1) I have the omniflop and I know how to use it and not always works , depends of the floppy disc, but is not the kind backup that I want.
2)I don't know what HxC is
3) My SDX works normally and all the functions are normal apart from the hum noise in the channels due to a power supply capacitor that blowed some time ago, easy and cheap to replace (the power supply is made by normal parts not custom parts)
4) The problems are not the replacement parts,I have a source for that and I know 2 or 3 people who can fix any problem in the sdx if I have the spare broken part.
5) I know about people who have SDX's in perfect working order, just they don't help for free.
I just want to know the process to add a external zip drive, you said that is not a simple process, yes, I know, but who knows how to do it and wants to help getting no profit in return? that's the point...
Thank you man
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, Martin Ator <cyllall@...> wrote:
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> If you have floppy disks then the best way to back them up is with a PC using a program called omniflop.(easy to search for)
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> You will have to install the 2 floppy drive controller drivers instead of the PC ones so that it will work. Read the manual for it and all should be easy.
> You can still buy new floppy's on ebay and you can write them back to a new disk to check it was a good read.
> I did think about replacing my floppy drive with an HxC floppy emulator. It should be about 3 times faster than a normal drive and having SDX data in floppy sized chunks is the only way to really see what the data is(unless someone has a custom program they coded themselves)
> There is a program called Awave that claims to support the SDX MIDI sample dump format files but this is rubbish, because the SDX stores audio as a PCM/.wav type file. That is to say that you can extract the raw data for an audio file and rename it a wav and windows would play the sound.
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> If you are dealing with hard drives or zip drives everything is faster, but you have to deal with raw data images that are the size of your disk/hard drive and cannot be recognised by any program as being SDX data. I don't know of any programs on a PC that you could plug an SDX Hard drive into and actually see your patches and instruments.
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> So, Your SDX works fine apart from a noisy power supply if you don't connect any zip drives to it?
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> If you have a power supply problem then it needs fixing. There are 3 custom gate array chips in the SDX. You cannot buy them. If one blows on a voice board, then you are down to 8 voices. If the one on the CPU board dies then you have an expensive bulky doorstop on your hands.
> The HC type logic chips used in the SDX are quite tolerant of varying power supply but they shouldn't be operating at more than 5.5v.
> The SDX costs money to keep working properly, because people don't sell them if they are working, they only sell them if there is a problem. There is no such thing as someone selling a perfectly 100% working SDX.
> If you are thinking that your SDX will last another 20 odd years without you being patient and trying to learn enough about electronics testing or paying someone else to have a look at it (good luck, I haven't met anyone yet who is keen to service an SDX) then it may die soon. I am hearing lots of stories about people with dodgy power supplies and glitch DACs.
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> Sorry if my mails don't make sense I haven't got time to edit them properly.
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> ________________________________
> From: FABIO BARKER <fabiobarker@...>
> To: "Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com" <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 November 2011, 15:53
> Subject: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDX "The Destroyer" - problem
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> Sorry Martin it went straight to the spam folder :(
> I saw something about disable the termination in the zip drive but I just don't know what that means...
> I live in London, not the hottest country lol but I will love to replace the fan cooler too, the noise is awful.
> Mine is broken too in some way, some parts in the power supply and that generate some hum in both channels.
> I have a hd with the 2.1 and 3.1 soft and the SDX powers up perfectly.
> The problem is not the lovely SDX, the problem are the prices, I paid £60 for a bloody hard drive (with both systems and a couple of drum kits) when in fact the explanation of how to do it is perfectly explained in this group and the hd is £10, I made 2 hd for 2 friends and took me 10 minutes to do it! and the list of the money I paid for for things SDX related is awful, but ok back to the main subject because everytime I think about this i feel very upset...
> I really want to back up the floppy discs in zip discs because the floppys are fading very fast, I got a recovery program to save the ones that are dead and I saved most of them but i really need to back up the floppy discs then any help will be apreciated.
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> best regards!
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> De: Martin Ator <cyllall@...>
> Para: "Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com" <Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com>
> Enviado: miércoles, 23 de noviembre de 2011 13:55
> Asunto: Re: [Simmons Drums] SDX "The Destroyer" - problem
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> Hi,
> I did ask you some questions about your SDX and zip drives but you didn't reply.
> Maybe my email went to the junk mail folder?
> Anyway, Zip drives are not easy to set up with the SDX. Someone did explain it to me once and I said no thanks.
> When I tried termination using external HD drives when I first started experimenting with my SDX, it switched off all the electric in the house.
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> I would not use termination with the SDX and it doesn't need it to work anyway.
> I know someone who uses zip with an SDX. Maybe if I ask them nicely they will help me. I will try.
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> At the moment I am testing a compact flash card system, and it seems to work.But it could be expensive to put together if you pay top price for the parts.
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> I have already replaced the internal fan with a quiet pc one so I should have a super quiet system soon, when I install the CF card.
> I wouldn't advise changing the fan if you live in a hot country.
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> I am not an expert, but I can try to help.
> I bought a broken SDX and it took me 7 months to fix it. I thought about killing myself many times.
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> Does you SDX work now(boot up)?
> You only have floppy drive working now?
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> Which OS are you using?
> When you see the start up screen after clicking on continue,which drives show up in the right side bottom corner of the screen?
> Something like this?          scsi1
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â _flop0
> Some advice when using the SDX. Count slowly 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 aaaahhhhhhh think twice click once(or twice)
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> Martin
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> From: fabiobarker <fabiobarker@...>
> To: Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, 22 November 2011, 18:01
> Subject: [Simmons Drums] SDX "The Destroyer" - problem
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> Ok,
> I bought 2 external scsi zip drives, the SDX destroyed both, after the drives had been connected to the SDX it stopped working, the zip drives now lights up but not any other function is working, not eject not read, Fantastic! the SDX is capable to destroy external units! now I feel good!
> When I plugged the scsi zip drive automatically the internal hd stop being recognized by the SDX, not on the list not anywhere in the SDX system, simply the SDX doean't recognize hd or external zip anymore, just the floppy drive (Don't tell me to read the fu∗∗∗∗g manual or the tutorial to format the hd because this have nothing to do with that).
> I tried everything, change number (5 or 6), change termination (on/off) and the SDX still don't recognize nothing and now on top of that for some reason made the zip drive stop working, great!
> The SDX is a nightmare in every way (including the people I knew thanks to "her").
> Then just one option, I can use the SDX with a internal hd, I tried a internal scsi zip drive and didn't recognize it either, then I'm stuck with a f'ing internal hd, this have to do with "how the hd was made/programmed?" "have to do with something else?" I really don't know.
> I know is a little complicated in the Simmons world to get help "for free" but if somebody knows why this happened I apreciate the help before give up and sell it to another person who's very interested in this useless piece of sh∗t.
> cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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