Yamaha A3000 HxC Gotek

[JMack]

Please help!

[JMack]

Ok I've manage to get some samples onto the usb key which I can then 'import' to the sampler. By saving an image .IMG and then saving that to the HFE format. Unfortunately I can only load one at a time which turns out to be slower than midi sds for loading.
Re-saving them did'nt work however.
When I change the disk image using the buttons on the Gotek it seems to lose sight of which disk is mounted and I have to manually re-access the disk through another menu. The gotek didn't have issues with this before the Hxc flash. Any ideas how we could resolve this?
I'm going to research if there's a way of using the native sample format for the Yamaha A3000.

[Jeff]

Unfortunately I can only load one at a time which turns out to be slower than midi sds for loading.

I am not sure to understand this part.

When I change the disk image using the buttons on the Gotek it seems to lose sight of which disk is mounted and I have to manually re-access the disk through another menu.

Same here, i don't understand. Can you explain which menu you are talking about ?

Are you using the indexed mode and config file ?

Anyway try to directly use the IMG format: Just rename the IMG file like this : DSKA0000.IMG,DSKA0001.IMG,DSKA0002.IMG,...
And take care to the use the indexed config file present from the firmware archive in the folder Config_Files/Indexed_mode/HXCSDFE.CFG :
https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_dri ... rmware.zip

[Jeff]

Another point : Is the gotek jumper set to S1 and all others jumpers removed ?

[Jeff]

Another point : Is the gotek jumper set to S1 and all others jumpers removed ?

According to this previous Yamaha A3000 + SD HxC user feedback the jumper setting is important. A wrong setting appears to lead to an half-working situation. From my point of view this appears to be the case too with your setup :

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=3021

SD HxC ID1A switch is equal to the Gotek S1 jumper setting.

[Jeff]

Can you tell me if when I save the new edited image if I have to save as 'DSKA0001.HFE' etc.? By default it want's to save as 'DSKA0001_HFE' or should I not touch the disk titles?

Yes, you need to change the name to DSKA0001.HFE.

btw you can use the DosDiskBrowser : Just unpack the software to the usb stick root folder, and start it from this point. You can then easily edit/change the image contents without the load/save operations :
https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_dri ... rowser.zip

[JMack]

Hi Jeff,

Yes jumpers are correct. I tried dosdiskbrowser but I couldn't run it with 'Play on Mac' which is a wine based PC emulator. I'm on Mac.

I'm using indexed mode with a 1.44mb Gotek. Do I load the config file in the sdhxc settings? I have a usb key version so I thought I don't need to use the sdhxc settings. At what point should I load the CFG file. When I load a working image with data is the CFG not included as part of that? At the moment I've been loading the CFG file 1st (load iamge). Is this correct? It's on the root of the key as required.

Is there a way of having a larger floppy image size with my setup?

So far I'm using the import function on the sampler but I have to load each file in the list one by one which is very slow. And as I said when I move to a different floppy image with the gotek buttons the disk image access is lost until I re-access it in the 'Disk' functions of the A3000.

[JMack]

Here is my HxcUsb settings.

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[Jeff]

Hi Jeff,

Yes jumpers are correct.

Only one is needed ! please remove the others.

[JMack]

It is configured like this>

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[Jeff]

Please clear/reset the gotek settings, remove all files from your stick and unpack the following zip to the root of the usb stick :

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_dri ... YA3000.zip

[JMack]

Hi Jeff,
I tried with the new files, I didn't notice any significant difference. If I have just IMG files on the stick the sampler can't read it unless I also have HFE's as well as the IMG files.

I made about 10 images with sounds before you uploaded the new files, but since editing and re-writing samples I'm now getting Disk read/write errors.

In what way are the images you uploaded are different?

I'm really at the point now where I don't know how to move forward with this.

[Jeff]

Please try the "Not_Gated_Firmware" version :

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_dri ... rmware.zip

(remove all upd file(s) from the stick, copy the new upd from the folder "Not_Gated_Firmware" and follow this procedure :
https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-e ... pdate.html )

And then retry these files :

https://hxc2001.com/download/floppy_dri ... YA3000.zip
(please remove all others files from the stick)

Please use another usb stick (another brand) for all these tests. This is to exclude any possible problem the with the stick.

If this still doesn't work we have to change/find the right interface setting.

[VladG]

Hello Jeff! I want to buy your firmware for A3000, but I don't clearly understand how it works. I didn't find upd on "Not_Gated_Firmware" folder, only link to customization page. But I cannot do it by myself. Could you explain to me more precisely? Thanks a lot