[sdiy] Emu Vintage Keys Pro encoder issue

[Tim Parkhurst]

So what do you LIKE about the Vintage Keys? Between the cheap hardware and
the mediocre sound, it doesn't seem like there's a whole lot to recommend
it.


Tim (vintage knees) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com 
> [mailto:synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com] 
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 4:57 PM
> To: Paul Perry
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Emu Vintage Keys Pro encoder issue
> 
> 
> I am thinking this weekend about trying to put something 
> behind the knob
> to shore up the thing, so it maybe survives next time it gets 
> clobbered.
> 
> Maybe some sort of plastic flange.  Not sure yet but I will 
> keep everyone 
> posted (I know you guys are on the edge of your seats....)
> 
> If anyone knows the part number (Mouser?  Digikey?  etc) of a 
> repl encoder
> and can let me know I will buy a few, because I think there's 
> an encodwer
> replacement in my future, even if I can successfully goop 
> this thing back
> together....
> 
> BTW I am not too crazy about the way the thing sounds 
> anyway...at the very
> least, whomever programmed the synth sounds at the factory 
> had never heard
> a (Minimoog/Prophet/Obie/your vintage choice here) although with some
> patch tweaking you can get it closer.  Some of the factory presets are
> truly horrific and sound nothing like the originals they are 
> supposed to
> emulate and should be avoided at all costs.
> 
> --CL
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Paul Perry wrote:
> 
> > I can remember replacing one of these with a 
> > new (identical) encoder from Farnell (a decade ago, so 
> > I can't remember part numbers). Knob & shaft
> > sheared off by falling object.
> > So it must be a very common problem, but fortunately
> > a common part.
> > 
> > paul perry Melbourne Australia
> > 
> 
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