Casio CZ/ VZ/ FZ - Pro Series

+1 for Lotharek's hxc floppy emulator.  Mine's in the mail now for my Ensoniq EPS sampler.  My collection of 300 floppy disks will easily fit on a small SD card and I won't have to cringe whenever my floppy drive makes weird sounds or won't load a disk.

-Richard


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On Jan 10, 2015, at 8:44 AM, "JAMIE logan jammie.emma@... [CZsynth]" <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

> i have over 500 floppy disks for mine from my rave days and hardcore from 1989 to 1995 of user samples
> 
> which im still imaging 
> 
> On 10 January 2015 at 14:43, JAMIE logan <jammie.emma@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>> floppy disks have a life of about 5 years before becoming bad its always good to make back ups and why fz1 bank transfers are great as it allows you to back up your disk collection to a computer
>> 
>> the hxc floppy emulator works with the fz1 so you can load the fz dumps direct as images and load them direct for the sdcard
>> 
>> On 10 January 2015 at 08:55, Cornelius Schöler studio@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hello !
>>> 
>>> just got back my Hohner HS-1/E Sampler from servicing.
>>> Floppy drive was cleaned but still isn't always working correctly.
>>> Sometimes loads a disk, then don't.
>>> Replacement seems to be quite complicated.
>>> 
>>> I wanted to ask if anyone would like to exchange sounds on floppy disks for the machine ?
>>> I got quite a few disks when I bought the sampler
>>> and am interested in old sounds. (e.g. strings, bassoon, clarinet, drums)
>>> 
>>> I hope copying disks will work now, haven't tried yet.
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> Moto
> 
>