[sdiy] OT: FS: Two broken synths looking for a good home

Jeff Farr moogah at gmail.com
Tue Jul 26 04:07:11 CEST 2005


I've got a Kitten and CS-15 that I don't feel like putting anymore
time into.  Both of these are in need of some TLC.  On the bench they
work well, but I am not expirienced enough to do a full repair on them
and everytime I get them back into their cases something else goes
wrong.

The kitten has trouble tracking CV, but everything else is working. 
Again, on the bench I had it tracking from a Mono/Poly just fine. 
I've checked all the components, and believe it to be a malfunctioning
TL082 (1$ at radio shack).  I don't have the skill or patience to
track this down anymore tho.  Cosmetically this ones a bit rough.  If
you have a source for new pots/sliders it could use em, they arn't
scratchy (I cleaned each one inside and out), but they arn't new
either.  The keyboard was in bad shape when I got it, and I've been
unable to make an improvement (it's a 'dual' J-wire, I'd just hook it
up through CV and be done with it).  On the plus side the filter's got
a nice SSM2040 in it, and it works quite well ;)

The CS-15 is in much better physical shape than the Kitten, it seems
that the problem was just a faulty power supply, which I've replaced. 
However, I have yet to mount it in the case, so you'll have to do
that.  The keyboard isn't working yet, but I believe this to be a
simple fix as well.

100$ each.  Pics are available.




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