Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hello group.  Hope that all are doing well.  
 
I have heard stories of the VFX and SD-1 getting very hot; hot to the touch and causing problems (the unit wigs out, etc..)
 
There is a company out there that actually makes a clip-on fan that clips to the heat-sink and directs the heat away from the unit.  This can help tremendously.
 
Personally, my VFX does not get that hot, but the one I had many years ago got very hot and we put a series of fans in the unit to cool it down.
 
Of course, I talked to the guy at Thesoniq and he said not to put any fans in there, that there is no need.
 
I disagree.  if you are electronically and mechanically inclined, I would recommend putting a fan on the heat-sink.  This will take the heat off of the unit and keep it cool.  Another thing you can do is cut a couple of holes, one on each end, and install a fan on one side to blow in.  Put a carbon-filled filter on the other side (and possibly the side of the fan too to keep the smoke out), and ejnjoy your cooler VFX.  This will lower the temperature considerably and actually provide ventilation for the unit and this is a unit that needs ventilation.  I am considering doing this to my VFX and simply having another plug to plug into the wall with.  I would not wire it to the transformer, unless you know that the fans you are installing onto and into the unit are not going to draw too much power from the unit's internal transformer.
 
There is a technical reason for why the unit heats up so much, but it escapes me at present.  I have many other synths at home (only 3 with wall-wart supplies), and they do not heat up like the VFX and SD-1 do.  Even if I leave them on all day in the studio, they do not heat up like that.
 
  Well, those are my general ramblings for now.  
 
Thank you, 
 
Harry Ebbeson III
Ebbeson Management Group
www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
 
 

			
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Hello guys:

Just remember to take a look to this link if you want to effectively cool
the VFX and other Ensoniq keyboards. There are lots of good Ensoniq
accessories at Route 66.

Hasta pronto.

Alfons

 

http://hometown.aol.com/mishon66/Theecooler.html

My $5 cheapo clamp-on desk fan does a great job.  I
point it at the fins.  It cools me and the board ;) 
It doesn't look cool or attach to the board nicely but
again, I just had it lying around and it works.

--- Michael C Lesko <MichaelL33@...> wrote:

> Thanks to all for the info about cooling down my
> smoking hot synth.  All of your advice is greatly
> appreciated. 
> So has everyone had a chance to look at this
> "Cooler" hicky-ma-gigger?  If so what are your
> thoughts?  I only
> ask because my music money account is already low
> and I would hate to think that I spent $45 or
> something
> that gives me the same result as a $5 mini fan.  
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Michael Lesko
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Alfons Martinez 
>   To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 2004 3:20 PM
>   Subject: RE: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Digest Number 582:
> COOLING FAN FOR VFX SD
> 
> 
>   Hello guys:
> 
>   Just remember to take a look to this link if you
> want to effectively cool the VFX and other Ensoniq
> keyboards. There are lots of good Ensoniq
> accessories at Route 66.
> 
>   Hasta pronto.
> 
>   Alfons
> 
>    
> 
>   http://hometown.aol.com/mishon66/Theecooler.html
> 
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I wonder if you could just use one of those fans that are used to cool
computer processors.  Those would be made for either 5 or 12 volts.
I don't know how much it would matter if the VFX suplied a voltage
different than that.

Soli Deo Gloria,
Nathan


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