Mellotronists

Ken's suggestion is probably a better way to go since it bypasses the need
to extract data and screw around with intermediate formats & floopys.  We
used the floopys so that Matt Evidon (Under The Sun) could load a very old
Roland sampling keyboard with a 'tron string sample to get some faux
mellotron on "Reflections" for their debut album.  All things considered I
like the SCSI CD plan of attack a lot more.
--
Cheers,
SDM -- a 21st century schizoid man
www.systemstheory.net
www.thecleanersystem.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <kenmerb@...>
To: <mellotronists@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 3:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Help! Please Help!


> In a message dated 05/28/2002 5:20:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> finnegan@... writes:
>
>
> > Subj:[Mellotronists] Help! Please Help!
> > Date:05/28/2002 5:20:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time
> > From:<A HREF="mailto:finnegan@...">finnegan@...</A>
> > To:<A
HREF="mailto:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com">Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com</A
>
> > Sent from the Internet
> >
> >
> >
> > I'd appreciate any help on how to load the Mellotron Archives samples on
to
> > my Korg Triton Pro keyboard/sampler, which is armed with a floopy drive.
> > My computer sees that there 496 mb on the cd, but nothing else.  How do
I
> > convert the information on the cd to floopy discs? Do I need to download
> > some sort of extracting program? I understand that the samples are Akai
> > formatted, which are supposed to be friendly to the Triton.
> >
> > Please don't use big words, I'm a guitar player.
> >
> > Thanks for any and all help,
> > Jim FInnegan
> > M400 s/n 121
>
>
> Hi Jim,
>
>      I suggest you purchase an external CDROM drive to read in your
samples.
> These drives aren't expensive, and this is really the way to go if you
plan
> on using samples in your Triton.  I have a Kurzweil 2600XS (a workstation
/
> sampler, similar to the Triton), and am also using the Pinder Mellotron
CD,
> on occasion.  I use an external CDROM drive, and it works great.  Your
Triton
> probably has something called a SCSI interface like mine (someone correct
me
> here if I'm wrong about the Triton), which will allow you to connect the
> CDROM drive.  You also have the floppy (not floopy ;-) ) drive, but you
don't
> want to use that for samples - not enough storage, and samples come on
CDs,
> so you should have a CDROM drive.
>
>      If you want to get an external CDROM drive, contact me privately and
I
> can help you with the whole SCSI setup thing, since I have been through
this
> recently.  Good luck.
>
>
> Ken M.
> (remember me from the Portsmouth visit a few years back?)