can i take Amiga samples off an old Amiga disk? (on to Pc)

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I have an old amiga disk dat has a couple of samples on it from about ten years ago =is der a way to convert these to wavs. I tried using an emulator but it wont read the disk cos its in Amiga format


i dont have the amiga anymore so cant just record the output.

bit of a long shot is der anyway to do this????

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Wasn't there a way to format disks to be read by a PC as part of the Amiga system? Mind you, a modern (!) floppy drive may not read the old style disks. Try a Google search for Amiga fan sites and asking about it.

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Just found this:
http://www.amigaforever.com/kb/3-118.html

Basically you'll probably need another amiga. Try posting on your local forsale board - people mostly want to get rid of their amigas, usually for free. I was given 2 amigas a few years ago...

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yeah, unfortunately there's no way a pc drive can read amiga floppies. you need an amiga :cry:
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connect the amiga audio out to the pc and start your tracker/music program and record it on your pc ;)
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Are the T and H keys on your keyboard f**ked up or something dude?

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who me whads a D :D
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you can send me the disc if you want the samples desperatly.
i extract the samples & send you an email with the samples attached.

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Amiga could read and write PC floppies (only 720kb format), you had to use CrossDOS. I was using this feature a lot on my Amiga 1200, for transferring my .mod tracks to my friend's PCs.

Read this:
http://www.l8r.net/technical/t-crossdos.shtml

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Yes, the Amiga disks were 880k formatted, while PC floppies were only 720k. Could easily make them smaller, but not bigger. You really need the Amiga. I sold my 4th Amiga back a few years ago, so I can't help ya. :(

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ah well not too worry i just buy one- or swap my metal detector for one - its broken though :party:

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HI

I did this a while back - just get the output of your Amiga and play the sounds into your PC soundcard.

A bit long winded though.

Flipper.

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markroom wrote:I have an old amiga disk dat has a couple of samples on it from about ten years ago =is der a way to convert these to wavs. I tried using an emulator but it wont read the disk cos its in Amiga format


i dont have the amiga anymore so cant just record the output.

bit of a long shot is der anyway to do this????
I concur; there is no way to read an Amiga floppy disk in a PC drive.

I used to run a program called TRANSDISK on my Amiga to create ADF images; then LHA them and transfer them to my PC using a null modem cable. Then you could read the images using UAE and copy the files within to your PC's hard drive.

Don't tell me you're missing those crap-tacular ST-00 SoundTracker samples in all their 15977 KHz glory? :-o

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If you have a librarian for the Amiga you might be able to do a sysex dump over midi.
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I used to have a Roland W30. There is software that can read, at DOS level, W30 floppies in a PC floppy drive and convert the contents to wav. Is there a way to do this with Amiga? :?

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