Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

2 of the vfx's my band had would always freeze in on-stage performances too
We narrowed it down to electrical disturbances and inter-connected midi gear
(midi networks)
The only thing that seemed to clear up the freezes was buying a spike/surge
eliminator - we chose a "zero-surge" brandname model because most other
surge devices used Mov's and those wear out easily and often

The battery issue, you should be able to change the battery fairly easily -
or let any repair do this for you if your not confident
These things happen in computers but I'm sure its not causing your freeze
issues


on 2/17/03 9:02 PM, paixwool <paixwool@...> at paixwool@...
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> I have an Ensoniq VFX-SD that belonged to my son who performed in a
> rock group and stopped using it when it would freeze up during
> concerts.  Now, I just love the sound of this thing, but had the same
> problem with it.  It would either tell me 'calibration error' or
> every note on the keyboard would start up with continuous noise.
> So, about 4 years ago I took it to a repair shop, who charged me
> 60.00 but said there was nothing wrong with it----he just didn't play
> it long enough to find out!  So---now I have moved away from there
> and it is much later---only played it a couple of times since, and it
> would do the same thing.  So I was looking on Ebay for another brand,
> but hating the idea of buying another and giving up on the one I like
> so much.  I don't know a thing about all that it does, I simply play
> it.   But, it's insides are a computer and I don't want to be erasing
> memory or whatever---but, I was reading online about people in the
> same boat who repaired their own----bad solder joints, etc.  Well, I
> just plugged it in, and now it is saying 'low battery'.  Well, the
> manual says to take it to an 'authorized dealer'.  What dealer?
> I am needing to know how to take it apart without damaging any of the
> comuter works inside. On the back side, where all the jacks are, is a
> row of rivets, what looks like a continuous hinge---maybe the back
> drops down?---and black screws that hold it closed.  If I undo that,
> will it give me access to the batteries and the bad solder joints?
> Probably not---so, do I then turn the thing upside down and remove
> all the screws from the bottom and lift the bottom off?  And---I just
> noticed the new posting today that mentions a fan system that will
> keep the machine cool---would that be a thing to buy?  I really,
> really love the beautiful sound of this thing, don't want to give up
> on it and then buy a pig in a poke, so to speak.  Thanks for
> listening and I hope you can help------Dorothy
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