Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Hi,

Nice to hear from you !

regarding the cdrom:
Well, some people are convinced that your cdrom must work with the 
S1000: "Many thanks to Alois Kleewein who has confirmed that the 
S1000 works with Sony Spressa CD-R drives, as well as Apple 300e and 
600e CD-ROM drives. Also, the S1000 apparently will NOT work with the 
Yamaha crw 4260tx CD-R drive." (look at: http://www.planet-
zero.org/wiki/index.php/AkaiS1000PB ). 

The problem might be the scsi card. Check the terminator resistors on 
it. A common problem is that people remove the scsi cable when the 
sampler is still powered. That can damage the scsi card. You may find 
one at ebay or buy  one from mutec in germany (see the links section).
Did you ckeck the SCSI FAQ for akai samplers ? (also look in the 
links section) Make sure the problem is not in the cdrom drive! Check 
that with a pc and make sure you use the right channel.

regarding choosing a sampler:
These days people go for a 'vintage' sampler like the S1000  / S1100 
because of the sound or the full compatibility with so many sample 
cd's - not so much because of the features. We got that discussion 
before. I have a yamaha and a mpc2000xl and for some sounds I prefer 
the S1100 without any hesitation. An Mpc60 / S950 is on my wishlist, 
just because of that sound.  

Rgds,
Frank

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "phrenology" 
<phrenology@y...> wrote:
> I recently bought a used Apple 600e and I hooked it up to the 
> S1000PB, but it does not seem to recognize it. What do I have to 
do, 
> I tried the SCSI soft key but it doesn't seem to do anything, bad 
> SCSI card?!?!?! Help please. I have only one CD rom that came with 
> the PB The guy who sold it says it has the 4.40 OS and some samples 
> on it but I can't seem to get it to work.