<div dir="auto">Where does one obtain the service manuals for the volcas? Mine are aged now and I intend to redo all the button contacts rhat manual would be helpful </div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Oct 30, 2026, 10:45 AM Mike Beauchamp <<a href="mailto:list@mikebeauchamp.com">list@mikebeauchamp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I wasn't expecting to see a service manual with full schematic for a <br>
budget synth. Pretty impressed with Korg for doing this.. do they do <br>
this for all of their modern synths?<br>
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Mike<br>
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On 2026-10-26 17:00, Sean Ellis via Synth-diy wrote:<br>
> <a href="https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1698407266434560/korg_volca_bass_sm.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1698407266434560/korg_volca_bass_sm.pdf</a> <br>
> <<a href="https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1698407266434560/korg_volca_bass_sm.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://cdn.hackaday.io/files/1698407266434560/korg_volca_bass_sm.pdf</a>><br>
> <br>
> Not sure if this has been shared but here's the manual, as usual some <br>
> interesting circuits from Korg. Schmitt-trigger in the VCO and a very <br>
> low parts count on the VCF, not a trimpot on board! Has anyone heard one <br>
> of these? I'd be interested in how the filter sounds.<br>
> <br>
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