Hey! Another E-Mu Fan!
I have an Esi-32 Turbo with 32MB. I want a fully maxed out Emulator 4. Maybe when I get the nerve to actually take money OUT of my Brokerage account I will get one.But for now, my Esi serves me very well. Anyway, the only pieces of consumer musical gear that I know OEM Iomega is the new unreleased Roland Vs-840 Zip multitrack, and the E-Mu Esi-4000. The Syquest 270 was optional on my Esi-32, but I opted to use an external Syjet. Much better everything for about the same price. I know that Akai samplers have optional internal MO drives. These are very reliable.
Indeed, you are correct in your observations about Iomega's reputation with musical gear being something to be desired. In fact, Roland last year dropped the Jaz as an option to their Vs-880 Multitracker because of serious problems with using them. Nothing beats a good, fast hard drive in use with musical gear, but if you must use removable storage, use the PC Magazine top-reviewed SCSI SyJet. Or, wait to see if Castlewood can deliver their 2.1 Gig Orb soon. Obviously, you can't use the Syquest SparQ, since it has no SCSI port.
Either way, if you insist on using a Zip drive, you will find that 100MB gets eaten up really fast with samples and banks.
Good luck with your Esi-4000! |
