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(please scroll down to the bottom for a note about errors that may appear in the listing) Wow! This is an expanded Synclavier ATS Winchester drive that has TWO massively upgraded real-time operating systems and is loaded with professional sound effects. Installed in the blue NED factory original ATS Winchester case is a newer SCSI drive. Instead of the original large size 80mb or 160mb 5.25" full height drive, it has a 3.5" SCSI drive with a 1.25gb capacity, configured to be a bootable Synclavier SCSI Winchester drive. This 1.25gb Seagate SCSI drive is twice the size of any Winchester drive that NED ever sold, and faster than their last (the Wren 6 variety). It is almost completely full with 879.6mb of sound effects. To save a lot of money on shipping, an overseas buyer can just have the bare drive shipped to install in their own case. About the Sound Effects
Library:
This hard drive is loaded with 1,402 excellent quality sounds. The sounds are professional sound effects for television and film. I think the sounds on this drive are an in-house compilation library, using both library sounds from professional SFX libraries and sounds the studio made themselves. These sounds were used on all kinds of films and television shows made in the 90s and early 2000s. These are truly excellent sounds. There is 879.6mb of drive space used on this drive, all but 6mb of that is filled with these professional Synclavier sound effects, with that 6mb being the software. I have a lot of sound effects drives in stock. This sound collection is about 85% of another library drive that I have here, which is, in my view, the best organized smaller library and the fastest way to spot SFX to picture without sifting through 5-10 MO disks looking for each sound you want to place, it is all in one place. It would handle everything needed on most TV shows (doors, footsteps, cars, falls, etc.). About Doing Sound Effects With the Synclavier:
The Synclavier is an amazing machine for spotting sound effects to picture! Not only is the sound quality better than anything else just as with the music libraries, but the speed of the workflow and performance control it affords is extraordinary. In 1999, just before Star Wars Episode 1 came out, George Lucas was featured on CBS' 60 Minutes. They went on and on about how advanced the sound design was on this picture, and the degree of control that was exercised on it, then they ended up showing Lucas in a sound room with the machine that they use for all the sound design work: A Synclavier that was nearly 15 years old, worn down to the nubs, with Permacel tape strips all over the button panels and keys of the velocity keyboard. They failed to mention that this wasn't exactly the latest product, nor that the company that made it hadn't even been in business for the last seven years! The 200-track Memory Recorder (sequencer, if you are upgraded to it, as this 4.02/4.03 system drive is) and track sliding capabilities make it easy to lay out a complex sound effects track and move everything around to fit the picture perfectly. The CMX Autoconform software will automatically edit it to match changes made in video editing after the picture was supposedly locked. The VITC option of the SMPTE reader hardware allows you to stop the picture and record your sound effects to the Memory Recorder even in freeze frame, allowing you to quickly place the sound effect right where it belongs without a lot of hit and miss retakes, for example, to put a gunshot effect in at the exact right millisecond, just use the shuttle wheel to bring the picture right up to the gunshot, click it ahead frame by frame until you get to the exact frame that has the muzzle flash, then press the key on the Synclavier to place that sound effect there. About the Synclavier Software (Real Time
Program):
This is a bootable W0 system hard drive with two different truly great versions of much improved software on it: 1)
Synclavier Digital Corporation/DEMAS Release 4.02 for the New
England Digital Synclavier Digital Audio System. This version is from
May 1, 1997, five years after NED closed down.
I should note that Release 4.02 is one of the all time best Releases for the Synclavier, and far better than some that came after it. I used it for a few years and returned to it a few times, I could use it forever if I had to. Synclavier 4.02 had a vastly improved SCSI system, which had been a problem in previous Releases (I actually use 4.02 install disk one every day, it can format drives that previous versions can't), and allowed removable hard drives (like Jaz, Zip, etc.) as the system Winchester or secondary drive, and magneto-opticals as well. It also allowed the formatting of hard drives as optical drives. I never got into this myself, but composers swear by it because it lets the user sort sounds by instrument/sound category. The company claimed that this Release also allowed the use of 9.1gb drives (actually formatted out to 8.2gb), but I never really confirmed that this wasn't possible before. 2) Synclavier Digital Corporation/DEMAS
Release 4.03 for the New
England Digital Synclavier Digital Audio System. This version is from
September 1997, five years after NED closed down.
