[sdiy] ENSONIQ MIRAGE DSK service notes manual

[Graham Atkins]

Hi Nate,

Have you got another MIDI keyboard that you can use to control  
it ?....Eliminate the keyboard
and associated circuitry ?

Graham

On 21 Jan 2009, at 16:35, Nathan M. Reeves wrote:

> ok i got a hold of them and one seems to work fine, the output is  
> low but not distorted or any artifacts....
>
> the other one seems to load fine but when i play on the keys i get  
> no sound at the output.
>
> i will reseat everything to see if that works...
>
> maybe the keyboard needs a look at?
>
> i noticed in the parameters that there is a local control on/off  
> option so i will double check that as well!
> thanks for the schematics and service manual!
>
> i think the dsk8 is the 8-bit one and the  plain dsk is the 12-bit?
>
> how would one tell from the inside?  which chips are the DACs?
>
> cheers,
>
> Nate
>
> On Jan 20, 2009, at 3:13 PM, Tom Arnold wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 03:02:35PM -0500, Nathan M. Reeves wrote:
>>> thanks tom!  the service manual is typical....
>>> its a good idea to always check the power supply but after that it
>>> says to basically have ensoniq replace modules....doh!
>>
>> On the mirage, 99% of the time problems are solved simply by  
>> reseating all
>> the ICs.,
>>
>> What sorta problem are you seeing?
>>
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