Sir, you have truly saved me a major heartache and headache!! One single step was missing from another set of instructions and I was ready to give up until I found your video. Your video showed me the missing step and my system is back up and running. I am extremely grateful!
@@ShallRemainUnknown IDE to SATA adapter. They cost about $5 and do the job. You can also find older SSDs that have IDE connectors, slower than sata but fast enough for this unit. The latter option is easier because you don't have to route power to the sata adapter.
16:12 - The "central processor" looks exactly like the "S-DISC" Digitech used in some of their processors. If I remember right, it has the equilivent of 6 football fields of conventional greenboard circuitry contained in that one chip! And that's still amazing to me....even if it is "old" technology now-a-days! GREAT VIDEO!!!
Excellent video! Clear and concise! Regarding a different recorder, a Korg D16, does anyone know how to add an external drive, and best kind, thru the D-sub 25-pin connector on the back panel? Also-I used to use SCSI ZIP 100 drives with phototypesetting equipment, and wondering if they might be used with the D16?
Wow, a trip down memory lane! That's the unit I had before I got the D3200. I did use some kind of external drive with that for backup and I think it was a SCSI drive. It wasn't ZIP though. Maybe an optical drive (CDROM?). I believe I upgraded the system via the SCSI drive before I ended up selling it on ebay.
I replaced the hard drive with a 160 GB drive, partitioned into 4 -- which should give me 40 GBs for each partition. But, each partition would not go to more than 23GB, and when asked why I couldn't record any more, the machine said disk full. So something to keep in mind. I'm not sure if it's every hard drive or what, but each of my partitions was limited to 23 GB.
Thank you for the video... have do you ever used the Korg D32XD? I imagine it’s a similar process to switch out the hard drive? Supposedly with that when there is a max of 128 g for the hard drive, not sure why...
Those are so cool looking! No, I've never had a chance to even see one in person. Does it say somewhere that it has 128 GB max for the HDD? I wonder if it's due to the proprietary operating system? You can always put in a larger drive just so you have something newer and more dependable. I've seen max RAM and memory with various computers through the years. Sometimes it's a real limit, sometimes not. But I'm not aware of putting something bigger in will hurt anything. It will just only recognize up the limit.
I would like to replace the face of my D3200, Several of the buttons ( including the Play button) have stopped working. Can I do that? Just put a new face on the machine.....it has so much of my work on there....I want to keep going with the same machine.
Hi, I am not getting sound out of my unit. The display shows that the music is being played but there is nothing from tme monitors or headphones. Without seeing the unit, could you have an idea as to why my unit is not working? Thank.
It could be the MODE switch at the top of each channel strip is set wrong. I do this all the time - you record with "Live" and you playback with "MTR" (multi-track recorder). So that would be the first thing to check. Let me know if that's not the case...
On your unit, you have a sticker that says “save song “I don’t see what it’s pointing to, is there a quick way to save a song? I thought the only way to save a song was to load a new one
@@dizzyboxnine2656 It was clearly stated in the manual.... when you finally find it after 20 minutes of searching. I hate the manual with these. The entire manual directs you to other areas of the manual. I think it could be half as big if they just would explain things in one place. But at this point, we'll have to live with it since they don't make these any more. :-(
My biggest issue in a nutshell there. I wish the manual was more logical and less like a 6 part mystery everytime I want to do anything. A little info then 'see page 77' a little more relevant info yhen 'see page 32,' drives me insane. I will keep on the curve, forever I suspect.
hope i can get a quick response but...whats highest GB thats safe before running into any issues? i see a seagate ide with 750gb and have been told issues could arise with that big a drive on this machine. just looking to get as a much space as possible obviously Thank you in advance!
That's a great question! I had to go back in the history books for this one! The main issue (if there is one) would be that the entire 750 not getting recognized. I thought my 320 would be an issue, but it appears to have been able to recognize all of it. Hope this helps and good luck! Let us know how it turns out...
@@fishpotpete hello again on the verge of switching hard drives but wonder. after taking out old one will I be able to place it back in with out needing to recover the system? I would think so but just want to Make sure cause I'm not transferring all music on to new one and don't want to lose it by forcing system recovery and deleting everything. thanks
@@Zexa21 Wow, you are walking in uncharted territories on this one! I'm guessing you'd be OK if you wanted to put the old drive back in and not lose anything. If you have extra drives sitting around, you could (on another PC) duplicate the "old" drive to a new one and probably be pretty safe. I would strongly recommend that you back up the old drive to another system whatever the case. I know it sounds like overkill, but given how cheap storage is today it makes sense to just have duplicates for this things like this. Let us know how this turns out.
I tried to switch the hard drive out, and it stayed on the Korg home screen for like 3 minutes, and then said for me to start with the disc. I then tried to put the recovery disk in and see if I could start it with that, but nothing seemed to happen. I then switched out the new drive with the original drive again, to see if I can get the old drive to work again, and it just stayed on the Korg screen indefinitely. Any idea what might be going on? I double checked all the connections, they seem to all be tight.
You have to get the recover/system disk in (turn it on to get it in and then turn the unit off). And here's the key for me - TURN OFF THE MAIN POWER BUTTON IN THE BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES - that part isn't explained anywhere from what I could find. Then turn the power back on in the back and then do the Pan-Loc 3-On button thing. It was super slow and took quite a while. Just be patient.
@@fishpotpete Yes, you have to turn off the main power button [on back of machine]. Also, you have to HOLD DOWN (Pan + Loc 3) and the ON button - BUT - Keep holding (Pan + Loc3) slightly longer than the ON button. Then it works fine. If you release all 3 at the same time, I couldn't get past the 1st screen that reads "CD Mount".
