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What brand/model of CD-ROM drives do NOT work with AKAI samplers?

April 26, 2017Akai brand CD-ROM drives model Samplers

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What brand/model of CD-ROM drives do NOT work with AKAI samplers?

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There are many compatible SCSI CD-ROM drives for the AKAI but unfortunately I can confirm more of the older ones than the more recent. These are: – Pioneer DRU-124x 4xSpeed – Pioneer DR-U12x Speed (let’s say all Pioneer models do:) – Panasonic 2x all models – SONY 2x/4x all models – Hitachi 4x – Toshiba 4x XM-5401 TA (also mounted on CD3000) – Toshiba 3401 SCSI – Toshiba XM5701 12x – MAC external 2x CD drive (panasonic/matsushita) – Plextor 12x, 20x and 32x – Apple CD-300E – Apple CD-600E – Apple CD1200 (8x Internal) – Panasonic LK-MC606BP (Matsushita 508) CD-Writers: ————– Matsushita CDR 7502 Matsushita CR-8005A Smart & Friendly 2006 CDR Philips Omniwriter CD-RW external Yamaha 4x write (CDr400) Ricoh ? Waitec ? There are surely many other drives that work; please email me so I can add them to the list. What I can surely say is that OLD NEC CD-ROM drives *DO NOT WORK* with AKAI CDs. This on my opinion due to a firmware problem in the CD loading routine so when you try to read