Ensoniq SD1/VFXSD floppy drive emulator replacement

[UnbalancedKarma]

Hi, I own an SD1/32 and I'd like to replace the floppy drive with an USB floppy emulator.
Of course, I want to do it as cheap as possible, I can't justify spending more than what I paid for the synth itself.
Now, since the original drive uses DSDD, I think the SFRM72-TU100K USB driver emulator could/should work; anyway I can see problems with the ensoniq proprietary format, when reading the usb in the pc side...

is anyone interested in this?

Fabio

edit: there are also models SFRM72-FU, SFRM72-FU-EG, SFRM72-FU-DL... now I'm a bit more confused, even in the hardware side...

[greggybud]

Have you contacted Sam?

I think he could give you an answer.

https://syntaur.com/ensoniq.html

[Baus]

Hi there,

A friend of mine is currently looking into installing the Gotek floppy Emulator in his samplers (Emu and Ensoniq).

I think he successfully did it for his Ensoniq Mirage and so it should work with the other units as well.

I think on the PC side there won't be a problem. With Omniflop you can read your Ensoniq disks and save them as
images to your HD. I have no experience with it myself but I know that it should be no problem at all to get your files to the USB stick and into your synths.

I don't want to draw away attention from this forum. It's great, and my friend is in the FB Ensoniq Users Group and sharing his insights there and ask more questions if needed.

Best wishes,

Robin
The Netherlands

[UnbalancedKarma]

Hi there,

A friend of mine is currently looking into installing the Gotek floppy Emulator in his samplers (Emu and Ensoniq).

I think he successfully did it for his Ensoniq Mirage and so it should work with the other units as well.

I think on the PC side there won't be a problem. With Omniflop you can read your Ensoniq disks and save them as
images to your HD. I have no experience with it myself but I know that it should be no problem at all to get your files to the USB stick and into your synths.

I don't want to draw away attention from this forum. It's great, and my friend is in the FB Ensoniq Users Group and sharing his insights there and ask more questions if needed.

Best wishes,

Robin
The Netherlands

hi Robin,

thanks a lot for the reply and the helpful infos!

I actually also have an Oberheim DPX-1 (reads Emulator II, Mirage, Prophet 2000 and S-900 samples), and I'd like to replace that 3,5" floppy drive too!!! I think the right model is the SFRM72-FU-DL, that supports non-FAT disk format...

F.