@@LJ-tt2jb You know that's a excellent point. I think the age of the buttons causes issues. If you had to do a special move on how long to hold/release the buttons, it doesn't surprise me. I think they need to be sprayed, but the unit probably has to be opened up to get good access to the button pads. I get frustrated with the transport keys not responding like I think they should :-(
I originally didn't think we could use a SATA drive in these. But with the proper adaptor that readily available these days, I think it's a real possibility. TAKE NOTE: if an SSD sits unpowered for great lengths of time, there appears to be evidence that the information will basically vaporized - the SSD needs to be energized at some interval to keep the magic pixy bits from loosing their charge or something. If you use the Korg on some regular basis (at least one every month or so?), you'd probably be ok. But I wouldn't plan on the SSD being a long term archive solution for any e-system. HDD can sit around unplugged for decades and not loose their information. Hope this helps. Great question BTW.
Thank you, did not know bout this power issue. I will just clone original drive and replace with same 3.5 HHD. However what is largest size drive that can be used on these units ? I have 320 gig now but as I looked to purchase so many are 500 or higher gigs .
@@BigangboBonanno You can put a larger drive in and it should work. The only consideration I'm aware of is that it might only recognize some maximum amount. So, for example, a 500GB might only get recognized as a 320. (I don't know what the real limit is on these).
@@BigangboBonanno actually the D3200 wont work with a SSD drive. Firmware lacks the write leveling algorithm. You can do larger HDD than the oem 40/80GB
I just got one of these used, and all I get is "Start up from CD, Insert System Disc, Wait CD mount" . It has a start-up CD, but nothing happens. Can you help?
There's an on/off switch in the back that comes into play for this part. So plug it in. Try to start it up with the CD, etc.. If it just sits there, turn it off with the power button on the top of the unit... and then turn it off with the switch in the back. Give it a few seconds and try everything again. There's something about that switch in the back that needs to happen. You'll need to hit: Pan, Loc 3 and On for it to enter the restore function. Toward the end of this video 18:35 "Restoring the System", I talk about this. Hope this helps!
Hello... I just found your video... great job! I bought a second Korg D3200 and I just literally want to swap out the hard drives. Since they have both been formatted to their respective machines, will the new Korg recognize my original hard drive with my songs? I'm hoping it will be that easy. What are your thoughts. Thank you so much for your time and thanks for being out there! ...Arlis
I can't answer that question directly. It seems like a reasonable assumption that the "new" machine would recognize the songs on the 2nd drive. But please let us know if it works for you! I hate to assume something will work and find out later that it doesn't!!!!
Before swapping hard drives I thought I would reset the "new" korg back to factory settings but couldn't find the procedure in the manual or online. Am I missing something??
I really don't have the expertise to work on anything that's not my own! If I break something, it's on me. And if I break yours, it's on me as well! So just as a mater of practicality, I can't offer any kind of repair services. If it's just the HDD, then you should be able to follow the directions in this video... Best of luck to you though!
I THINK the system is embedded in the system somewhere. I didn't test it, but I did read somewhere that you could load the system without the recovery disk. It might just be that that would be the original operating system. but that wouldn't be the end of the world because once you got the system up and running in it's original configuration, you should be able to download any updates and feed them into the Korg with via CD.
Hi There . . great and very informative video. I was wondering if you could give some more advice/pointers to whats possible within less than ideal circumstances. As time goes by, keeping these recoders up and running will see them going into the "secon-hand/used/pre-loved" market and new users are not always going to have access up-front to all "ingredients" for this hardrive swap out. In the video, you mention that you think the Operating System might be somewhere in the firmware/hardware of the actual machine . . but you don't test this theory. If you install a new diskdrive and you don't have a system disk to hand . . what will happen? If thats a non-starter, is it possible to grab a OS disk off the interweb easily? Also, do all IDE 7200 drives work OK with the desk or are there some no-no's/limits on what drives can be put in. Any info would be much appreciated . . I've been offered one of these where a "swap out" hasn't worked . . and I'm thinking its most likely because they didn't bother to watch your great video. Cheers
You should be able to use any IDE drive. The issue will be that the total capacity will not be recognized - at least on a PC that's the case. for the one I did, the HDD was 320GB and you can see in the video that the Korg says 298 GB (at about 20:40 in the vid). I personally would probably stick with something 300ish or smaller just to play it safe. If you can get a good deal on one that lights up and displays something logical on the screen - like: no operating system, disk not recognized or something. It might be worth a shot. I'm guessing the other person didn't burn a system restore disk :-( I just looked in the manual and it said you can download the OS from Korg.com... but that's a pretty old manual! If it's not posted on the site, email them and you might be able to have to send you copy... or just keep looking until one shows up. I think these have plenty of useful life in them because you can always transfer/backup files to a PC/Mac. If you like the interface and having 32 channels with sliders/etc., then it's a great unit. Unless you get a lighting strike or something else catastrophic they should plug along just fine with a new HDD for a long time. Just to be transparent - I recently sold mine (4/2021) to buy a Tascam model 12. There was nothing wrong with my Korg, I just had it a long time and wanted to move to something that worked better with my work flow.
@@fishpotpete Hi again . . thanks very much for the info. I'll make some further inquiries on my possible purchase. I hate to think of quality old tech dying just for the want of a gentle kiss of life. Cheers
Unfortunately, there's not an easy way. Well, there WAS an "easy" way, but the company in the EU stopped making the kits (www.2seemy.com). I spent MANY hours looking at schematics, searching web forums, etc. trying to find an easy way to do this. The only solution was the kit that 2seemy sold. You might find a kit on ebay or something. That's one of the reasons I sold mine and got a Tascam Model 12. If I was able to get a bigger screen going, I'd probably would have kept it 😞
You might try: archive.org/details/D1200V103CDMAC This version might be for a Mac, but I'm not sure. Korg still has some downloads on line that might help as well: www.korg.com/us/support/download/product/1/73/ I might have had one of those years ago, but I'm thinking I went from D8 to D16 and then the D3200.
Thanks very much. Was wondering how to do this without unwanted complications. Shouldn't one deal with the discharge of static electricity etc before touching anything inside the D3200?
