Rick,
Yes, I think that was Martin's last name. It was one of the "common
folk" names. You know, the type that has an insatiable obsession to
partake of the bubbly (and knows way too many TV western theme songs).
Bob
Rick Blechta wrote:
>
> Bob,
>
> This was Martin Smith of Streetly you were speaking about? I am
> confused because you used the words "superb" and "proven" in the same
> sentence...
>
> Rick (FX Console 10030--bad enough putting in just three new tapes
> after Tronto MkII!)
>
> Robert and Suzanne Young wrote:
>
> Hi Ken, Hi Folks:
>
> Yes, Ken M. and I embarked on a journey few have taken -
> swapping MKII
> tapes ! Of course, I had a superb and proven guide watching
> over me in
> the form of Streetly Electronics (i.e. Martin Smith and, no
> doubt, JB in
> the background going "What has that guy buggered up now
> ??"). Actually,
> I haven't had time to work on the cycling glitch on MKII
> #118 although
> I'm sure it will get sorted out. After the intitial anxiety
> attack of
> getting into the guts of the machine has passed, the process
> is
> straight-forward but a notable workout for the fingers and
> forearms. My
> mishap with the tape vs Wharfedale was the result of a
> blatant bit of
> carelessness on my part (i.e., not listening carefully to
> Martin). If
> one avoids such activity, I don't believe that there is
> really a need to
> remove the speakers. Considering the size of the magnet,
> the encounter
> had amazingly limited effect - about a 1-1.5.second drop out
> on Station
> 6.
>
> Most importantly, the new sounds are terrific !!! The new
> LH roster
> includes:
> Station 1: Fairlight Swanee, Adrian Belew's sus. guitar,
> Steve Hacketts'
> sus. guitar
> Station 2: Oboe, Russian Choir (IMPRESSIVE), St. John's wood
> organ
> Station 3: Cello, M300A strings, French horn
> Station 4: Gothic, Medieval woodwind, Orchestra (IMO, the
> best sound
> mix)
> Station 5: Recorder, M300B strings, Ian McDonald flute (NICE
> !!)
> Station 6: Woodwind 2, bass clarinet (rattles the windows),
> Cor
> Anaglais/oboe split
>
> The RH keyboard remain traditional leads.
>
> Having now delved a bit deeper into the workings of a MKII,
> I stand
> behind my contention of some time ago regarding the
> ingenious design and
> robustness of these MKII machines. They're really quite
> impressive and
> 37 years old !!!
>
> Later
>
> Bob Y.
>
> kenmerb@... wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 10/22/2002 6:18:19 PM Eastern Daylight
> Time,
> > kenmerb@... writes:
> >
> > Regarding the cycling, Martin's tape replacement
> method
> > provided a way to bypass the timing issues. I
> replaced each
> > tape by attaching the new tape to old, and pulling it
>
> > through the tron, using the existing tape as a
> guide. This
> > way, I didn't have to take off the cycling chain or
> the
> > drums. That probably would have been a nightmare to
> adjust
> > afterwards
> >
> > To clarify here, both Bob and I had cycling problems after
> replacing
> > the tapes, but they weren't timing issues. It was just
> that, upon
> > replacing the synch tape, neither of our machines could
> find the tape
> > bank index marks on the new tape as they passed over the
> synch heads.
> > After a while, mine started working properly, but Bob's
> wasn't working
> > the last time I heard from him. Martin's sending him
> another synch
> > tape with a stronger signal, in case that's the problem.
> Bob - if
> > you're out there, let us know how it's going.
> >
> > Ken M.
> Hi Folks:
>
> Yes, Ken M. and I embarked on a journey few have taken -
> swapping MKII
> tapes ! Of course, I had a superb and proven guide watching
> over me in
> the form of Streetly Electronics (i.e. Martin Smith and, no
> doubt, JB in
> the background going "What the hell has that banjo-pickin'
> moron
> buggered up now ??"). Actually, I haven't had time to work
> on the
> cycling glitch on MKII #118 although I'm sure it will get
> sorted out.
> After the intitial anxiety attack of getting into the guts
> of the
> machine has passed, the process is straight-forward but a
> notable
> workout for the fingers and forearms. My mishap resulting
> in the tape
> vs Wharfedale contest was the result of a blatant bit of
> carelessness on
> my part (i.e., not listening carefully to Martin; geeze, I
> hate
> groveling like this). If one avoids such errors, I don't
> believe that
> there is really a need to remove the speakers. Considering
> the size of
> the magnet, the encounter had amazingly limited effect -
> about a
> 1-1.5.second drop out on Station 6.
>
> Most importantly, the new sounds are terrific !!! (timed
> impeccably I
> might add). The new LH roster includes:
> Station 1: Fairlight Swanee, Adrian Belew's sus. guitar,
> Steve Hacketts'
> sus. guitar
> Station 2: Oboe, Russian Choir (IMPRESSIVE), St. John's wood
> organ
> Station 3: Cello, M300A strings, French horn
> Station 4: Gothic, Medieval woodwind, Orchestra (IMO, the
> best Tron
> sound mix of all time)
> Station 5: Recorder, M300B strings, Ian McDonald flute (NICE
> !!)
> Station 6: Woodwind 2, bass clarinet (rattles the windows),
> Cor
> Anaglais/oboe split
>
> The RH keyboard remain traditional leads.
>
> Having now delved a bit deeper into the workings of a MKII,
> I stand
> behind my contention of some time ago regarding the
> ingenious design and
> robustness of these MKII machines. They're really quite
> impressive and
> 37 years old !!!
>
> Later
>
> Bob Y.
>
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