Roland S-10 Quick Disk Drive Cleaning and Demonstration

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Today we're messing around with my old 1986 Roland S-10 12-bit sampler and attempting to fix the notoriously sketchy Quick Disk floppy drive. Should I replace it with a floppy emulator? I don't know, probably! If you want some tips about cleaning tape drives with isopropyl alcohol and cotton buds or want to learn a bit more about the S-10, you should enjoy this one. :)
HxC Floppy Drive Emulator (with Quick Disk support): hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy...
Gotek with HxC Firmware (I might give this a shot): amsynths.co.uk/2019/08/08/rol...
Roland S-10 Info: www.vintagesynth.com/roland/s1...

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@da_norris 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! Bought this one new myself in '86 and it hasn't been able to read disks for 20 years. Tried using compressed air to clean out the drive through the slot to no avail. Time to bust it out of storage and give it a cleaning! BTW - the drive belt may be dried out and slipping as well. New belts are still available at console5.com/store/akai-roland-korg-mitsumi-2-8-quick-disk-qd-square-floppy-drive-belt.html

@JohnLRice 2 жыл бұрын

From the manual: "I/O ERROR 2 Replace the QD with the other one and repeat loading procedure."

@maccagrabme 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the audio level like from your line out? Mine seems really low on the highest switch setting and volume at max and the medium and low switch are inaudible.

@relic985 3 жыл бұрын

The line out on my unit works fine for the most part, but I do keep it on high and it is prone to ground interference. First thing I'd do is clean the toggle switch and the master volume slider with some deoxit. If that doesn't fix it, you'd have to follow the output circuit in the schematic which isn't an easy task since that signal jumps between a couple of boards. You can find the service manual here and most of the output circuit on page 21 www.synthxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/s-10-service-notes.pdf

@rey_mrt 2 жыл бұрын

Nice vidéo. I have a question, I just bought an old S10 but I don't have a quick disk. I was wondering, is it possible for me to use it without a quick disk? just as a master keyboard with the right cable on an ipad for example? with garage band or on a pc with a sound bank?

@relic985 2 жыл бұрын

You definitely could as long as whatever it is takes MIDI. That being said, I don't think it's the greatest keyboard option out there. You could still use it for sampling, though. You just can't save it after you're done. I'd recommend picking up a Gotek drive someday for it. That's the route I eventually took.

@rey_mrt 2 жыл бұрын

@@relic985 Thanks for taking the time to answer me. I will try that.

@arfandroid6729 Жыл бұрын

Hi, hello... I'm really hoping that you answer my question on this. please... I made a really stupid mistake, I just received this S-10 from the US which uses 110 v and plugged it into a 220v Asian region socket. It turned on just a second and died. I know that I just stupidly short circuited it. Is there any chance I can revive it? What component do I have yo replace? Please, I really do need help on this. Many many thank yous in advance. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@arfandroid6729 Жыл бұрын

By the way, did you get the Gotek USB emulator to work?

@relic985 Жыл бұрын

@@arfandroid6729 Yes! I did eventually end up getting a Gotek, backing up my old QDs, modding it up, and designing a proper mount for it: www.thingiverse.com/thing:5020545. It works great beyond the limitations of the S-10, but I still haven't figured out a proper way to convert my QD backups to the format required by the Gotek. Got real close with a python script, but still not 100%: github.com/dcooperdalrymple/s10-syx2qd/tree/dev.

@relic985 Жыл бұрын

Yeahhh, you may be s.o.l. here. Best case scenario, there's just a fuse inside that popped before anything bad happened (I can't remember exactly where the fuse is). You could try replacing that then feeding it the proper voltage through a step-down, but I would make sure to do some probing to make sure that nothing is shorted out and some visual inspection to see if anything was fried in the process. Good luck!

@arfandroid6729 Жыл бұрын

@@relic985 thank you so very much for your reply bro. I made some search, and your answer confirmed it, hopefully the fuse is there.

@arfandroid6729 Жыл бұрын

@@relic985 the link on Gotek returned a 404 page bro. How could this be? You posted them only just 2 days ago...,🤷🏻