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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 02:37:50 AM

Title: How do I write soundtracker disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 02:37:50 AM: Hey guys,
I found a lot of music on my Amiga 2000 in soundtracker.
It asks for st-18 and st-19 and so on. I was able to find the files online

http://aminet.net/search?query=st-+sampledisk

Then i put that file on a floppy but my Amiga doesnt recognize it.
It just says DF0:BAD.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 02:48:19 AM: oops the title should say soundtracker, my iphone's autocorrect changed it....
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: hooligan on October 28, 2011, 05:43:51 AM: Archives tested ok so the problem is not there. If I were you I'd unpack these archives somewhere onto your Amigas harddrive and assign ST-18: and ST-19: there.

Floppydisks are nightmare from hell ;)
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 03:27:41 PM: How do I unpack them when my amiga wont recognize the files in the first place?
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracker disks?
Post by: Colani1200 on October 28, 2011, 03:45:58 PM: Quote from: Jaycebot;665458
Then i put that file on a floppy but my Amiga doesnt recognize it.
It just says DF0:BAD.

Please explain how you put the file on the floppy.

Did you do that with a PC?
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: hooligan on October 28, 2011, 03:46:01 PM: use unlzx, found here:
http://koti.phnet.fi/yh14756/lzx/

I also unpacked samples for you:
http://koti.phnet.fi/yh14756/st18/
http://koti.phnet.fi/yh14756/st19/
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 04:03:17 PM: Yes, i used my PC to put the files on the floppy,
So do I just place these samples on the floppy and is that all i have to do?
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: hooligan on October 28, 2011, 05:46:27 PM: Simple answer: Amiga doesn't support pc-disks natively, forget it

Complex answer: there are many ways of mounting pc-disks on amiga and copy the files over. If you have cd-rom in your Amiga, burn the samples on cd and assign st-18: and st-19: to point there.
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 28, 2011, 06:27:51 PM: Im using 1.3
I don't think cd drives work on that.
What else could I do?
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: hooligan on October 28, 2011, 10:05:43 PM: Install WinUAE
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: CSixx on October 28, 2011, 11:00:14 PM: I'm not sure how the WinUAE suggestion is going to help your situation.

PC's cannot write to Amiga formatted floppy disks. There is some limited support for reading PC formatted floppies on an Amiga, but I'm not sure that Workbench 1.3 can do it without extra software.

The two easiest methods are to either buy a nullmodem serial cable and transfer the files that way (http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/), or have someone write the files on their Amiga and send the disk to you.
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: hooligan on October 28, 2011, 11:18:46 PM: Quote from: CSixx;665621
I'm not sure how the WinUAE suggestion is going to help your situation.

PC's cannot write to Amiga formatted floppy disks. There is some limited support for reading PC formatted floppies on an Amiga, but I'm not sure that Workbench 1.3 can do it without extra software.

The two easiest methods are to either buy a nullmodem serial cable and transfer the files that way (http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/), or have someone write the files on their Amiga and send the disk to you.

No, the easiest way is to install Winuae and run soundtracker + st-xx assigns from a working 3.x environment.
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: weirdami on October 29, 2011, 03:07:12 AM: Isn't this a job for crossdos?
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: bbond007 on October 29, 2011, 03:43:21 AM: Quote from: weirdami;665643
Isn't this a job for crossdos?

I think if you have crossdos you can read 720K formatted floppy....
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Jaycebot on October 29, 2011, 03:48:04 AM: Hey guys,

I bought a null modem cable at work today, I work at a thrift store and I happened to find one. :)
Anyway, I have my Amiga hooked up to my pc, and I have Amiga explorer installed on the pc. However the connection setup process never works.
It says increase buffer size or something.

I could really use some help!

Thanks!
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Erol on October 29, 2011, 12:05:16 PM: Quote from: weirdami;665643
Isn't this a job for crossdos?

Good Answer, Bingo!

Natively Crossdos works on all Amiga's.. even better if you can get yourself a High Density Amiga Floppy Drive, I believe Amigakit http://www.amigakit.com sell them (External drives) or try http://www.vesalia.de/
Title: Re: How do I write soundtracked disks?
Post by: Digiman on October 29, 2011, 02:56:02 PM: Quote from: csixx;665621
i'm not sure how the winuae suggestion is going to help your situation.

Pc's cannot write to amiga formatted floppy disks. There is some limited support for reading pc formatted floppies on an amiga, but i'm not sure that workbench 1.3 can do it without extra software.

The two easiest methods are to either buy a nullmodem serial cable and transfer the files that way (http://www.amigaforever.com/ae/), or have someone write the files on their amiga and send the disk to you.

dos2dos ;)