Oh yeah I've seen 'em for sale and so on, I just mean I've never had one in
here. ...which is somewhat odd. :-) Bozeman's never been a keyboard town
though so it's no surprise they just barely buy what we stock off the shelf
rather than going out looking for other options. -Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: toneboy22 <tbarros@...>
To: <oldsynths@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 6:12 PM
Subject: [oldsynths] Re: update
>
> check PAIA out @
>
> www.paia.com
>
> easy to build audio and synthesizer kits.
> they've got tube preamps too.
> they've been around since 1975!
>
> I'm ∗still∗ building and learning.
> tb
>
>
> --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Weigel" <sounddoctorin@m...> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: toneboy22 <tbarros@c...>
> > To: <oldsynths@yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:49 PM
> > Subject: [oldsynths] Re: update
> >
> >
> > > Hey SoundDR & all,
> > >
> > > i've been working on restoring a Paia Gnome.
> > >
> > Huh, never worked with Paia gear. See it some day I'm sure.
> >
> > > Was interested in the resistance strip.
> > >
> > > Got it all working, except the A/R is a little screwy.
> > >
> > Attack/Release I presume? I have some strange attack parameters on the
> > Crumar Performer I use. I have diagrams just haven't taken time to
> figure
> > out why it gets sssllloooow so fast. Likely a capacitor has drifted
> way out
> > of value tolerences so that it's acting 10X as big as it should be.
> I'll
> > know if all the sudden it goes the other way then totally dies (makes it
> > real fast all the time). -Bob
> >
> >
> > > found a wrong resistor value....
> > >
> > > Didnt help ..
> > >
> > > thought i'd read this list.
> > >
> > > sure is s.....l......o.....w......t...o...d...a...y...
> > >
> > > AFN
> > > tb
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Weigel"
> <sounddoctorin@m...> wrote:
> > > > I just got back on the group so I thought I'd wait a few days and
> > > see what people had been talking about. Nothing it appears. :-) Oh
> > > well, I've been enjoying working with a new band here. Real good
> > > guitarist and a couple younger guys on bass and drums who are fitting
> > > in real well. Nice age range...47, 42, 23, 22 or like that. Anyway
> > > working on a lot of semi-oldies...Oya Coma Va, Rikki, In God's
> > > Country, Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes, and some SRV stuff to
> > > name a few.
> > > > Anyway I finally got this Moog Opus 3 fixed up well and I'm
> > > trying to use it on some things, programmed a nice organ for Oya Coma
> > > Va and some of the other songs we're doing on the Korg
> > > Wavestation...though the guy has a B3 with two leslie's I practise on.
> > > We'll likely haul a leslie to gigs most of the time. He also has a
> > > CX-3 we might use sometimes.
> > > > I'd love to get back to the analog synth project but it's been
> > > too busy. Someone was dumping a nice wood box that's about the right
> > > size for the monster I want to build. Hopefully get back to it some
> > > day soon.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: Rory McDonald
> > > > To: 'oldsynths@yahoogroups.com'
> > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:40 AM
> > > > Subject: [oldsynths] FW: [oldsynth] Re: Joystick vendor?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Forwarded from Oldsynth...
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: toneboy22 [mailto:tbarros@c...]
> > > > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:44 AM
> > > > To: oldsynth@yahoogroups.com
> > > > Subject: [oldsynth] Re: Joystick vendor?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hey OLDsynthers,
> > > >
> > > > New 2 this list.
> > > >
> > > > Not much going on with OLDsynth & OLDsynthS (?)
> > > >
> > > > Everyone quit building? heh heh
> > > > (know this can't B true)
> > > >
> > > > Re: Joysticks-----
> > > >
> > > > As i recall, Atari joysticks were excentially 4 momentary
> > > > buttons; Apple joys were pots that controlled a timing
> > > > capacator; the 6502 read the "time"; sort of like PWM
> > > > in reverse(?)
> > > >
> > > > Lots of electronic surplus compainies have 2-axis JSs around;
> > > > the resistor(pot) values vary from say 5K to 100K;
> > > > put a controlled amt of V in the top; other side to GND;
> > > > Or, use resistors top and bottom to "range" it in;
> > > > Or, use switches to move range up and down;
> > > > first decide what U want the end2end voltage swing 2 B;
> > > > if U dedicate 1 or 2 LM317s for the JS's pwr sup, U don't
> > > > have to worry about range switches;
> > > >
> > > > AFN
> > > > tb22
> > >
> > >
> > >
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