Just use the same precautions you would when working with any PC/electrical device. The most important step is to unplug the unit before you do anything. Beyond that, I generally have never had a problem with static electricity. But you can always wear a grounding strap (those are cheap) and that will take care of the majority of issue you could potentially run into with status electricity. Alternatively, touching the chassis first will take care of it as well. If you have static-prone climate conditions going on, then that certainly would be something to consider (very dry climates, working on carpet, etc).
@@fishpotpete A friend of mine is a network engineer for computers. He told me that he does this type of work barefoot and touches his foot to a metal rack or frame of something that he has there at work. This way he never builds up static by wiggling around and reaching for stuff.....he can just get in there and work without worrying about static at all.
@@ubatooba8467 I'd be EXTREMELY cautious about working with anything electrical in barefeet. I'm surprised his workplace would allow that. I've been building/upgrading computers since the mid-90's and have never had a problem with static. I'm not saying it's never an issue - but I think common sense should be used around electrical components. Unplug the thing you're working on and touch the chassis before you touch anything else and you should be fine.
@@fishpotpete It's what he does....works for him I suppose. I don't mess with anything that has electronics very much....I typically touch the chassis before each time I stick my hand in there to do something. Yeah....I thought it was unusual too. Great video. I'm trying to buy a D3200 right now....hope I can get a good price on it. THX
Hello Pete - I just replaced my HDD on a D32XD. On Startup NO Drive ERROR (Initialize or Shutdown). Selected Initialize - which takes you to create Partition. Set that up, starts to partition then FATAL NO DRIVE ERROR. Select OK, Unit then says SAVING and has been that way for over 8 hours. I don't think its creating partitions, I think it's stuck and failed. Feeling the bottom of the cabinet it seems as if the drive is spinning and the HDD light is lit. Manual mentions something about 7 hours to completely (LONG) format a 40GB Drive. I installed a 120GB. Do you think I should wait 21 hours in this condition to see if it works, or shut it down? To me, it doesn't seem that its formatting, but I don't know. Just says SAVING with the clock (wrist watch running) I think I'm going to let it run 24 hours, but I don't feel confident that it's actually doing anything. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks --Dave (Forever Learning on RUclips)
Based on my PC experience, I think you might want to shut everything down. Unplug it from the wall for a minute or so. Re-plug in the HDD and reboot again. If there's a "quick format" option, you might try that instead. Getting that "no drive error" is bothersome. It seems weird that it would say that and then let you proceed like there is one there. I'd probably do the unplug/etc. thing and then try it again. And it might take hours for it to do it's thing. Does it show any kind of status bar? My D3200 did show a status/progress bar - even though it took forever to get through it. And maybe that's the key. These things are molasses slow on some of the processing. Let us know how it goes. I'm sure there's other's with the same problem.
@@me3dnone107 I hadn't originally - but I did find that to be the problem. However I couldn't get the D32XD to accept anything larger than I believe 29G per partition. Aside from that, it then limits you to no more than 40 songs per Drive (partition)
@@melvindoster4985 I dont think you can install a real SSD .. but you can buy a IDE to SD card adapter and install an SD card. You can find these adapter for 10 euro on ebay. Just remember to get the one for big harddisks (3.5" inch drive with 4 pin power connector) not the ones made for smaller laptop drives. I did it with a Yamaha AW4416 i had, and it worked great!
Yes...I converted my D888 and D3200 to use SSD drives. Buy a SSD sata to 3.5" IDE adapter and extension ide power cable and ribbon cables and a bracket for the ssd of your choice.
Hi again , so im showing 69..5g drive a on a 74. basically 80g hdd, im curious, if im only trying to transfer or export the songs to a computer or ext HD what makes this so different from the first songs that exported as wave trks?
I'm not exactly sure what the question is? So your Korg shows you have 69.5 GB available on the 80 GB HDD - that makes sense. Your comment on my other video looks like you were able to successfully export the individual wave tracks on at least one song. Or was this comment added before that? Just let me know and I'll try to help if I can!
@@fishpotpete yes when I first saw your video I was able first tge first time exports tracks to a PC, 2 songs, then I tried to export the remaining songs on the 3200 using the same exact method, and that's when I got that message.
So when I saw your video on exporting tracks, that was the first time I was able to accomplish the exporting of 2 songs, the I tried to export the remaining songs using the exact method and that's when I got the "EXCEEDS DRIVE CAPACITY " notice
@@charlesgrossman9115 Ok, let's go back a couple of steps. Send me an email at fishpotpete@aol.com and I can try to outline some additional steps for you to try. If we figure it out, we can maybe add that to my other video.
Hey Pete awesome video! I was asking around but no one had an answer. I have the same exact model and was wondering if there was any way to make it compatible with any of the latest softwares? Such as maschine beat kit, pro tools, or adobe audition. I'm fairly new to recording & wanted to know if I could possibly use the D3200 board to operate with the software.
Sorry for the late reply! I'm not sure how I've been missing comments. Anyway, I don't think it can interface with any other software - other than file transfers to/from a computer. I thought it would be cool to use it as a controller. But it just doesn't have that ability. The technology was never designed for that.
No, because unfortunately it doesn't hold on to the date/time if you disconnect it from the wall power. And I always unplug my studio gear when it not in use to avoid any surges/lighting strike issues (we've had at least 2 strikes that were close enough to zap out network switches, etc since we've lived here). So I get around the issue my not worrying about the date time and try to incorporate the date into the title/file name. Not a perfect solution by any stretch :-(
Could someone please help? I did everything exactly as this video describes... I burned the RECOVERY CD, installed the new IDE drive (same exact Western Digital as used in the video, and have the MASTER setting in the jumper), seated all the connections properly, etc... But when I hit PAN, LOC 3, and ON, it shows the KORG screen for about 15-30 seconds, then goes into STANDBY mode. No booting up occurs. I even tried another IDE drive, and that one doesn't work either. I had to put the old hard drive back in, and it booted up fine. What is going on here? Thanks! ***EDIT*** UPDATE: I got it to work. I don't think the CD burned correctly! I tried another CD and it appears to be working! Only time will tell! ***EDIT 2*** UPDATE: I got the new 320 GB WD to boot ONCE, then the second time, it just sits on the KORG screen and the HDD light turns off. I turned off the main button and waited 5 minutes, pressed PAN/LOC 3/ON and it just sits at SYSTEM RECOVERY and nothing happens.
