[sdiy] Repairability of modern analog synths

[Gordonjcp]

On Mon, Oct 19, 2020 at 03:42:34PM -0700, David G Dixon wrote:
> It would seem to me that one big problem with "modern" synths is replacing
> programmed chips.  I can't speak for other people, but when I open up a
> broken synth and see microcontrollers, I close it back up and leave it where
> I found it.

Why?  It's never the microcontroller.

That's like all the crappy garages that used to go "oooooh, can't fix that, it's got a computer, it'll be the computer that's faulty, that's expensive and needs dealer tools".  Does it hell, it needs a set of tyres put on, you lazy tit.

If you see a modernish synth with a fault, it's going to be the power supply or one of the much-maligned 405x MUXes.  The closest I've got to a faulty microcontroller in a synth is doing the DSP in MS2000s - funny I've never seen a Microkorg with a dead DSP!

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Gordonjcp