[sdiy] Repairability of modern analog synths

[Aaron B.]

On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:03:56 +0100
Gordonjcp <gordonjcp at gjcp.net> wrote:

> 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.


I had a Peavy quad reverb unit fail; the 80C31 microcontroller
simply stopped running. Reset line was stuck and everything around it
was fine.

But the MCU was socketed, so, easy fix. Didn't even lose any saved
patches.

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Aaron B. <aaron at zadzmo.org>