I should note that Release 4.03 is important because it introduced removable hard drives (Jaz, Data Express, etc.) as a replacement for tape backups and for the recording media itself, and 4.03 eliminated the ADB EVE Key that was kind of a buggy pain. I absolutely have to use at least this one on some systems and for some types of jobs. This originally had 4.02 installed, but the studio upgraded to 4.03 and, not knowing if it was really and "upgrade" or not, they saved 4.02 in a folder on this Winchester, which is why you have both here. You can swap the system folder/files and use 4.02 instead, or move things around so that you can use either at will with just the SET RTP command. This drive is in excellent condition, configured to work as a main bootable system drive, and is terminated. I checked it myself. I am doing a massive stock cleanup here and selling a lot of things that never get used here and were never previously offered for sale. (below is some helpful information I have included in my listings before, please note that it doesn't directly apply here because this one has the modern 3.5" SCSI drive installed in it, and any SCSI case has enough power for it) Some notes about the NED SCSI case made by
ATS that is included here:
Some people might just want the bare drive, and that is okay if you want to save some shipping, but these cases are very, very useful. If you have a bunch of spare SCSI hard drive cases sitting around, it is probable that none of them have enough power for the type of Winchester drives used by NED. A few that have enough sustained power don't have enough for the peak starting current that is much greater. Trying this drive with a wimpy SCSI case could 1) make you think the drive is bad and 2) blow out the power supply in the wimpy SCSI case due to overload. It is certain that none of them are cooled as well as this one. This case has the world's best power supply. This just shows how great NED equipment is. NED put better power supplies in disk drives than Digidesign has ever put in any part of their Pro Tools systems (especially the audio part). This has a Power One open frame dual linear power supply inside, a supply that cost over $200. The case also has a great cooling fan. It also has the fuse and fuse holder, which are often missing and difficult or impossible to find (I have many Winchesters missing this part). Most importantly, it has the NED SLSI board, which is the secret inside that converts the NED proprietary 34-pin and 36-pin SCSI connection to the standard 50-pin SCSI connection. This board was the part that was potted inside the $800 NED black box that was required for optical use and handy for a lot of other purposes. At least 90% of all PSxx series Synclaviers and 100% of SCSI retrofitted Synclavier IIs had the 34/36 pin SCSI connection, which isn't on any drive anywhere, except the real NED SCSI case. This isn't, however, a great drive case for European customers. NED never made these for Euro 230v power, and they don't lend themselves well to a simple and economical conversion from 115v to 230v, so I stopped shipping these to Europe a few years ago. They are also very heavy and will cost a lot to ship. If you are buying some of my bare drives, you should at least buy one drive with one of these NED SCSI cases if you don't have one. The aluminum inside box slides out, the lid on that pops up, and you can swap out the drives as much as you want, and use it without the blue ATS box if you like. Don't let the "flight case" looks fool you, these hard drives are extremely shock sensitive, and the blue ATS case actually makes them more sensitive due to the added weight; an 8-pound drive hits the floor a lot harder when it is in a 35-pound case. Note: You will find some fantastic custom sounds and sequences in my eBay lots here, but I am reasonably certain that there isn't any unreleased original music in here nor anything recognizably famous. Most of these were done by professional programmers at professional studios for clients who took the master tapes and left the Synclavier disks behind because they didn't need them, only the master tapes. Yes, I do have many, many sound and sequence disks from big name Synclavier owners and high profile projects, but no, they will never be sold, copied, or otherwise distributed. For users of other brands who do not have a Synclavier, here is a question and answer that relates to these Synclavier Winchester library auctions:
Dear synhouse, Hi, since the item has scsi, can the library be accessed with other scsi peripherals for use with modern computers, or is the item only compatible with a synclavier. Thanks Thanks for writing about the auction. Thanks especially for writing before bidding. No, you need a Synclavier to use a Synclavier sound library. The fact that the Synclavier SCSI-1 style interface is somewhat compatible to the SCSI-1, SCSI-2, and other SCSI interfaces on other computers and peripherals isn't a sufficient common bond and really doesn't matter. I say "Synclavier SCSI-1 style" because NED was making and using their own SCSI drive systems before any SCSI drives even existed in the computer stores. What matters is that a computer needs to 1) be able to read the file system on any piece of media (i.e., you can't connect a NeXT computer disk to a Vista PC and read it), and 2) a digital audio system (sampler, DAW, computer with sound card, etc.) needs to be able to read the digital audio file format. If you don't have a Synclavier, you don't have anything that can play these files, nor even look at the directory. I am doing a massive stock cleanup here and selling a lot of things that never get used here and were never previously offered for sale. Defects:
The protective end covers for the ATS case are missing as they so often are, but the outside of the case is in excellent shape, and of the latest ATS style. Otherwise, as far as the operation of the drive is concerned, there are no defects whatsoever, this works perfectly, and this is super clean and "collector's choice", as I like to say about the best items I sell. Shipping is $45 for FedEx Ground shipping in the US, $35 in California. Overseas, more like $200 bucks, forget it... You can get it as a bare drive (no ATS case) for $25 shipping overseas, $12 USA. There is NO remaining way to send items like this overseas for less, sorry. I accidentally undercharged on several items recently. If you are buying other Synclavier items I have for sale, let me know and I will give you a heavily discounted combined shipping rate.Please see my other listings for other rare NED software, sounds, and manuals I have for sale. Have
a question about this item or anything else?
