I have a K4, things do go wrong with it but nothing serious. It sounds like a bit of fluff has got into the switch, careful dismantle etc. will probably do the trick. It's a very easy synth to dismantle.

Make a note of the screws when taking off the bottom cover, they are different lengths.

I have a SD-1, I'd suggest just throw the data to the SD-1 over sys-ex. I've yet to find any bugs in the os (4.1). Even the SoundDiver "adaptation" seems to be 100%

I thought there is a version of OmniFlop that has been adapted to work with modern Windows OS, I'm sure Mr R will set us right.

That's great, get a K4 as you're already familiar with the M1 via the VST. The K4 is like most synths, the presets are a bit naff, with some programming effort the thing reveals itself. I have SoundDiver but sadly the "adaptation" (custom editor for a specific synth within SoundDiver) seems buggy, i...

...... They both are great but characteristics are completely different. Yup, that's about it. I have a K4, I've had a M1 come through my hands recently, although their basic sound generating structure are near enough the same, they do sound different. The K4 does great moods, poo at pianos (comes ...

I have a QS6.1 - I progam it all the time, however I use SoundDriver (I bought a legit copy in around 2000). I find synth manuals can take time to get into how they are written, the Q6.1 ain't that confusing, but then we're all different at taking in written information. The basic structure of the Q...

Our drummer used their SamplePad to not only play unique drum sounds, but also had a sample that was about 30 seconds long of a poem. The only problem was, being a drummer he'd hit the pad a few times which then would trigger mulitple versions! noisey.

I had something similar recently, turned out to be the pitch wheel in need of attention. A squirt of contact cleaner into the pot, a good wiggle and stability resumed.

I have a QS6.1 - just something to watch out for, the QS6.1 has a number of communication options, midi is just one of them. Not wishing to seem :geek: do check the synth is set for midi. The other option is serial RS232/Mac serial (not OSX). Edit Select - Global and scroll accross to Page 15 Mine s...

Maybe I miss the issue. I run my EPS16+ from floppy 99% of the time even having scsi, it serves my needs. Over time I've learnt to use one of those floppy disk head cleaner things, looks like a floppy, drip some alcohol on it, insert.. .whirrr whirrr.. job done. I also closely inspect the magnetc su...

Thanks, I'll give that a try. It's a mystery how I spent quite some time trying to hunt down that file to no avail.

I want to write data to a PCMCIA card in my XP laptop, I gather Intel's f2f.exe does the trick but yet unable to locate it. Does any one know here I can get a copy or a better way to write to flash. f2f.exe was dos I'm doing the Alesis QS card thing, upload my samples to a card the QS can read. My l...

yes the microcontroller chip in the display/button board dies happened to me, the fix is from Rainer Buchty, pay the money and move forward.

Great idea, but I think you're just going to have to save up and do it yourself because generally people don't care about this stuff unless someone does the work and offers it for free.... :lol: - yeh ain't that the truth! I see QDs pop up on eBay, even smallish collections of genuine AKAI library ...

I'm sorry to hear about your problems, I've had similar difficulties with a different long standing specialist trader. His replies to me just got more bizarre, like nothing's his problem. We need to make people aware of these traders. We take these people on trust, many are home enterprises, some go...

I'm not quite sure of your situation,have you tried SampleWrench?