After extensive usage, the readwrite head can pick up a layer of magnetic particles. Bundle usb flash drive, software, manual and free technical support. Yamaha su700 sampler floppy drive update all your songs, tracks, sequences, sounds, midi files in a single sd or pendrive. Windows software to control yamaha s series of digital mixing boards including the dsp factory card.
In the bottom left picture you can see an original sy85 key, the replacement i got and the broken one. Sy85 waveformsample utilities tutorial and other useful. This electronic device emulate the floppy disk drive behavior and functionnalities. It includes a format utility to format a usb stick to 1. Write back process directly writes treating usb as floppy disk. The seller puts this item on sale from time to time. S760 usb floppy drive emulator usbfde i was able to find an inexpensive solution for connecting a usbfde to my s. Yamaha w7 and gotek hxc floppy drive emulator torlus. Yamaha sy85 synth keyboard replacement floppy disk drive new ebay. Floppy drive usb emulator nalbantov ndrive extreme for yamaha sy 85.
Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr models, kota kinabalu, sabah, malaysia. Flexidrive is the best solution to replace the floppy drive unit on your yamaha qy700 sequencer. 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. There is someone selling one of these on my local kijiji. These may have to be flashed with the appropriate software. Unlike other yamaha synthesizers of the time sy77 and the sy99 the sy85 does not use fm synthesis. 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.
Our sy85 sounds are exceptional, and an amazing deal. Pure energy sy85 faq sound samples for the yamaha sy85. 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. Features import and convert many floppy image file formats. Hxc floppy emulator supported machinescompatibility list. Emulation of all rom, floppy and hard disk based models, including 512k and 2mb extended memory is supported.
New free usb floppy emulator firmware option yamaha musicians. Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr 340, 350, 450, 540, 550, 630. But installing the new drive was more than just a simple swap, and the drive came without any fitting instructions at all. Yamaha usbmidi driver installation and upgrade for mac 1 disconnect all usb devices other than the mouse and keyboard from the computer. From what ive read, the w7 uses msx floppy drives, however setting the second menu to. Ndrive 100 emulator for yamaha sy85 usb floppy emulator. Actually, the steps are very similar to the process of converting floppy disk to cd. Instead, its sounds are based on samples, which can be layered and modified to create new sounds.
The usbmidi driver is software that transfers midi data back and forth between pc software and yamaha usbmidi devices. 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. Page 252 these utilities allow sample data to be saved to or loaded from a 3. Usb as floppy floppy to usb emulator floppy to usb converter. We will send you more information to your email address. After i replaced all the parts i put the whole thing back together and fired it up. The usbmidi driver is no longer available for windows 2000vistaxp. Floppy disk emulator simulation usb conversion drive for musical instruments. No idea how these work, just trying to replace a broken floppy drive.
Samples can be loaded from the floppy drive, by midi sample dump, or from waveform cards. Software nur in englich oder chinesisch,keine anleitung zur software. Insert the floppy and the flash drive on a healthy computer. Hardware floppy disk drive emulator post by gmeredith mon feb 02, 2009 11. The 720k floppy disk pcmech can 720k diskettes be read and written to in windows 7. After you load your samples into the sy85 s nonvolatile memory area they will remain stored intact after the sy85 has been switched off. With recoverit data recovery, floppy disk recovery can be simple, smooth and swift. Yamaha usb floppy emulator software free download yamaha.
Sy85 floppy disk drive problems page 2 home recording forums. 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. Ndrive 100 usb floppy disk drive emulator for yamaha sy85 yamaha sy85 keywords. This demo disk contains the original factory demo songs than came with the new sy85. Jan, 2020 actually, the steps are very similar to the process of converting floppy disk to cd. Usb stick stm32 hxc floppy emulator firmware update hxc firmware for gotek. Fexidrives or flexidrivemv are suitable for technics keyboards. Nalbantov usb floppy disk drive emulator ndrive 100 for yamaha sy 85. Usb floppy drive for all yamaha psr models home facebook. The hxc floppy emulators are designed to be very versatile and to support a large variety of computers keyboards samplers cnc machines. Flexidrive floppy emulator running on yamaha su700. Yamaha also offered a rackmount version of the sy85 called the tg500. 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. 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.
