Kurzweil SCSI2SD Drive and OS Installation - K2000 VP - SCSI

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[@eulaguerrero4974]

You are a good trainer sir. I watch you all the installation videos.

[@HankCoffey]

Aw, thank you Eula!

[@TeddScheckler]

Those slippers are badass 🤟🏻

[@bonyaktar2948]

You are great sir, your videos are inspirational.

[@HankCoffey]

Thank you Bony!

[@sadiaaktar831]

Always I follow you, sir. This is the best installation process.

[@HankCoffey]

Thank you Sadia. I appreciate it.

[@moriomsarkar6496]

I have learned by watch your installation process. Please make more video sir.

[@HankCoffey]

Cool, thank you Moriom!

[@johnnieguzman1351]

I enjoy watching your installation system.

[@HankCoffey]

Thanks Johnnie 👍

[@chriszanf]

Great videos and I love your accent. Sounds like the voiceover for the Simple Ricks Wafer Cookie Factory advert!

[@HankCoffey]

lmao, Come home to Simple Rick's!

[@mickey533]

Thanks for the instruction!

[@HankCoffey]

Hey Mickey, no problem.

[@robertclarkguitar]

Dude. You getting into this. Lol Hahah. I love my Moxf 6. But selling.

[@robertclarkguitar]

That SD is killer. My old Sy77 had the Hard drive Mini disk

[@HankCoffey]

@@robertclarkguitar lol, that's funny. This is the last keyboard video for a while. I had a bunch of footage, that's why so many.

[@HankCoffey]

@@robertclarkguitar dude the SD rules. I have libraries and libraries of sounds. lmao

[@robertclarkguitar]

@@HankCoffey Pink Floyd ready now!

[@robertclarkguitar]

@@HankCoffey My old Sy 77 had conversion kits as well. The Moxf6 has a built in ext for added 1 gig of flash. Man I'm seeing you are alot like me man. I love the keys and pads etc. Ahahaha

[@mr_max8210]

Hi Hank, many thanks for your installation guides! Can you tell where you get this SCSI2SD with such a beauty cover?

[@HankCoffey]

Hi Max, I got it from eBay seller SynthPlus. He sells these on eBay.

[@michaelparson-mcnamara782]

When I opened my K2500 kybd, I wondered if the 4 wire power connector had come loose or was even connected. However the floppy didn't work without it, so connect I did. Two days later the floppy drive won't mount discs at all. So I'm looking at upgrade options. My K2500 has been very reliable and handy since 1999.

[@HankCoffey]

I would put a scsi2sd in it like I did in this video.

[@michaelparson-mcnamara782]

@@HankCoffey I'm wondering how to load/transfer programs from my Power Tools CD, and Kurzweil site downloads, if I went that route.

[@HankCoffey]

@@michaelparson-mcnamara782 a computer with a SD drive. Computer will only recognize the first scsi ID partition. The other partitions are more complicated. Unix DD commands... or have a computer genius write a partition map for the SD card.... or use the Kurzweil to write the krz files. Would take forever.

[@D84D]

I have a k2500s it's fully loaded. I don't know how to tell what version I have. where can I find it?

[@HankCoffey]

I'm not sure exactly. I've never had a k2500. The k2000 shows the OS version on startup. I'd search Google or the Kurzweil group on Facebook.

[@TheGreatBaronOBeefDip]

I feel like I'm hearing how the Doom soundtrack was made.

[@HankCoffey]

lol

[@beattherapydotcom]

Very keen to learn about the SCSI to SD device and see if there's hope for my K2000 (2.08J) - could you please provide a link to where you got this device? Thanks! =)

[@HankCoffey]

Yeah, there's hope. You can upgrade everything on a J board pretty easily. I got my SCSI2SD from a eBay seller Synthplus. He made the bracket. A website called SamplerZone sells them also. Your OS doesn't support the larger 2 gig drive partitions, so I would upgrade to the last OS 3.87J. Synthplus on eBay has all of this stuff. I don't want to direct link people off of KZbin, just search the parts and you should find them easily. 👍

[@raulacevedo-esteves9493]

Does this work on a K2500?

[@HankCoffey]

Yes

[@noisesintheattic4202]

Very helpful, thanks. What is the USB port for, next to the card reader? You can no longer buy (register) MagicIso, what do you recommend to manage the files on the card (save from PC to card)?

[@HankCoffey]

I don't know what MagicIso is. A computer will only recognize the first partition on the SD card. Unless a hacker writes you a partition map. The other drive ID partitions on the SD card would have to be written with something like Chicken Systems Translator. You can make the SD cards using UNIX if you know what to do. Messing with the old keyboards is complicated. The USB is for flashing/modifying the drive's firmware. I think it can be powered from there if needed.

