Akai S3000XL/3200XL questions

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Re: Akai S3000XL/3200XL questions

Post by Adam Inglis »

vinyl_junkie wrote: Screen backlight is ok but not like new..most annoyiing thing is backlight invertor...man that makes an annoying squeel, my old 3000 had this also.

My 3000XL is pretty quiet really. Is the inverter something likely to deteriorate noisily?
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Yeah this is something that gets worse with time from what I know...mine is annoying mind you some peoples hearing dont hear such high frequency buzzing.

Yo' Hollow Sun you should make a download section for your sample CD's on your web page where people can download the CD iso file then burn them at home.
I'll get one once I get my SCSI card and make sure it all works ok with mesa
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Ok got the SCSI card and everything and MESA wotrks like a dream with the 3200XL, Recycle 2.0 is a little sketchy but ok..to be honest I find using the sampler quicker than MESA but it's good for sending the samples into the 3200.
I'm just waiting for my 50pin internal SCSI lead now to connect my internal hard drive I got for it, also need to make up a custom power lead for the drive.
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Post by hollowsun »

Sounds like it's all going well there (except the whining screen - I am sure there's someone who can fix that ... Synthesizer Repair Centre for example)

vinyl_junkie wrote:Yo' Hollow Sun you should make a download section for your sample CD's on your web page where people can download the CD iso file then burn them at home.
I'll get one once I get my SCSI card and make sure it all works ok with mesa


Downloads can be arranged.
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hollowsun wrote:
Downloads can be arranged.

Ok that sounds cool, I would first like to get your Yamaha FS1R sounds. Is paypal ok to pay with?
Also once converted to MESA will they copy to my 3200 ok with all the loop points, programs etc?
And sorry last question a bit cheeky I know but is there any way you can covert the CD to mesa format for me so I dont have to buy CD Extract?
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Post by unman »

i plan to revive my s3000xl and the scheme is to get a g3 powerbook 'lombard' or 'wallstreet' from ebay [about £70] which, by the way, were scsi enabled, and then i can run MESA from that. nice and compact and nice and quiet.
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