Flexidrive is the best solution to replace the floppy drive unit on your technics kn5000 keyboard. 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. 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. Windows software to control yamahas series of digital mixing boards including the dsp factory card. An emulator for the microbee z80 rom, fdd and hdd based microcomputers. Before you download your samples onto the floppy, all file extensions must be. 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. You can storage up 2500 floppies in a single sd card or usb pendrive. Wxx files xx sample number from 00 to 99, or the sy85 will render them illegal and ask you to press the exit button. Its a great time to upgrade your home music studio gear with the largest selection at. Back in the late 1980s i bought a used emulator ii synthesizer.
Just copy the default g file to root of flash drive formatted to fat32. Windows 2008, windows xp, windows vista, windows 7, windows 8, windows 10. 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. Special thanks to pablo for share his experience with flexidrive. After you load your samples into the sy85s nonvolatile memory area they will remain stored intact after the sy85 has been switched off. Use only 2dd type disks that have been formatted for use with the sy85 via the disk format function described on page 235. This may eventually lead to read andor write errors, or cause the drive to read some floppy disks and not others. The keyboard wasi was told the second eightvoice emulator ii, and it had originally belonged to a famous local san francisco band. And drag the files and folders from the floppy to the usb drive. 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. 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. Wxx files, you must have file conversion software, such as awave that will do so.
Sample disks provide patches that simply play back the allnew samples based on the disk. The included software is supported by the following operating systems. Installation of a 720kb usb floppy emulator unread post by jhulk wed jul 01, 2015 12. The hxc floppy emulator project main idea is to completely replace the floppy disk drive by an electronic device. Floppy disk usb emulator nalbantov ndrive for yamaha sy 85. Yamaha flexidrive floppy drive update floppy emulator. Installation of a 720kb usb floppy emulator unread post by jhulk.
The floppy disk drives built into yamaha products feature a precision magnetic readwrite head. Sy85 floppy disk drive problems home recording forums. How to install a usb floppy drive emulator in an old keyboard. Latest manuals, catalogs, and softwares are available for download. Floppy drive emulator for keyboards and music production equipment. The usb floppy emulator that works with the sy99, the sy85 and possibly the sy77 is this one.
Usb stick stm32 hxc floppy emulator hxc firmware for gotek. When you switch the sy85 back on again your samples are ready to go. I have old pcs and software that allows me to read just about. 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. Floppies for the sy85 hold only 512k of data, so that means there are fewer sounds. Hxc floppy emulators supported machinescompatibility list. Floppy disk emulator simulation usb conversion drive for. After almost 10 years of saving, i finally got my own acoustic piano. The original license codeand software disk is included with the keyboard. Floppy to usb upgrade yamaha korg roland software manual. The yamaha sy85 is a digital music workstation introduced in 1992.
Using the usb as floppy emulator to read and write data in the machine. So sy85 floppy disk drive problems page 2 home recording forums. Hardware floppy disk drive emulator vintage synth explorer. Nalbantov usb floppy disk drive emulator ndrive 100 for yamaha. Yamaha sy85 factory demo disk keyboard kountry reverb.
Nalbantov, organ, keyboard, sampler, grand piano, synthesizer, synth. 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. Floppy drive emulator for keyboards and music production. Yamaha usb floppy emulator, free yamaha usb floppy emulator software downloads, page 3. Load the songs using the following instructions, load the demo trackssy85demo this demo includes samples load as disk allsydemo2 this demo uses default patches load as disk seq all any files on th. Dec 06, 2015 in the bottom left picture you can see an original sy85 key, the replacement i got and the broken one. 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. Our program disks offer all new patches based on the internal samples.
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