[sdiy] Roland JX-10 Aftertouch

[Bob Weigel]

Thanks..sorry a K1200 though.  I think they are known for having similar 
problems with the ribbon and are probably similar in design to the JX-10 
ones. -Bob

Dave Kendall wrote:

>on 10/10/05 20:47, Bob Weigel at sounddoctorin at imt.net wrote:
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>>again the cu.imt.net/~sounddoctorin/synthtec link should have info.
>>There is a mod to up the gain.  But the sensor strips are known to go
>>dead so that's likely the problem.  I haven't tried to recondition one
>>before.   Mine worked marginally before I sold it.  My Kurzweil one is
>>getting bogus.  Need to fix it someday. -Bob
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>FWIW, if memory serves, if it's a K2000, a service engineer once told me
>it's a bad part that will always work loose, if it's a bad one. Mine's
>dodgy, and is scanned during boot-up. If the CPU sees it, it works fine
>until the power goes off. If not, it doesn't work at all.
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>>Gergo.Palatinszky at nokia.com wrote:
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>>>Hi,
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>>>Apropo Roland JX-10 ... We have one and the "Aftertouch" doesn't work at all
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>>>Is there any tipical error place (connected to AftT.) in this beast? ...some
>>>CMOS IC(s)[which?] / electro-mechanical parts or so)
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>>>(We have the service manual... But I have no time / competence to investigate
>>>deeply about this.)
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>>>Thanx
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>>>Br,
>>>Pala
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>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>>>[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of ext Colin f
>>>>Sent: 2005. október 10. 18:48
>>>>To: 'Synth-DIY'
>>>>Subject: RE: [sdiy] OTA book on eBay
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>>>>>My perspective differs here. Manuals should always be available, but
>>>>>copies *need* to be advertised as such.
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>>>>>Of course if a manual is still available from the manufacturer there
>>>>>is no reason to pay for (often) crappy copies.
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>>>>While my experience with Roland manuals has been generally
>>>>good, I was sold a very poor photocopy of the JX10 service
>>>>manual by them, without any indication that it was going to be
>>>>a copy, and they charged the normal rate.
>>>>Other service manuals I've had from them have been
>>>>multi-colour originals.
>>>>YMMV.
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>>>>Cheers,
>>>>Colin f
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