Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

what about the SD-1 (mine is the 32 voices version)?!

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "jammie" <jammie.emma@...> wrote:
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> if its the cr2032 just unsolder and fit a cr2032 plastic holder and a lithium cr2032 coin battery thats what i fit to all the synths from ensoniq for my cutomers ive fitted hundreds and they can change it themselfs in future they are the standard fitting for the sq1/sq2/+/ks88/sqr+/ts10/ts12/vfx
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: pjkeys1975 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, August 08, 2009 9:02 AM
>   Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Power-up re-initializes wiping stored sounds??
> 
> 
>     Cheers chaps for all your advice.
> 
>   Before you go & tear each others heads off, I'd just like to add that it is an original model VFX, not the SD variations. 
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>   I opened her up last night & discovered (as I managed to find documented elsewhere also) that there is a standard CR2032 battery doing the job. I think the lithium batteries were installed in most Ensoniq synths post the VFX.
> 
>   It's a solder job by the looks of things. I'm starting to get the odd gobbledegook patch name also so I can only assume it is in fact the battery that's on its way.
> 
>   Cheers though for all your help. I do however find it odd that they'd change these things in latter models.
> 
>   One point of note...I picked this up a year ago on ebay. Lovely condition & has served me well for the duration. 1989 model & all.
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>   Now with all the talk about calibration issues/ribbon cable/hardwired in etc....I'd like to note that mine still has it's original Ribbon in & doesn't show any signs of the problem.
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>   My TS-10 on the other hand...now that's a headache.
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>   Cheers,
> 
>   Pete
> 
>   --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Gordon JC Pearce <gordon@> wrote:
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>   > On Fri, 2009-08-07 at 20:36 -0500, Rish wrote:
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>   > > 
>   > > No NO NO! Do not half ass wire in any AA batteries! (Gordon you
>   > > should know better) that is really bad advise. I do not care where
>   > 
>   > I'd like to know why you think that's a bad idea. I do it as a matter
>   > of course on all my equipment that's of an age to have lithium batteries
>   > (not just synthesizers).
>   > 
>   > Of course, I replace soldered-in nicads right away too - have you seen
>   > the mayhem they cause when they fail?
>   > 
>   > > you get the battery but replace it with the correct Panasonic 2/3a
>   > > lithium yellow label or blue label. Take the time to do it correctly
>   > 
>   > The lithium batteries you get now are incredibly expensive and only last
>   > a couple of years - quite often because they've been lying around for
>   > years waiting to be sold! There's no real point in fitting them.
>   > Long-life alkalines have a far better shelf life and since the CMOS
>   > memory takes something in the realms of nanoamps, shelf life is
>   > more-or-less what it comes down to.
>   > 
>   > Gordon 2M0YEQ
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