I also work with Korg D3200 (I have 2) ... now I have some problems with the microswitches of some buttons (play, loc, and others). I use an electric spray reactivator but I think I will have to replace them sooner or later. Have you ever had to do it?
The contact cleaner is generally pretty safe to use. I'd suggest to go ahead and give your units a good cleaning with a can of compressed air to get the dust out and then follow-up with contact cleaner. I recently resurrected an old York PA with the contact cleaner and was really surprised how well it cleaned up the signal! But the problem with the Korg is that the buttons (play, etc) might have a rubber gasket over then to protect them from any spills. The rest of the knobs and sliders should be "exposed" enough to be able to spray them. If you feel adventurous, you can open the unit up and disconnect the control panel circuit board from the lid of the unit. You might be able to access the buttons easier? I haven't taken the control panel off, so I don't know how the buttons are set up on these. But I would still do the spray first before I went that far.
@@fishpotpeteThe microswitches are not accessible from the inside, therefore the cleaner must be sprayed from the outside directly on the button ... Would you recommend the WD-40 Specialist? Or another type of cleaner?
@@michelagenovesi9164 I would not use the WD-40 Specialist - that looks to be just a lubricant, not an electrical contact cleaner. Plus it might make things worse. Here's what I use: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PHDLQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 There's other out there as well - just look for electrical contact cleaner and read the reviews.
It does, but it's extremely difficult to use with the way the controller and little screen are set up. If you wanted to do editing at that level, then I think you'd be better off looking at a computer DAW.
Look in the description section above. There's a link to the one I ordered (but they actually sent me a bigger one!). But, in a nutshell, virtually any IDE drive should work. I believe the original drive was 40GB, so definitely don't go for anything smaller than that. I'm not aware of any maximum size limitations. I used a 320GB and it works fine. The only watch out on this is that the unit only takes an IDE drive, NOT SATA!
@@fishpotpete There are IDE SATA converters that actually work in the D3200. But not every one does. The one with EAN 4053199518630 from Conrad Electronics costs about 20 bucks and does the job. That way you can use a modern SATA hdd in the D3200. But beware - I also have several different converters from ebay that don't work in the D3200 even though they do work in old PCs!
Are you aware if an IDE to flash adapter would allow the use of SD cards or similar (eg compact flash) ans continue working? Alternatively, there are SSD drives made with the IDE interface. Would that work? Obviously what is motivating this is a desire to get away from spinning HDD's.
I want to say it probably will not work. The reason I say that is because I've got a "newer" machine that has Windows XP for retro gaming - the machine can handle Windows 10, SSDs, etc. And I wanted to put an SSD in it for the same reason you mentioned. But it appears the XP OS was the limiting factor. So I just kept the HDD in it. Given that the Korg has a proprietary motherboard and operating system, I think there's a good chance it will not work. That's not to say you couldn't try :-) I don't think you would hurt anything. The SSD probably just wont get recognized.
Without opening it, I couldn't say for sure. But my initial GUESS is that it's still the old IDE interface. I've opened a few of these other older Korgs in the past and they've always been IDE. I think one even had a small IDE laptop drive in it (D16 maybe?). They were pumping a lot of these different models out for a while and it would make sense for them to use the same logic boards/circuitry across all models as much as possible. But you got me curious now... Open yours up and let us know! Cheers!
I no longer have this machine and I included the recovery CDs in the sale. So I don't have any of that. But, I did find a site that sells the CD. You might try to check them out... earcandy.com/product/korg-d3200-system-recovery/
did the guy who was doing the VGA boards for this baby get back into it....?... as it all stopped when covid hit be so much better to have it on a larger monitor ...think he was doing it out of France Europe
If you just need the operating system, I believe it might already be in the firmware. I sold my machine several years ago so I can't verify that. Otherwise, I could give you a better answer - Sorry!
Sir, you have truly saved me a major heartache and headache!! One single step was missing from another set of instructions and I was ready to give up until I found your video. Your video showed me the missing step and my system is back up and running.
I am extremely grateful!
Awesome! so glad to hear that the video helped you! 😀
I also recently successfully replaced the IDE drive with a SSD. So nice, absolutely no noise!!
That's great to hear! So it was as simple as just using an adaptor?
Yes, I'd also love to know exactly how you successfully interfaced an SSD into a D3200 ...
@@ShallRemainUnknown IDE to SATA adapter. They cost about $5 and do the job. You can also find older SSDs that have IDE connectors, slower than sata but fast enough for this unit. The latter option is easier because you don't have to route power to the sata adapter.
16:12 - The "central processor" looks exactly like the "S-DISC" Digitech used in some of their processors. If I remember right, it has the equilivent of 6 football fields of conventional greenboard circuitry contained in that one chip! And that's still amazing to me....even if it is "old" technology now-a-days! GREAT VIDEO!!!
Cool information! Thanks for adding that!
Got one of these heading my way from Jeepan. With you and others you recommend out there, I’m not so nervous anymore. Thanks, Bud.
Congratulations! Just be prepared for a steep learning curve. But once you get the hang of these, it's a pretty smooth workflow.
Very clear instructie video. Great job! Made me feel comfortable to do a HDD swap on my own system soon.
Glad it helped
Excellent video! Clear and concise! Regarding a different recorder, a Korg D16, does anyone know how to add an external drive, and best kind, thru the D-sub 25-pin connector on the back panel? Also-I used to use SCSI ZIP 100 drives with phototypesetting equipment, and wondering if they might be used with the D16?