[@noisesintheattic4202]

@@HankCoffey Thanks Hank. MagicIso is the program SynthPlus recommends. You can add files (KRZ) to existing images (which are already on the SD card), 6 in my case. I have the trial version. This shows all Kurzweil images, but you need the full version to save.

[@HankCoffey]

@@noisesintheattic4202 Scott at SynthPlus? See if he'll give you the full version. It's been years since I messed with libraries. I made my SDs, then made backups, so I'm done. At least Kurzweil is FAT16 format. Working with Ensoniq format is an absolute nightmare. There are ways to do what you want. None of them real easy. Unless you get your Magiciso or use Chicken Systems Translator. But Translator isn't very user friendly though. Find someone that can make you a partition map to flash to the starting sector of your SD cards... The computer will acknowledge all drive partitions then. They'd have to have the sector info off of the SCSI2SD drive flash xml. In the end, it's way less stress to just use plugins. You have to be a hacker to work with SCSI2SD libraries for old samplers.

[@Killahg2007]

I own the K2000 and would like to sell it! No upgrades on it. It’s the original! Do you think I could get more for it if I upgrade it like you did?

[@HankCoffey]

I don't know if the price of the parts would be equal to the added resale value. Might be best to sell it as it is. Parts and time installing is money.

[@pangea2003]

Awesome video!! So all those SCSI sounds are part of the original Kurzweil ROMS? SCSI number 1 didńt get recognised in the end? Cheers!

[@HankCoffey]

Thanks! The drive came flashed for ID 2,3,4,5... I later changed it to ID 1,2,3,4... Just for less confusion.

[@HankCoffey]

I have so many KRZ files I know what I have. The keyboard is in storage, so I never mess with it. I need to play it more. But yes, a lot of the sounds are from the CD Roms.

[@pangea2003]

@@HankCoffey Right, so that's why SCSI 1 was not being recognised.. This looks easier than I thought! Did you have to struggle much with the formatting of the SD card? Is it FAT 16 right? It would be nice to see how you did you transfer the files into the SD for this one. The formatting you explained in your other video for the ensoniq files were different right? Did you use the same software app to convert the files on this one? Cheers

[@pangea2003]

@@HankCoffey Thanks! I meant the internal Kurzweil ROM that were coming as hardware upgrades for the K2500.. not CD-ROM's.. BUt anyway, where can I find Kurz sounds online. Can you recommend a particular place for this? Thanks again. I like your channel man,it's right on my alley! :)

[@HankCoffey]

@@pangea2003 no problem formatting. KRZ can be put on the card from a computer. Just like a regular drive. It's FAT 16. But a computer will only recognize the first ID. For KRZ check out R Massive.

[@zg-mzga]

Hi as many have stated already, this is amazing. thank you for showing how to do this. I have a K2000S. Will these upgrades work on it as well? i want to do exactly what you have done here but i dont want to buy anything extra and SynthPlus has a lil variety

[@HankCoffey]

It should work the same. You will want to have at least OS 3.54 to have 2gig SCSI partition support. The latest OS 3.87 would be better. I fully maxed this board out in another video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3mXoImugLN-nNE There are videos where I do the RAM, OS, and screen. It's up to you what you want to do to yours.

[@zg-mzga]

@@HankCoffey can you save custom patches on the sd cards?

[@HankCoffey]

@@zg-mzga yes, it reads and writes like a normal drive.

[@zg-mzga]

@@HankCoffey thanks man appreciate it! bout to rip this thing a new one

[@Kraatzman]

do you have any links to where you got the 6GB of sound files?

[@HankCoffey]

You can try a site called R-Massive. You will have to contact them for a password.

[@PithyCarcass]

Hi my dad recently got one of these from a friend at work and brought it home. The issues I have is that when I turn this thing on it shows a blank screen showing nothing another is the floppy drive being completely destroyed do you know where I can get replacements?

[@HankCoffey]

It should turn on and work with at least 200 sounds. Even with a broken floppy drive.

[@PithyCarcass]

Thank you!

[@TimDanyo]

Would this drive fit a K2000R v3?

[@HankCoffey]

I'm not exactly sure, I think the drive housing is a little different. Contact eBay seller synthplus. He would know. Search SCSI2SD, he should have some listed.

[@das250250]

I saw both your HxC and this scsi2sd conversions. I had some questions if you get a chance 1) I assume the floppy emulator runs on a different ribbon cable so you could have left the emulator in and installed the scsi drive like a hard drive inside the k2000 ? 2) Assuming both are connected ,can you use the scsitosd to pull in all those images you had on the emulator into the scsi drive ? 3) If you create new sounds or collect your fav sounds from the above and want to store them as a collection can is there enough room on the SD card to add new programs ? 4) have you done anything else new on your K2000? thanks in advanced.

