Akai S1000 / S1100 samplers

Thanks again PeWe, it will be moved quite regularly between studio and
home so looks like I'll be going external. Hmmmmm looks like a 1u
something will have to be ejected from the flight case :-)

Many thanks for your help

--- In akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com, "pewe" <ha-pewe@...> wrote:
>
> >>>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "scorchitc" <scorchitc@...>
> To: <akaiS1000S1100Samplers@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:59 PM
> Subject: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Quick check before I install
internal hard
> drive s1100
> 
> 
> > Just a couple of questions
> >
> > 1: Do I need to fabricate HD mouting or is there a bracket type thing
> > already in there (if so where)?
> 
> There´s nothing inside for HD addition in a regular S-1100.
> Best is to use a external HD in a separate enclosure, -maybe 19" racked.
> You´ll get old Synthax, Kronauer or HybridArts solutions ready to
use @ebay
> for aprox. 50.- USD ...
> 
> Otherwise you have to install the HD on top of the S-1100s mainboard
and to
> find a solution for this.
> 
> > 2: I have a 500mb scsi drive from an old mac, any known probs?
> 
> No ! I use old Quantum, Seagate and Conner HDs successfully as also
Syquest
> 44 and 88 MB removable media drives.
> The HDs are 1 GB but formattet in 60MB partitions which results in 9
> partitions ( the 9th is under 60MB then ).
> So the ideal size would be 520 MB.
> But if you use larger HDs and the sampler adresses 520 MB only, you
avoid to
> fill the HD completely which is an advantage for the HDs performance in
> general.
> 
> Separate enclosures have fans, ID-selectors and their own PSUs which
is a
> big advantage as also to have them in a separate 19" shockmount-rack.
> 
> Akai samplers normaly have probs w/ heat anyway, especially the
> memory-boards.
> A HD inside may be o.k. in a studio, but if you move the S-1100 or
use it on
> the road in a rack, - avoid adding a HD inside the sampler as you´ll get
> more heat by the HD itself and ´cause the internal PSU has to
deliver more
> power
> >
> > Thanks
> 
> :-)
> 
> PeWe
>