Hardware floppy disk drive emulator vintage synth explorer. Firstly, the notes suggest that the disk is a standard pc 2dd disk, which can be formatted on either a pc or on the sy85. So sy85 floppy disk drive problems page 2 home recording forums. Nalbantov ndrive 100 usb floppy disk drive emulator, usb flash drive formatted ready for use brand and look may vary, software for transferring the data from the old floppy disks to the usb flash drive, warranty 3 years 1 year guarantee plus 2 years when you register the product online, users manual and. Flexidrive floppy emulator running on yamaha su700. Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr 340, 350, 450, 540, 550, 630. Just copy the default g file to root of flash drive formatted to fat32. Floppy drive interface to connect to the device simple installation required. Installation of a 720kb usb floppy emulator unread post by jhulk.
A vintage keyboard expansion boardpcm samples with program and combi disks comes with two performance data disks one with 128 tritonstyle programs and one with 64i think. It lacks the keyboard, sequencer, floppy drive and continuous sliders but adds additional outputs, a further card slot of each kind for four slots in total and 2mb of waveform rom for 50 additional internal waveforms for a total of 8mb over the 6mb of the sy85. Usb stick stm32 hxc floppy emulator hxc firmware for gotek. After almost 10 years of saving, i finally got my own acoustic piano. Nalbantov usb floppy disk drive emulator ndrive 100 for yamaha. Pure energy sy85 faq sound samples for the yamaha sy85. Flexidrive is the best solution to replace the floppy drive unit on your technics kn5000 keyboard. Yamaha su700 sampler floppy drive update all your songs, tracks, sequences, sounds, midi files in a single sd or pendrive. Now all i needed to do was reload the factory settings after a little googling i found out that the program electron c6 works better than midiox for the yamaha. No idea how these work, just trying to replace a broken floppy drive.
Sy85 floppy disk drive problems page 2 home recording forums. Special thanks to pablo for share his experience with flexidrive. When you switch the sy85 back on again your samples are ready to go. This gotek floppy emulator fits perfectly as a replacement for the floppy drive in my yamaha psr 740, but i wasnt able to get it to work. The keyboard wasi was told the second eightvoice emulator ii, and it had originally belonged to a famous local san francisco band. Sy85 waveformsample utilities tutorial and other useful. The included software is supported by the following operating systems. Floppy to usb upgrade yamaha korg roland software manual. With recoverit data recovery, floppy disk recovery can be simple, smooth and swift.
Floppy drive emulator for keyboards and music production. Windows software to control yamahas series of digital mixing boards including the dsp factory card. The floppy disk drives built into yamaha products feature a precision magnetic readwrite head. Latest manuals, catalogs, and softwares are available for download. Nalbantov usb floppy disk drive emulator ndrive 100 for yamaha sy 85. Installation of a 720kb usb floppy emulator unread post by jhulk wed jul 01, 2015 12. Windows 2008, windows xp, windows vista, windows 7, windows 8, windows 10. Jun 20, 2015 yamaha sy85 floppy disk drive replacement, using an adapter i bought from ebay which converts 34 to 24 pin ribbon cable so you can use a standard pc floppy drive. Bundle usb flash drive, software, manual and free technical support. Sy99 disk drive replacement when the disk drive in my yamaha sy99 stopped working in 2004, i ordered a replacement drive from yamaha uks very helpful service department. But installing the new drive was more than just a simple swap, and the drive came without any fitting instructions at all.
Floppy drive belt for yamaha mdf 2 sy85 eme 2 korg psr etc ebay yamaha sy85 synth keyboard replacement floppy disk drive new ebay nalbantov usb floppy disk drive emulator for yamaha sy 85 ebay retro friday. Yamaha usbmidi driver installation and upgrade for mac 1 disconnect all usb devices other than the mouse and keyboard from the computer. Using the usb as floppy emulator to read and write data in the machine. The hxc floppy emulator project main idea is to completely replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device. You can storage up 2500 floppies in a single sd card or usb pendrive. The yamaha sy85 is a digital music workstation introduced in 1992.
The usbmidi driver is software that transfers midi data back and forth between pc software and yamaha usbmidi devices. There is someone selling one of these on my local kijiji. The original license codeand software disk is included with the keyboard. Yamaha hereby grants you the right to use the programs and data files composing the software accompanying this agreement, and any programs and files for upgrading such software that may be distributed to you in the future with terms and conditions attached collectively, software, only on a computer, musical instrument or equipment item. Yamaha also offered a rackmount version of the sy85 called the tg500. Easier said than done after a lot of trials and mostly errors, i finally found a way using jumpers which are not supposed to be used. Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr models home facebook. Sy85 factory settings disk sy85 factory settings sysex files sy85 osrom v1.
New free usb floppy emulator firmware option yamaha musicians. Yamaha usb floppy emulator software free download yamaha. Our program disks offer all new patches based on the internal samples. This demo disk contains the original factory demo songs than came with the new sy85. Dec 06, 2015 in the bottom left picture you can see an original sy85 key, the replacement i got and the broken one. Ndrive 100 usb floppy disk drive emulator for yamaha sy85 yamaha sy85 keywords. Samples can be loaded from the floppy drive, by midi sample dump, or from waveform cards. The aim of hxc floppy emulator project is to provide software and hardware solutions to replace old floppy disk drives and floppy support with modern solutions usb, sdcard, network.
