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By sfdays Tue Apr 04, 2006 8:14 pm
Is it possible to connect a SCSI/USB cable into the back of my ZIP drive to the USB port on my computer. My computer does not except SCSI only USB. I need to get my beats off the ZIP drive and on to my computer. Is this my best option. Any and all advice welcome.
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By M.ic P.ro C.rusher Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:53 am
Better off getting another zip drive for your PC. Not only would it be faster/easier to transfer files, switching drives back and forth between different OS's makes them crash more often.
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By mnh2410 Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:15 am
Well if you saving your sequences from your mpc on a zip disk they arent goin to open up and play like that. I have a feeeling thats what you are tryin to go. You have to record the beat from your MPC into your computer.
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By Fung45 Wed Apr 05, 2006 4:45 am
I dont think this will work
just like some midi controlling keyboards are usb, some are specially made for use with usb

By sfdays Thu Apr 06, 2006 7:30 pm
Thanks for the information. If im going to put the beats onto the computer, does anyone have advice on what cables i need, or how to go about it in general?

Thanks again

By sfdays Mon Apr 10, 2006 3:03 am
i really need some help on this. My beats are just sitting in the zip drive, and i really want to get them onto my computer and then onto cd.

Thanks for any info.
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By whattarush Mon Apr 10, 2006 9:30 pm
sfdays wrote:i really need some help on this. My beats are just sitting in the zip drive, and i really want to get them onto my computer and then onto cd.

Thanks for any info.


Does your computer have a SCSI port? If so, try loading the ".mid" file(s) into your computer's DAW application from your zip drive.