[@HankCoffey]

The Gotek works as a floppy drive, the floppy is a different cable, yes I could have left it in, but I want to be able to change SD cards. Can't do that internally, and I didn't want to plug the scsi2sd in the back every time to use it. You can set up a scsi2sd to have more than 4 2 gig partitions, I think 7?... I don't feel like typing anymore on these specifics... Free SD space is free SD space.... I fully upgraded this Kurzweil (see the playlist on my channel) and stopped working on it. It is on a storage shelf in my room, I use software mostly and I am a guitarist, I power my old hardware up every few months, but no, don't use it anymore. Not much. I just don't mess with this technology anymore, what I know is in the videos. And I've forgotten a lot of that. Don't use HxC, I switched to FlashFloppy firmware, it was better, but again, I don't know if that is relevant anymore, I do not keep up with this hardware anymore. Sorry. Maybe I will catch up with what is going on with these in the future. But man, computers are so much more convenient. Best of luck with your project, for more info, look up Garth from Samplerzone, and Scott Bray from SynthPlus (ebay).

[@HankCoffey]

This playlist is everything I've done to my Kurzweil. Once updated how I like it, I stopped working on it. kzbin.info/aero/PLPtwr3QSRr7p7GbgH_qxaehzjfUbog7cq

[@das250250]

@@HankCoffey Thanks for your input . Sounds like the SD can do everything and you can swap sd cards too . Yes computers are so much more convenient and limitless storage and speed. Have you done and playlists on what you are using these days for keys/synth soundscapes?

[@HankCoffey]

@@das250250 check out the hardware section on Samplerzone . com. There is stuff like ZuluSCSI and SCSI Goteks available now. I am sure you can partition about 6-8 SCSI drive IDs on one SD card now, So there may not be a need to swap cards if you want to keep the drive internal. Man, I hate typing, best of luck with your setup. I got my stuff setup how I want it, I am not messing with the setup stuff anymore. Tired of the formatting and xml flashing and ripping back IMGs, and everything else. Why keep doing it? My stuff is done. Later!

[@vainsacrosanct2014]

Hey Hank, thanks for this awesome video. I have a q though: each scsi device says it can read around 2gig's of information and you showed us a 16gig card. So, did you make 8 partitions of 2gig each on that card or how did you do this? Cheers from Belgium.

[@HankCoffey]

Hey Vain, the 16gig is just so I am sure I have enough room on the card. It is still only 4 2gig partitions. Because this device can only act as 4 IDs (virtual drives). 4 of 8 partitions would be unusable. I hear that the newer 6.0 scsi2sd drives can act as more drives than 4. If so, you can then use more partitions on the card. scsi2sd 5.x can only be flashed as 4 drives. Other keyboards may support bigger than 2gig partitions. It's just Kurzweil k2000 only supports 2 max. Depending on the OS.

[@vainsacrosanct2014]

@@HankCoffey Ah, ok thanks Hank. It's just that I recently installed a scsi2sd 5.0 drive in my K2000 but I didn't buy any sd cards yet. I was planning on buying a bunch of 1gig cards and use these individual cards to flash ISO files onto them. Someone told me you could use those sd cards to mimic a cd-rom which then could be loaded into the memory of the K2000 by the scsi2sd emulator. You have any knowledge of this? Thanks for your time man. Really appreciate it.

[@HankCoffey]

@@vainsacrosanct2014 that will work, but the iso has to be flashed to the starting sector of the drive ID. If you are wanting to do one iso per 1 gig card you can Flash the iso using something like Balena Etcher. But that will only flash to the starting sector of a SD card. I have SD cards with 4 CDR isos on them, but they have to be flashed to the starting sector of each drive ID for the Kurzweil to recognize the ID as a CD-ROM. To flash these isos, I had to use DD command in Unix. As you can see, this stuff can get real complicated. With DD, I basically command to start the iso to the starting sector of a drive ID. You get this starting sector number from the SCSI2SD utility flash. I really can't explain all of the Unix stuff in these comments man 🤣.

[@HankCoffey]

@@vainsacrosanct2014 but to try to simplify things... if one of your drive IDs is starting sector zero... you can flash a ISO using Balena Etcher to a SD card, and that drive ID should recognize the CDR.

[@HankCoffey]

@@vainsacrosanct2014 you can't just drag the ISO over from a computer because then the SD card will then have a format leading track.

[@giannagiavelli5098]

is that an upgrade screen or did the vp just have that

[@HankCoffey]

Hey, it's a upgraded screen. You'll have to look to find them. I bought it off of eBay a few years ago.

[@giannagiavelli5098]

@@HankCoffey yah just did my k2000rs

[@giannagiavelli5098]

@@HankCoffey one caution. sd cards do not hold data for long time periods. real scsi drives are better. mdisk is the best of course.

[@HankCoffey]

@@giannagiavelli5098 I've never had data loss on a SD. Even so, I have disk images of the cards backed up. I can flash a new card in 5 mins. If needed.

[@anonymous_friend]

@@giannagiavelli5098 I call BS 😂