Wow, a trip down memory lane! That's the unit I had before I got the D3200. I did use some kind of external drive with that for backup and I think it was a SCSI drive. It wasn't ZIP though. Maybe an optical drive (CDROM?). I believe I upgraded the system via the SCSI drive before I ended up selling it on ebay.
I replaced the hard drive with a 160 GB drive, partitioned into 4 -- which should give me 40 GBs for each partition. But, each partition would not go to more than 23GB, and when asked why I couldn't record any more, the machine said disk full. So something to keep in mind. I'm not sure if it's every hard drive or what, but each of my partitions was limited to 23 GB.
Was there a reason you wanted to partition the drive like that? Was it for file management? Just curious.
Thank you for the video... have do you ever used the Korg D32XD? I imagine it’s a similar process to switch out the hard drive? Supposedly with that when there is a max of 128 g for the hard drive, not sure why...
Those are so cool looking! No, I've never had a chance to even see one in person. Does it say somewhere that it has 128 GB max for the HDD? I wonder if it's due to the proprietary operating system? You can always put in a larger drive just so you have something newer and more dependable. I've seen max RAM and memory with various computers through the years. Sometimes it's a real limit, sometimes not. But I'm not aware of putting something bigger in will hurt anything. It will just only recognize up the limit.
Great video. Thanks for sharing. You wouldn't happen to have the demo "I'd Be A Fool" as a dbk you could share? Thanks!!
I found the demo and can share the dbk file if anyone else needs it.
I would like to replace the face of my D3200, Several of the buttons ( including the Play button) have stopped working. Can I do that? Just put a new face on the machine.....it has so much of my work on there....I want to keep going with the same machine.
Well done. Good visuals and very helpful. Thank you.
Hi, I am not getting sound out of my unit. The display shows that the music is being played but there is nothing from tme monitors or headphones.
Without seeing the unit, could you have an idea as to why my unit is not working?
Thank.
It could be the MODE switch at the top of each channel strip is set wrong. I do this all the time - you record with "Live" and you playback with "MTR" (multi-track recorder). So that would be the first thing to check. Let me know if that's not the case...
On your unit, you have a sticker that says “save song “I don’t see what it’s pointing to, is there a quick way to save a song? I thought the only way to save a song was to load a new one
It depends how you read the sticker :-) So to do a SAVE, you push the Song button and then the Enter button while still holding down the Song button.
Thank you very much!! Was that in the manual, or did you just discover that somehow?
@@dizzyboxnine2656 It was clearly stated in the manual.... when you finally find it after 20 minutes of searching. I hate the manual with these. The entire manual directs you to other areas of the manual. I think it could be half as big if they just would explain things in one place. But at this point, we'll have to live with it since they don't make these any more. :-(
My biggest issue in a nutshell there. I wish the manual was more logical and less like a 6 part mystery everytime I want to do anything. A little info then 'see page 77' a little more relevant info yhen 'see page 32,' drives me insane. I will keep on the curve, forever I suspect.
I have lost my recovery cd, and I need to do the restore system with the recovery cd. Would you help me on this?
hope i can get a quick response but...whats highest GB thats safe before running into any issues? i see a seagate ide with 750gb and have been told issues could arise with that big a drive on this machine. just looking to get as a much space as possible obviously Thank you in advance!
That's a great question! I had to go back in the history books for this one! The main issue (if there is one) would be that the entire 750 not getting recognized. I thought my 320 would be an issue, but it appears to have been able to recognize all of it. Hope this helps and good luck! Let us know how it turns out...
@@fishpotpete is that really all there is to worry about? just not getting the full amount of the drive? forgive me for any naivety. thank you
@@Zexa21 It was a pretty big deal back in the day because you'd spend $200+ on a 1gb HDD and you'd only get 20MB recognized! I don't miss those days!
@@fishpotpete hello again on the verge of switching hard drives but wonder. after taking out old one will I be able to place it back in with out needing to recover the system? I would think so but just want to Make sure cause I'm not transferring all music on to new one and don't want to lose it by forcing system recovery and deleting everything. thanks
@@Zexa21 Wow, you are walking in uncharted territories on this one! I'm guessing you'd be OK if you wanted to put the old drive back in and not lose anything. If you have extra drives sitting around, you could (on another PC) duplicate the "old" drive to a new one and probably be pretty safe. I would strongly recommend that you back up the old drive to another system whatever the case. I know it sounds like overkill, but given how cheap storage is today it makes sense to just have duplicates for this things like this. Let us know how this turns out.
I tried to switch the hard drive out, and it stayed on the Korg home screen for like 3 minutes, and then said for me to start with the disc. I then tried to put the recovery disk in and see if I could start it with that, but nothing seemed to happen. I then switched out the new drive with the original drive again, to see if I can get the old drive to work again, and it just stayed on the Korg screen indefinitely. Any idea what might be going on? I double checked all the connections, they seem to all be tight.
You have to get the recover/system disk in (turn it on to get it in and then turn the unit off). And here's the key for me - TURN OFF THE MAIN POWER BUTTON IN THE BACK FOR A FEW MINUTES - that part isn't explained anywhere from what I could find. Then turn the power back on in the back and then do the Pan-Loc 3-On button thing. It was super slow and took quite a while. Just be patient.
@@fishpotpete Yes, you have to turn off the main power button [on back of machine]. Also, you have to HOLD DOWN (Pan + Loc 3) and the ON button - BUT - Keep holding (Pan + Loc3) slightly longer than the ON button. Then it works fine. If you release all 3 at the same time, I couldn't get past the 1st screen that reads "CD Mount".
@@LJ-tt2jb You know that's a excellent point. I think the age of the buttons causes issues. If you had to do a special move on how long to hold/release the buttons, it doesn't surprise me. I think they need to be sprayed, but the unit probably has to be opened up to get good access to the button pads. I get frustrated with the transport keys not responding like I think they should :-(
Can we use now a 2.5 SSD Drive to replace older drive.? Add what is largest size that can be used?