Please use the Ask seller a question link above and do not block your e-mail address. I reply to all relevant mail received. I do not reply to anyone who blocks their address. I send a personal and detailed reply that is confidential and not posted to the tail of the auction listing with your name, username, location, address, and your whole mail as many sellers do. If you send it to me, it will be seen by me and me only, not all the other parties interested in the item. Shipping charges (where applicable) will be researched and quoted for the winning bidder only. Sorry, I have too many real purchases to research shipping quotes on imaginary shipments, so I cannot check on prices for everyone considering a bid. Thank you and happy bidding! A note about errors that may appear in
the listing:
eBay is forever changing the listing forms, invoices, and shipping calculators which I have never needed and never used. I have no interest in keeping up with all the changes they go through. I've seen all the eBay nonsense like Buttpoint (eBay will not longer let me speak its name) come and go. I have been in business a lot longer than eBay has. The latest change is one that sellers cannot avoid/opt out of, so all my listings are evidently showing FREE SHIPPING/local pickup. Please note that this is usually not correct. The actual shipping charges are in my written text, just as they were in 2008, 2007, etc., and not on the eBay forms, which are constantly changing and often "default" to settings I never selected. I do offer free prepaid local pickups if you can work around my very busy schedule, but that is preferred only on big items requiring extensive packing and expensive shipping, all others pay my reasonable shipping charges which are listed in this auction listing. I started in the mail order business 19 years ago, long before eBay existed and I communicate with all customers directly by e-mail, not with eBay My Messages, which are constantly changing, often not available during the many eBay outages, and are always deleted by eBay without my consent, often before the transaction is completed. eBay doesn't have my My Messages from ten weeks ago, but I still have all my sent/received e-mails from eBay transactions I did ten years ago in 1999. This is why I don't entrust all my communications to eBay my messages and my invoices to eBay invoices. I do all of that by direct e-mail. Customers or other shoppers with questions are free to send me an eBay My Message, as that still goes to my e-mail and I can save it in my browser forever, I just ask that you don't block your e-mail address, otherwise I can't reply to it (without opening a browser window, going online, and typing out a message that will soon be deleted by eBay). Synhouse accepts all credit cards directly and has for ten years. Selling terms: This item is set to be sold at auction, as is, with no warranties expressed or implied beyond the working condition and description given at the time of sale. Full item description and selling terms must be read and understood before placing any bids. Please ask all questions before placing any bids. If satisfactory answers are not received before the end of auction, bids should not be placed. Winning bidder must make contact within three (3) calendar days and payment must be received within seven (7) calendar days. This seven-day time limit is without exception and no post-sale questions or negotiations constitute an extension. All contact must be made via e-mail through the registered address sent by eBay at the end of the auction (mail at synhouse dot com), unless an emergency arises such as lost e-mail or computer outage which requires telephone calls to complete the transaction. E-mail is the sole responsibility of the buyer, and no lost mail or filtered mail problems with free e-mail services such as Hotmail or Juno constitute an extension of the payment deadline. VISA, MasterCard, American Express accepted. This is not Paypal, Synhouse accepts credit cards directly for eBay items online via secure server just as with any other company merchandise. Personal checks are not accepted so please understand this before bidding. International buyers are welcome but must observe the ten day terms as well. Synhouse Multimedia Corporation is the seller and reserves the right to reject bids or bidders due to negative feedback posted on eBay, computer hacking, or other reasons at its' discretion. The auction text and photographic images are the copyrighted property of the seller and may not be used by other sellers or websites. The seller additionally reserves the right to stop the auction prematurely for reasons financial, spiritual, or otherwise, but will honor a completed term auction. Winning bidder will pay for shipping, unless using a BUY IT NOW free shipping offer to the buyer's location. Appointments are not available for in-person pickups on most items, items must be shipped. If an exception is made, purchase must be prepaid prior to scheduling a pickup. |
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