----- Original Message -----From: mailfor.taliesinSent: Monday, August 13, 2012 8:06 PMSubject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] VFX crashes when ROTO.SPKR selectedHi! May I tap your brains, please?
I bought my VFX (no -SD) new(-ish, ex-demo) around 20 years ago and have always liked the sounds. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to use it recently because, whenever I select a Leslie-type sound such as the B-3 patch ("Drawbars", I think), it signals an error (35, if I remember correctly) and resets itself, recalibrating the keyboard repeatedly. A power-down and hard reset is required to bring it back to sanity.
A little investigation shows that this failure is triggered (almost) any time a ROTO.SPKR effect is selected. ("Almost", because once in a while it will work for a few seconds, even a minute or two, before going into crazy mode).
This is particularly disappointing to me because I liked to set my rig up with my Korg CX-3 (single-manual B-3 clone) above the VFX so that the pair made a half-way adequate imitation of a full B-3. For sure, that pair is a lot lighter!
However, a keyboard that is likely to need a hard reset in the middle of a set is of no use on a gig so my VFX has been languishing at the bottom of my pile of keyboards for several years. I would rather like to get it back to the top - has anyone else met a similar fault? Or have any ideas how to fix it?
All suggestions gratefully received!
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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] VFX crashes when ROTO.SPKR selected
2012-08-13 by jammie
check power going to the fx chip
as its resetting as though there is power failur
you psu is need of service
after about 15 they star to fail some
nice new 105oc caps same capacitance and you should
be good to go