I originally didn't think we could use a SATA drive in these. But with the proper adaptor that readily available these days, I think it's a real possibility. TAKE NOTE: if an SSD sits unpowered for great lengths of time, there appears to be evidence that the information will basically vaporized - the SSD needs to be energized at some interval to keep the magic pixy bits from loosing their charge or something. If you use the Korg on some regular basis (at least one every month or so?), you'd probably be ok. But I wouldn't plan on the SSD being a long term archive solution for any e-system. HDD can sit around unplugged for decades and not loose their information. Hope this helps. Great question BTW.
Thank you, did not know bout this power issue. I will just clone original drive and replace with same 3.5 HHD. However what is largest size drive that can be used on these units ? I have 320 gig now but as I looked to purchase so many are 500 or higher gigs .
@@BigangboBonanno You can put a larger drive in and it should work. The only consideration I'm aware of is that it might only recognize some maximum amount. So, for example, a 500GB might only get recognized as a 320. (I don't know what the real limit is on these).
@@BigangboBonanno actually the D3200 wont work with a SSD drive. Firmware lacks the write leveling algorithm. You can do larger HDD than the oem 40/80GB
I just got one of these used, and all I get is "Start up from CD, Insert System Disc, Wait CD mount" . It has a start-up CD, but nothing happens. Can you help?
There's an on/off switch in the back that comes into play for this part. So plug it in. Try to start it up with the CD, etc.. If it just sits there, turn it off with the power button on the top of the unit... and then turn it off with the switch in the back. Give it a few seconds and try everything again. There's something about that switch in the back that needs to happen.
You'll need to hit: Pan, Loc 3 and On for it to enter the restore function.
Toward the end of this video 18:35 "Restoring the System", I talk about this. Hope this helps!
Hello... I just found your video... great job! I bought a second Korg D3200 and I just literally want to swap out the hard drives. Since they have both been formatted to their respective machines, will the new Korg recognize my original hard drive with my songs? I'm hoping it will be that easy. What are your thoughts. Thank you so much for your time and thanks for being out there! ...Arlis
I can't answer that question directly. It seems like a reasonable assumption that the "new" machine would recognize the songs on the 2nd drive. But please let us know if it works for you! I hate to assume something will work and find out later that it doesn't!!!!
@@fishpotpete Thanks for responding... I will let you know if it works or not. : )
Before swapping hard drives I thought I would reset the "new" korg back to factory settings but couldn't find the procedure in the manual or online. Am I missing something??
Thank you for the great video! .. so the harddisk is a normal 3.5" inch drive right?
Yes, that's correct. I suppose you could use a laptop drive with an adapter in a pinch.
@@fishpotpete ah true.. but the best might be a SD adapter for 10 dollars :)
I need help my 3200 needed a new HDD and it worked till it stopped can you repair if I ship to you?
I really don't have the expertise to work on anything that's not my own! If I break something, it's on me. And if I break yours, it's on me as well! So just as a mater of practicality, I can't offer any kind of repair services. If it's just the HDD, then you should be able to follow the directions in this video... Best of luck to you though!
Hi there. is there any solution to recover the system without a system recovery disk? Thanks a lot if you have time to reply
I THINK the system is embedded in the system somewhere. I didn't test it, but I did read somewhere that you could load the system without the recovery disk. It might just be that that would be the original operating system. but that wouldn't be the end of the world because once you got the system up and running in it's original configuration, you should be able to download any updates and feed them into the Korg with via CD.
Hi There . . great and very informative video. I was wondering if you could give some more advice/pointers to whats possible within less than ideal circumstances. As time goes by, keeping these recoders up and running will see them going into the "secon-hand/used/pre-loved" market and new users are not always going to have access up-front to all "ingredients" for this hardrive swap out. In the video, you mention that you think the Operating System might be somewhere in the firmware/hardware of the actual machine . . but you don't test this theory. If you install a new diskdrive and you don't have a system disk to hand . . what will happen? If thats a non-starter, is it possible to grab a OS disk off the interweb easily? Also, do all IDE 7200 drives work OK with the desk or are there some no-no's/limits on what drives can be put in. Any info would be much appreciated . . I've been offered one of these where a "swap out" hasn't worked . . and I'm thinking its most likely because they didn't bother to watch your great video. Cheers
You should be able to use any IDE drive. The issue will be that the total capacity will not be recognized - at least on a PC that's the case. for the one I did, the HDD was 320GB and you can see in the video that the Korg says 298 GB (at about 20:40 in the vid). I personally would probably stick with something 300ish or smaller just to play it safe.
If you can get a good deal on one that lights up and displays something logical on the screen - like: no operating system, disk not recognized or something. It might be worth a shot. I'm guessing the other person didn't burn a system restore disk :-( I just looked in the manual and it said you can download the OS from Korg.com... but that's a pretty old manual! If it's not posted on the site, email them and you might be able to have to send you copy... or just keep looking until one shows up.
I think these have plenty of useful life in them because you can always transfer/backup files to a PC/Mac. If you like the interface and having 32 channels with sliders/etc., then it's a great unit. Unless you get a lighting strike or something else catastrophic they should plug along just fine with a new HDD for a long time.
Just to be transparent - I recently sold mine (4/2021) to buy a Tascam model 12. There was nothing wrong with my Korg, I just had it a long time and wanted to move to something that worked better with my work flow.
@@fishpotpete Hi again . . thanks very much for the info. I'll make some further inquiries on my possible purchase. I hate to think of quality old tech dying just for the want of a gentle kiss of life. Cheers
Can you help me how to connect this korg D3200 to a computer screen
Unfortunately, there's not an easy way. Well, there WAS an "easy" way, but the company in the EU stopped making the kits (www.2seemy.com). I spent MANY hours looking at schematics, searching web forums, etc. trying to find an easy way to do this. The only solution was the kit that 2seemy sold. You might find a kit on ebay or something. That's one of the reasons I sold mine and got a Tascam Model 12. If I was able to get a bigger screen going, I'd probably would have kept it 😞
Slt comment réinstaller le système dans disque dur korg d 1200 ; est ce que il y a quel qu un pourrait m aider
You might try: archive.org/details/D1200V103CDMAC
This version might be for a Mac, but I'm not sure. Korg still has some downloads on line that might help as well: www.korg.com/us/support/download/product/1/73/
I might have had one of those years ago, but I'm thinking I went from D8 to D16 and then the D3200.
