCoffey]

Yeah, I use a puller to remove cables and chips. You have to be careful with those also. Because a puller can break the clips on the side of the plug. Gotta make sure the puller is all the way under the plug. I sometimes remove them by hand, I don't remember what I did in my videos. If the banks work properly from floppy, the ram is probably ok. I would still check to see if it is the proper 8 chip RAM. I would NOT run the newer 2 chip RAM on a V2 board. It will make them act up in all kinds of weird ways. The mainboards have different routing on V3, and require modding to upgrade from V2 and older. The V3 can probably run the newer RAM no problem. V2 doesn't. Buggy.

[@OlegPankoff]

This is KLF !! ))))

[@virgillopez5889]

sharing this.

[@HankCoffey]

Thank you Virgil 🙏

[@The1stMrJohn]

Looking good sounding great, Tonemaster Hank! Later 🐊 🎼🎸🎹🎵🌟 Silence of the 🐻🐻 ?!? 💚🐕😀

[@HankCoffey]

Buahahaha, Teddy puts the lotion on the fur. Or else he gets the hose again. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 🐻

[@corwinjames75]

Really glad to see this pop up. I ordered one from the same guy. Now I’m more confident it will work! Just have to wait for it to get here. I have a question on the scsi2sd. The 5.5 are sold out. Would you recommend going for a 5.2 instead? Looks like I will need to come up with some sort of enclosure for it. But I’m just a home studio hobbyist so doesn’t need to look fancy.

[@HankCoffey]

That's a bummer they are unavailable. A 5.2 will be fine, But you would need an external hard drive style case. I don't remember what kind of connection the 5.2 has on it's circuit board... You would want to make sure all of the cabling connections match up.

[@corwinjames75]

@@HankCoffey I decided to go with the 5.2 from SamplerZone that's already in a case. It looks like it has the DB25 connection and comes with a cable. It was a little more expensive that way, but after I bought an external enclosure and some adapter cables, probably would have cost me about the same. Plus less work for me. Lol.

[@corwinjames75]

Forgot to mention the 5.2 says it can have up to 7 SCSI IDs instead of 4. So I think that means I should be able to load more CDs on the SD card at once?

[@HankCoffey]

@@corwinjames75 Yeah, them things seem a little pricey. I have a 5.2 in a Kurzweil and a ASR-10... Those are in Floppy trays. I got my 5.5 from a computer place out west... for like $60. So they are being marked up ;). So are the Goteks.

[@HankCoffey]

@@corwinjames75 5.2 should only be 4 IDs, you can set them to any 4 number wise... Were you reading the 6.0 info? Those can have more. The last I knew, the v5s were 4 IDs.

[@dlichtenberg]

“It’s kinda better dry eh?”

[@HankCoffey]

That what I'm talking a-boat, better ay?

[@MohammedElSanousi]

This device have very nice trumpet 🎺 shake x effect 🥰🥰 please show some

[@HankCoffey]

I can't play very well Mohammed. Plus, I keep my old keyboards in storage. I probably won't be making any more videos with them for a while. I play guitar.

[@MohammedElSanousi]

@@HankCoffey no problem bro i love this vintage keyboard maybe one day i will add it to my keyboard’s collection 😂😂

[@giovanymoyert9787]

Exelente secuencia

[@HankCoffey]

¡Gracias! Giovany

[@giovanymoyert9787]

Consulta donde se puede comprar emulator disquettera?? Tienes alguna direcion web en donde poder comprarla atraves de online ? Gracias

[@giovanymoyert9787]

Saludos Hank

[@HankCoffey]

Ebay. No siempre están disponibles. Buscar Gotek. Y busque la pantalla grande y el dial giratorio.

[@darrellrussell7259]

wish I knew about you earlier...

[@HankCoffey]

Me too Darrell...