[sdiy] Sampler with tape dump?

[Adam (synthDIY)]

> On 8 Aug 2024, at 3:49 PM, Florian Anwander <fanwander at mnet-online.de> wrote:
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> Hello
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> Am 07.08.24 um 23:41 schrieb Adam (synthDIY):
>> My S612 came with a QuikDisk drive (what a monster!) but there was also provision for a "Commodore" cassette interface, not provided as standard on most machines (the port is empty on mine).
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> The Firmware-Release 1.3e from Werner Szugat had an option to bring that tape interface to the frontpanels out.


Yes, I think I read about that on your site Florian, many years ago. I never heard much about it later, whether or not it was a practical solution...?


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> Am 07.08.24 um 23:41 schrieb brianw:
>> I seriously doubt it. The dump to tape would take so long that it would probably have a 100% chance of error. The size of a synth patch versus the size of a sample is quite a significant difference.
> The tape interface was not that slow. The quickdisk is in fact not a random access medium with controllable head. It works simply linear like a tape, the magnetic disk is moving under the head and the head is moved slowly from the center to the edge. If I remember right storing reading on tape took around 1.5 times of the quickdisk.
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> Florian

I see people on Gearspace suggesting the tape dump took nearly as long as Midi Sample Dump! (approximately just under a week or so ;-))

QuikDisk was fairly, er, "quik" but remember we are only talking about samples of a couple of seconds in length!

A


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