Thanks very much. Was wondering how to do this without unwanted complications. Shouldn't one deal with the discharge of static electricity etc before touching anything inside the D3200?
Just use the same precautions you would when working with any PC/electrical device. The most important step is to unplug the unit before you do anything. Beyond that, I generally have never had a problem with static electricity. But you can always wear a grounding strap (those are cheap) and that will take care of the majority of issue you could potentially run into with status electricity. Alternatively, touching the chassis first will take care of it as well. If you have static-prone climate conditions going on, then that certainly would be something to consider (very dry climates, working on carpet, etc).
@@fishpotpete A friend of mine is a network engineer for computers. He told me that he does this type of work barefoot and touches his foot to a metal rack or frame of something that he has there at work. This way he never builds up static by wiggling around and reaching for stuff.....he can just get in there and work without worrying about static at all.
@@ubatooba8467 I'd be EXTREMELY cautious about working with anything electrical in barefeet. I'm surprised his workplace would allow that. I've been building/upgrading computers since the mid-90's and have never had a problem with static. I'm not saying it's never an issue - but I think common sense should be used around electrical components. Unplug the thing you're working on and touch the chassis before you touch anything else and you should be fine.
@@fishpotpete It's what he does....works for him I suppose. I don't mess with anything that has electronics very much....I typically touch the chassis before each time I stick my hand in there to do something. Yeah....I thought it was unusual too. Great video. I'm trying to buy a D3200 right now....hope I can get a good price on it. THX
Hello Pete - I just replaced my HDD on a D32XD. On Startup NO Drive ERROR (Initialize or Shutdown). Selected Initialize - which takes you to create Partition. Set that up, starts to partition then FATAL NO DRIVE ERROR. Select OK, Unit then says SAVING and has been that way for over 8 hours.
I don't think its creating partitions, I think it's stuck and failed. Feeling the bottom of the cabinet it seems as if the drive is spinning and the HDD light is lit.
Manual mentions something about 7 hours to completely (LONG) format a 40GB Drive. I installed a 120GB.
Do you think I should wait 21 hours in this condition to see if it works, or shut it down? To me, it doesn't seem that its formatting, but I don't know. Just says SAVING with the clock (wrist watch running)
I think I'm going to let it run 24 hours, but I don't feel confident that it's actually doing anything.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks
--Dave (Forever Learning on RUclips)
Based on my PC experience, I think you might want to shut everything down. Unplug it from the wall for a minute or so. Re-plug in the HDD and reboot again. If there's a "quick format" option, you might try that instead. Getting that "no drive error" is bothersome. It seems weird that it would say that and then let you proceed like there is one there.
I'd probably do the unplug/etc. thing and then try it again. And it might take hours for it to do it's thing. Does it show any kind of status bar? My D3200 did show a status/progress bar - even though it took forever to get through it. And maybe that's the key. These things are molasses slow on some of the processing.
Let us know how it goes. I'm sure there's other's with the same problem.
Did you make sure the hdd was jumpered as master?
@@me3dnone107 I hadn't originally - but I did find that to be the problem. However I couldn't get the D32XD to accept anything larger than I believe 29G per partition.
Aside from that, it then limits you to no more than 40 songs per Drive (partition)
Can you install a solid state drive into the korg 3200?
Nice video. Easy to understand.
Can you install a solid state drive with an adapter into a korg 3200 digital recorder? Thank You! 😀
@@melvindoster4985 I dont think you can install a real SSD .. but you can buy a IDE to SD card adapter and install an SD card. You can find these adapter for 10 euro on ebay. Just remember to get the one for big harddisks (3.5" inch drive with 4 pin power connector) not the ones made for smaller laptop drives. I did it with a Yamaha AW4416 i had, and it worked great!
Mikkel Carlsen - thank you, Mikkel, I will look into it.
SSDs don't work in the D3200. I tried several without success. No problems with normal magnetic hdds though.
Yes...I converted my D888 and D3200 to use SSD drives. Buy a SSD sata to 3.5" IDE adapter and extension ide power cable and ribbon cables and a bracket for the ssd of your choice.
Hi again , so im showing 69..5g drive a on a 74. basically 80g hdd, im curious, if im only trying to transfer or export the songs to a computer or ext HD what makes this so different from the first songs that exported as wave trks?
I'm not exactly sure what the question is? So your Korg shows you have 69.5 GB available on the 80 GB HDD - that makes sense. Your comment on my other video looks like you were able to successfully export the individual wave tracks on at least one song. Or was this comment added before that? Just let me know and I'll try to help if I can!
@@fishpotpete yes when I first saw your video I was able first tge first time exports tracks to a PC, 2 songs, then I tried to export the remaining songs on the 3200 using the same exact method, and that's when I got that message.
Sorry don't know what happened to that txt
So when I saw your video on exporting tracks, that was the first time I was able to accomplish the exporting of 2 songs, the I tried to export the remaining songs using the exact method and that's when I got the "EXCEEDS DRIVE CAPACITY " notice
@@charlesgrossman9115 Ok, let's go back a couple of steps. Send me an email at fishpotpete@aol.com and I can try to outline some additional steps for you to try. If we figure it out, we can maybe add that to my other video.
Why not clone the original drive to the new one?
Looking for the restore data.
Hey Pete awesome video! I was asking around but no one had an answer. I have the same exact model and was wondering if there was any way to make it compatible with any of the latest softwares? Such as maschine beat kit, pro tools, or adobe audition. I'm fairly new to recording & wanted to know if I could possibly use the D3200 board to operate with the software.
