Comments on: Akai S5000

By: olvus

olvus — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:38:45 +0000

I’m curious if salvador was able to get the CF reader to work. Thats a great idea if it does indeed work.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 17:40:57 +0000

That’s brilliant! nice work.

I never would have thought that you could put a flash drive like that in an older sampler. Although I guess the S5000 isn’t that old.

By: Teh Juan

Teh Juan — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:15:37 +0000

Argg…

SCSIforSamplers tooooo expensive!!!!

Granted top notch components…

By: JD Wilson

JD Wilson — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 04:45:58 +0000

We have new SCSI CF card readers ready to install into your S5000 sampler for $89.00. These are very fast and easy to install – takes about 15 minutes. We also have internal SSD and hybrid drives that run on 5 volts, make no noise and produce no heat.

If you are not familiar with SCSIforSamplers.com, please check us out. We have been selling the best SCSI gear since 2002 and we can hook you up with whatever you need for you Akai or any other brand sampler.

By: NickShaver

NickShaver — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:29:35 +0000

An update on my SCSI->IDE->CF conversion — it works with the parts I listed above. I had to fashion my own power connector, and I’ve yet to mount it into the floppy bay because my SCSI cable is too short, but it works nevertheless. Hot-swapping the CF cards seems to work too. I haven’t tried it with two different cards yet though, just with one, and then doing the disk utils “UPDATE” function.

Hornbrake guy — thanks for your tutorial. I don’t think I would have torn into mine without seeing your success.

By: NickShaver

NickShaver — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:54:37 +0000

I’m going to try the CF out on my S6000 and replace the floppy. Here’s what I think I’ll need:

IDE CF card adapter, fits in floppy slot – $28.95
http://ayagroup.com/product.php?productid=16385

Acard AEC-7720U SCSI to IDE bridge adapter – $30.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350044078177

Kingston 2GB CF card – $12.25 including shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820134118

Summary:
SCSI-IDE Adapter: $28.95
IDE-CF Adapter : 30.00
2GB CF Card : 12.25
Extra shipping : 10.00
——
Total: $81.20

Any idea what cables I’ll need in addition to the above adapters? Can I reuse the floppy’s power connector? I’ve got plenty of ide cables, but I don’t think I’ve got any SCSI cables lying around. Will I need to round one up? What about a SCSI terminator? Will that be necessary?

Thanks for any help.

By: alexhornbake

alexhornbake — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:34:37 +0000

Sorry, mine came with one, I almost bought one sans card, but when I realized it would be $200 to get a USB card, I waited for one with the card already installed to show up on ebay.

By: SAM LONDE

SAM LONDE — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 15:42:18 +0000

Hey man – Have you heard of any Akai IBS56USB USB Interface Board For S5000 And S6000 around I got a S5000 with no card cheap but w-o the USB interface its useless. Thanks.

Best,

By: salvador salcedo

salvador salcedo — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:04:22 +0000

Thank you; uhmm…. and for the record I was never holding you responsible. I was just experimenting (dreaming) really and took the risk. I was looking for a quick fix to my on stage problems. I will (try) to send you the cf card but I am a worry wort and $36.00 dollars is lot money for me (like most music folk I am very very poor because of all the gear my money goes to in the fisrt place). email me on my personal email address and we will discuss….. I need to see if I can funnel cash to shipping of this cf card. My my loving, patient, oh so tolerant wife wants me to manage my money better for some reason….oO(i don’t know why…it is my $…I work for it….I…) If she finds out I’m shipping something off to see if works she will…not be happy. Any way let me think about it I’m not sure what your country your in. I live in Planet Texas. ON a side note have you been able to burn your own back up cds. I have an old scsi burner and want to try backing up my own akai cds. If you haven’t noticed by now I tend to want the impossible to be very simple and very fast, yes very fast…..

By: alexhornbake

alexhornbake — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:06:34 +0000

Salvador,

I’m sorry to hear you are having trouble, but I don’t think you fully digested my initial post. You are missing a crucial component. The Akai S5000 DOES NOT HAVE IDE capability built in. I know it looks like it does, but this is not how I achieve getting an IDE drive to work.

If you re-read the post you’ll see that I included the Acard AEC-7720U Scsi->IDE adapter in the parts list. It is vital to your success. While I have not tried this with a compact flash drive, I’m fairly confident it will work.

My comment above was simply suggesting that you replace the IDE hard drive in my instructions with the IDE compact flash drive bay. Sorry if you feel mislead, I thought I was clear.

Good luck if you decide to get the Acard and give it a try. Also, in Akai’s defense, when this unit was new they did sell the USB add-on card, an FX card, and a SCSI->IDE card, I used the Acard model because Akai’s is like $200, and I’m cheap. I think the fact that they stuck to the SCSI implementation strongly enough to have third party hardware work at all is a credit to the company. Ok… now I’m ranting…

You know what? If you send me the CF drive bay, and a CF card, I’ll install it in mine, and confirm that it works before you buy the Acard piece if you’d like, I’m pretty damn curious myself.