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~ The original Akai DR Recorder SSD upgrade ~Tested and working and guaranteed with a 60 day No Hassle warranty, is now available as a kit! Over 50 happy customers. 2020 version comes with newly manufactured custom made 12″ SCSI cable and can be upgraded with a 64GB SD card (minimum 10MB/s).
DR4 owner? Please read the DR4 section below.
Easy installation – takes 5 minutes tops. All you need is a screwdriver to take the top of the unit off, and install instructions included. You can even disconnect the internal hard drive cooling fan to make the Akai totally silent. Maximum record time. 24.5 hours on the DR4 & DR8, 99.9 hours on the DR16 & DR16 Pro. (48 hours with 16gb card on DR16.) Lightning fast speed. You will never wait for the DR to complete a task again. The massive bandwidth of the SSD allows operations to take place instantly. More importantly, it is tested to be able to record and play back 16 tracks without issue. Pre-configured for plug & play use. The SCSI to SSD adapter is programmed prior to shipment for maximum compatibility, reliability and speed. All that’s left for you to do is format the drive. Allows use of inexpensive SD media in your DR. The kit ships with a SD card pre-installed. It can be left inside the device like a hard drive or mounted by the expansion port slots on the back to allow swapping of SD cards. Use it by itself or with a hard drive. This kit can co-exist with a hard drive as DR units have two SCSI hard drive connectors. Transfer your hard work to the SD card for peace of mind. 60 day warranty. For 60 days after the time of purchase I will guarantee full satisfaction with the kit and provide assistance should it be needed.You will receive the following with your purchase: 1x SCSI to SSD adapter pre-programmed for Akai DR units. 1x NEW 1 (0.3m) single-ended SCSI cable (as of July 2019, all SSD kits are shipped with newly manufactured, higher quality cables instead of old stock SCSI cables. These new cables are also sold separately in my eBay store.) 1x 16gb SD card pre-installed in the adapter (you must format it)
Link to online install guide – feel free to request a paper copy.
~Shipping worldwide via USPS Small Flat Rate Box, fully insured
~Please read the following section as it is essentially an “owners manual”.Note for DR8/16 owners running multiple drives:The DR can run out of memory if you have several Extended format drives installed. The solution is to upgrade the CPU memory. The DR has two kinds of memory: one for recording buffer and one for the CPU. The CPU memory can become full if you have multiple hard drives or upgraded your SSD adapter with a SD card above 64gb. You will need two 1mb 30-pin 60ns RAM. They plug in on the bottom side of the unit into two black slots tucked in the corner. You can usually find these RAM on eBay for under $10 for two 1mb chips. If you already have expanded memory in your DR16 you will not need to worry. If you do not your SSD may act slow and dr16 may display no memory.”DISK SLOW” error?The AKAI SSD has a large on board cache sufficient of storing enough data in case the SD card is not writing fast enough in real time and will never drop out or de-sync. But, the AKAI does not know this, so you may wish to increase your Hard Drive RAM if you encounter the “DISK SLOW” error. install “Wave Buffer Memory” (72 pin SIMM 32Mb or 16Mb 60ns) on CPU Board (white sockets – see final item photo).Note for DR4 owners:
Most but not all DR4’s come with a twisted SCSI cable which inverts the orientation of the cable. If you message me with your purchase with a request, I can cut the tab off the SCSI connector for you. However, DR4 owners who purchased this kit were able to bypass this issue by using the cable that came with their DR4 instead of the cable provided. If you are buying this for a DR4 I highly recommend you let me know at the time of purchase so that I can prepare it for optimal use with the older DR4.
Please send a message WITH YOUR ORDER if you need this on a custom SCSI ID to co-exist with an existing hard drive in your unit. These usually ship same day within a few hours so if no request is received with payment it will be set to SCSI ID 0. You can change a hard drive SCSI ID with jumpers.Shipping is via USPS Priority Mail but I can send an invoice for Express Mail or UPS if desired. Please message BEFORE payment if desired.
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