From Jason Proctor Sent Sat, Oct 5th 2019, 20:58
From Jason Proctor Sent Sat, Oct 5th 2019, 20:58
The S612 has those wonderful loop start/end sliders.... Wonderful to see old devices get a new lease of life like this. On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 1:46 PM Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > > Really nice product. It looks like this applies to those without the drive rack > on their S-612. > > If one has the drive rack they should be able to swap out the QD Drive, launch > that into the sun, and install an HxC updated Gotek. > > Its really nice to see this attention come to all the single shot samplers out > there. The 12-bit crappy sound is so nice for some things. > > I am using my S-700 lots on a new project now for hits and autistic vibe samples. > > Looking forward to your next Synth Wizards! > > > On 05.10.19 17:43 , Sam Mims wrote: > > You can also get XD280 drive for the S612 from Hideaway Studio, which comes with > > a ton of samples. This is a brand-new product, not yet on their site, but > > further info is here: > > > > https://www.gearslutz.com/board/electronic-music-instruments-and-electronic-music-production/1278701-introducing-xd-280-disk-emulator-akai-s612.html > > > > There are some other S612 products from them that are pretty sexy, and let me > > testify personally that the Hideaway stuff is super well-made. We plan a Synth > > Wizards episode on hot-rodding an S612 with their gear. > > > > Sam Mims > > Syntaur > > > > > > On 10/5/2019 12:36 PM, Kenny Balys wrote: > >> > >> > >> Its now possible to emulate the QuickDisk drive on Akai S612, S700, X7000, > >> Roland S10, etc. > >> on a GOTEK with HxC firmware!!!! Yay!!!! > >> > >> Here is a link to the Beta firmware: > >> > >> https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_drive_emulator/HXCFEUSB_HFE_beta_firmware.zip > >> > >> Stupid QuickDisks!!! Something I have zero nostalgia for. >