Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

I agree zip disk are absolutely the way to go. I use them for My S1000 and my MPC60 II. If anyone needs blank disk email me at beats@... I have 
the Maxell 5pack for $12.


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 From: Les Lambert <les_lmbrt@...>
To: akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 4:51 AM
Subject: Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Re: USB zip drive to create akai s1000 zip disks?
 

  
Can 100% confirm that Zip disks are the way.
I now operate about 1000 100MB zips across 6 platforms of sampler and computer and have never lost any data once a disk was formatted correctly on the machine you're going to use for the storage/retrieval cycle, and tested before critical use.

I don't have experience of Akai (I know 5000 works well obviously, as does Kurzweil, they both use a PC format more or less) Emu or Roland with PC , but a thorough test is always a good plan before committing to a system.

I would recommend writing on the plastic case what format you have used, and especially in the case of Akai S 1000 to 3000 how many partitions you decided on, that can really assist when hunting for that lost program.
Also the various sub-formats of Emu can be a pain, "save as EIII" being a good work-round for them, as most samplers can
 read that.

There is a limit to the number of files you can fit on a zip ( seems to be 100 files) that seems to be got round by making folders before you transfer files.