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thx SpUser
Joined: 17 Nov 2008
Posts: 121
thanks for the tip
DFACE DXA wrote:
copied from DeckDaddy post
flashius wrote:
lately i've been filling up 32 pads and i'll still have 1.9 seconds or so. such a waste...
To get the MAXIMUM of sampling time left I save to a floppy, wipe all internal sounds from the special menu, and then load all the sounds, the longest first and the shortest last. This re-arranges the samples in the memory blocs, and let you sample the remaining sampling time as one long sample and not divided into 0.01 sec's. Works every time.
Your disk drive is dead? Or you want one that works with both HD and DD disks?
Take your (or your friends) old MPC2000XL drive (Sony MPF520-2) and switch the jumpers so that it looks like this (pic is upside down according to the schematics under):
Set G1/G2 to F1/F2
Set E1/E2 to E2/D2
Set C1/B1 to B1/A1
Voila! This drive is a bit smaller than the original, so you'll have a small gap in the upper front, but that's how the expensive Forat drive is too.
I bet we can get a lot of drives with jumpers to work, now that we can understand what settings the drive should be set to to work with the SP.
Sun May 10, 2009 8:43 am
Drinks SpUser
Joined: 12 Jul 2007
Posts: 236
Quote:
To get the MAXIMUM of sampling time left I save to a floppy, wipe all internal sounds from the special menu, and then load all the sounds, the longest first and the shortest last. This re-arranges the samples in the memory blocs, and let you sample the remaining sampling time as one long sample and not divided into 0.01 sec's. Works every time.
jumper settings for the TEAC C929 drive.
works fine with dd disks.
peace
Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:26 am
peterpiper0815 SpUser
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
Posts: 78
^^nice info. Thanks.
Do you know that the price range for this drive is from 280$ - 700$ ?
Get three or four of these drives and trade them for a complete SP
Seem to be very rare
peace
Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:55 pm
TonyBordelo SpUser
Joined: 17 Feb 2009
Posts: 26
Location: Germany
I found this nice page with lots of testet drives for the Amiga. I think it should be possible to use this also with the SP1200:
Incase of beatmaking emergency: Take any regular 1.44mb High-Density Disk and face it towards your SP, take a piece of electrical tape or any tape and cover the left side. And the 1200 will be Stevie Wonder to what you did.
after reading this i became confused-
the guy who sold me my SP1200 reissue black told me to cover the other hole on dd hd disc's- see image- after 4 years of this i have had no troubles but after reading this info on the faq's , it seem to contradict what i was advised/have been doing? is it me who has it twisted or is my drive just being fooled anyway?
basically what is the correct hole to tape?
thanks