Sorry for the late reply! I'm not sure how I've been missing comments. Anyway, I don't think it can interface with any other software - other than file transfers to/from a computer. I thought it would be cool to use it as a controller. But it just doesn't have that ability. The technology was never designed for that.
does this machine require a battery for the Date/time keeper?
No, because unfortunately it doesn't hold on to the date/time if you disconnect it from the wall power. And I always unplug my studio gear when it not in use to avoid any surges/lighting strike issues (we've had at least 2 strikes that were close enough to zap out network switches, etc since we've lived here). So I get around the issue my not worrying about the date time and try to incorporate the date into the title/file name. Not a perfect solution by any stretch :-(
Could someone please help? I did everything exactly as this video describes... I burned the RECOVERY CD, installed the new IDE drive (same exact Western Digital as used in the video, and have the MASTER setting in the jumper), seated all the connections properly, etc... But when I hit PAN, LOC 3, and ON, it shows the KORG screen for about 15-30 seconds, then goes into STANDBY mode. No booting up occurs. I even tried another IDE drive, and that one doesn't work either. I had to put the old hard drive back in, and it booted up fine. What is going on here? Thanks!
***EDIT*** UPDATE: I got it to work. I don't think the CD burned correctly! I tried another CD and it appears to be working! Only time will tell!
***EDIT 2*** UPDATE: I got the new 320 GB WD to boot ONCE, then the second time, it just sits on the KORG screen and the HDD light turns off. I turned off the main button and waited 5 minutes, pressed PAN/LOC 3/ON and it just sits at SYSTEM RECOVERY and nothing happens.
I also work with Korg D3200 (I have 2) ... now I have some problems with the microswitches of some buttons (play, loc, and others). I use an electric spray reactivator but I think I will have to replace them sooner or later. Have you ever had to do it?
The contact cleaner is generally pretty safe to use. I'd suggest to go ahead and give your units a good cleaning with a can of compressed air to get the dust out and then follow-up with contact cleaner. I recently resurrected an old York PA with the contact cleaner and was really surprised how well it cleaned up the signal!
But the problem with the Korg is that the buttons (play, etc) might have a rubber gasket over then to protect them from any spills. The rest of the knobs and sliders should be "exposed" enough to be able to spray them. If you feel adventurous, you can open the unit up and disconnect the control panel circuit board from the lid of the unit. You might be able to access the buttons easier? I haven't taken the control panel off, so I don't know how the buttons are set up on these. But I would still do the spray first before I went that far.
@@fishpotpeteThe microswitches are not accessible from the inside, therefore the cleaner must be sprayed from the outside directly on the button ... Would you recommend the WD-40 Specialist? Or another type of cleaner?
@@michelagenovesi9164 I would not use the WD-40 Specialist - that looks to be just a lubricant, not an electrical contact cleaner. Plus it might make things worse. Here's what I use: smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PHDLQY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
There's other out there as well - just look for electrical contact cleaner and read the reviews.
Does this machine have wave form editing
It does, but it's extremely difficult to use with the way the controller and little screen are set up. If you wanted to do editing at that level, then I think you'd be better off looking at a computer DAW.
Hi, What hard disc drives does the Korg D3200 take ? What is the model you fitted ? Thanks
Look in the description section above. There's a link to the one I ordered (but they actually sent me a bigger one!). But, in a nutshell, virtually any IDE drive should work. I believe the original drive was 40GB, so definitely don't go for anything smaller than that. I'm not aware of any maximum size limitations. I used a 320GB and it works fine. The only watch out on this is that the unit only takes an IDE drive, NOT SATA!
@@fishpotpete There are IDE SATA converters that actually work in the D3200. But not every one does. The one with EAN 4053199518630 from Conrad Electronics costs about 20 bucks and does the job. That way you can use a modern SATA hdd in the D3200. But beware - I also have several different converters from ebay that don't work in the D3200 even though they do work in old PCs!
Are you aware if an IDE to flash adapter would allow the use of SD cards or similar (eg compact flash) ans continue working? Alternatively, there are SSD drives made with the IDE interface. Would that work? Obviously what is motivating this is a desire to get away from spinning HDD's.
I want to say it probably will not work. The reason I say that is because I've got a "newer" machine that has Windows XP for retro gaming - the machine can handle Windows 10, SSDs, etc. And I wanted to put an SSD in it for the same reason you mentioned. But it appears the XP OS was the limiting factor. So I just kept the HDD in it. Given that the Korg has a proprietary motherboard and operating system, I think there's a good chance it will not work. That's not to say you couldn't try :-) I don't think you would hurt anything. The SSD probably just wont get recognized.
@@fishpotpete Thank you, you make a great point.
I tried several SSDs and none worked in the Korg D3200, neither in the Korg D32XD. I'm afraid we're stuck to good old noisy magnetic hdds.
@@me3dnone107 I got it to work. Loving the SSD. Absolutely no noise!!
do you know if the korg D1200 has a standard IDE drive too ? cheers
Without opening it, I couldn't say for sure. But my initial GUESS is that it's still the old IDE interface. I've opened a few of these other older Korgs in the past and they've always been IDE. I think one even had a small IDE laptop drive in it (D16 maybe?). They were pumping a lot of these different models out for a while and it would make sense for them to use the same logic boards/circuitry across all models as much as possible.
But you got me curious now... Open yours up and let us know! Cheers!
Hi I would like a copy of the restore disk. also thank you very much for the video.
I no longer have this machine and I included the recovery CDs in the sale. So I don't have any of that. But, I did find a site that sells the CD. You might try to check them out...
earcandy.com/product/korg-d3200-system-recovery/
did the guy who was doing the VGA boards for this baby get back into it....?... as it all stopped when covid hit be so much better to have it on a larger monitor ...think he was doing it out of France Europe
i need recovery disc
If you just need the operating system, I believe it might already be in the firmware. I sold my machine several years ago so I can't verify that. Otherwise, I could give you a better answer - Sorry!
Can you send me a restore disk please whatever you charge it’s worth it