Shot in the Dark | Korg DSS-1 Gotek drive not ready

[Drewbob]

Hi everyone,

Hoping somewhere here has had the same issue as I. I have a Korg DSS-1 and have installed a Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator 435 MCU w/ Rotary Encoder OLED FlashFloppy running 3.42 into the existing floppy drive area. The gotek has the data and power plugged in as it should but I'm having a few issues.Gotek screen reads the samples and says flashfloppy+ along with version 3.42.

First issue is even when loading a FF.CFG file (I've tried many ones found in old forums and I've edited them as well) and loading HFE files I still get the Drive Not Ready error when trying to load into the DSS-1. I've tried 3 flash drives (all FAT32), tried different CFG configurations, tried img/dsk/ds1 file types all with no luck. Is it possible I need to replace the data cable?

Second issue is when I tried to update the Gotek, either with the 'FF_Gotek-3.34.upd" file or the "flash floppy-3.43.upd" file. All the gotek screen says is error 34. I thought perhaps I need to either update or downgrade the gotek for the DSS-1, but I'm not even able to update.

Anyone experience anything similar? This is the only synth I have with a floppy so I can't troubleshoot beyond the DSS-1 and I'm assuming there must be another issue as I've used 3 different USB flash drives. Thank you in advance!

[Jeff]

Hi everyone,

Hoping somewhere here has had the same issue as I. I have a Korg DSS-1 and have installed a Gotek Floppy Drive Emulator 435 MCU w/ Rotary Encoder OLED FlashFloppy running 3.42 into the existing floppy drive area. The gotek has the data and power plugged in as it should but I'm having a few issues.Gotek screen reads the samples and says flashfloppy+ along with version 3.42.

First issue is even when loading a FF.CFG file (I've tried many ones found in old forums and I've edited them as well) and loading HFE files I still get the Drive Not Ready error when trying to load into the DSS-1. I've tried 3 flash drives (all FAT32), tried different CFG configurations, tried img/dsk/ds1 file types all with no luck. Is it possible I need to replace the data cable?

Second issue is when I tried to update the Gotek, either with the 'FF_Gotek-3.34.upd" file or the "flash floppy-3.43.upd" file. All the gotek screen says is error 34. I thought perhaps I need to either update or downgrade the gotek for the DSS-1, but I'm not even able to update.

Anyone experience anything similar? This is the only synth I have with a floppy so I can't troubleshoot beyond the DSS-1 and I'm assuming there must be another issue as I've used 3 different USB flash drives. Thank you in advance!

You can try to install the HxC firmware for Gotek :

https://hxc2001.com/store/getlic.html

In your case you can use an usb stick to install it from the machine :

https://hxc2001.com/docs/gotek-floppy-e ... ick-method

Let me know if you have any issue with the installation and/or the configuration.