Software nur in englich oder chinesisch,keine anleitung zur software. Instead, its sounds are based on samples, which can be layered and modified to create new sounds. With a proper floppy drive, you can transfer your old floppy disks by yourself or you can send us your floppy disks and we will download the files. Usb as floppy floppy to usb emulator floppy to usb converter. The usb floppy emulator that works with the sy99, the sy85 and possibly the sy77 is this one.
I have old pcs and software that allows me to read just about. Yamaha w7 and gotek hxc floppy drive emulator torlus. Nalbantov, organ, keyboard, sampler, grand piano, synthesizer, synth. Hardware floppy disk drive emulator post by gmeredith mon feb 02, 2009 11. Yamaha flexidrive floppy drive update floppy emulator. Insert the floppy and the flash drive on a healthy computer. Wxx files xx sample number from 00 to 99, or the sy85 will render them illegal and ask you to press the exit button.
Our sy85 sounds are exceptional, and an amazing deal. Wxx files, you must have file conversion software, such as awave that will do so. With a proper floppy drive, you can transfer your old floppy disks by. Features import and convert many floppy image file formats. Usb stick stm32 hxc floppy emulator firmware update hxc firmware for gotek. Page 252 these utilities allow sample data to be saved to or loaded from a 3. Sy85 floppy disk drive problems home recording forums. Yamaha sy85 floppy disk drive replacement, using an adapter i bought from ebay which converts 34 to 24 pin ribbon cable so you can use a standard pc floppy drive. Actually, the steps are very similar to the process of converting floppy disk to cd. Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr models, kota kinabalu, sabah, malaysia.
In the bottom left picture you can see an original sy85 key, the replacement i got and the broken one. Use only 2dd type disks that have been formatted for use with the sy85 via the disk format function described on page 235. Use common u disk, the software required the use of space partitioning 100 1. Hardware floppy disk drive emulator post by gmeredith.
Hxc floppy emulators supported machinescompatibility list this compatibility list contains the machinescomputers supported by the hxc floppy emulators sd hxc, usb hxc, or firmware this list is probably not complete so if you dont find your device into this list, dont hesitate to ask us directly by email. After you load your samples into the sy85 s nonvolatile memory area they will remain stored intact after the sy85 has been switched off. Floppy drive usb emulator nalbantov ndrive extreme for yamaha sy 85. Hxc floppy emulators supported machinescompatibility list. Emulation of all rom, floppy and hard disk based models, including 512k and 2mb extended memory is supported. Back in the late 1980s i bought a used emulator ii synthesizer. Yamaha sy85 synth keyboard replacement floppy disk drive new ebay. The usbmidi driver is no longer available for windows 2000vistaxp.
I was interested even tho i already own a dx21 but i couldnt find much info online and few videos that did not describe workflow just demoing sounds. Floppy drive emulator for keyboards and music production equipment. Sample disks provide patches that simply play back the allnew samples based on the disk. Before you download your samples onto the floppy, all file extensions must be. The seller puts this item on sale from time to time.
Yamaha usb floppy emulator, free yamaha usb floppy emulator software downloads, page 3. Unlike other yamaha synthesizers of the time sy77 and the sy99 the sy85 does not use fm synthesis. Its not top of the line or anything nor am i a great player, but it is my oneway ticket to keep liberating my soul through this beautiful instrument. After i replaced all the parts i put the whole thing back together and fired it up. From what ive read, the w7 uses msx floppy drives, however setting the second menu to.
How to install a usb floppy drive emulator in an old keyboard. Jan, 2020 actually, the steps are very similar to the process of converting floppy disk to cd. The hxc floppy emulators are designed to be very versatile and to support a large variety of computers keyboards samplers cnc machines. Yamaha sy85 factory demo disk keyboard kountry reverb. Write back process directly writes treating usb as floppy disk. This electronic device emulate the floppy disk drive behavior and functionnalities. And drag the files and folders from the floppy to the usb drive. Fexidrives or flexidrivemv are suitable for technics keyboards. This may eventually lead to read andor write errors, or cause the drive to read some floppy disks and not others. After extensive usage, the readwrite head can pick up a layer of magnetic particles.
Windows software to control yamaha s series of digital mixing boards including the dsp factory card. We will send you more information to your email address. Flexidrive is the best solution to replace the floppy drive unit on your yamaha qy700 sequencer. These may have to be flashed with the appropriate software. An emulator for the microbee z80 rom, fdd and hdd based microcomputers. Ndrive 100 emulator for yamaha sy85 usb floppy emulator. It includes a format utility to format a usb stick to 1. S760 usb floppy drive emulator usbfde i was able to find an inexpensive solution for connecting a usbfde to my s. Floppy disk emulator simulation usb conversion drive for. Hxc floppy emulator supported machinescompatibility list. After you load your samples into the sy85s nonvolatile memory area they will remain stored intact after the sy85 has been switched off. Floppy disk emulator simulation usb conversion drive for musical instruments. Floppy disk usb emulator nalbantov ndrive for yamaha sy 85.
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