The Kawai & Teisco Analog Synths Group

I recently bought an sx210 "as is" from a thrift store for very cheap.
 Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work.  I am not familiar with synth
technology so the best description I'd be able to give is that it
sounds like there is something wrong with the filters, as they are not
manipulating the sound much.  I do get some sort of tone but as long
as the synth is tunred off, the tone is playing.  It was only eight
bucks and I figured I could get it fixed.  Can you guys recommend a
place that would be able to find the problem and repair my sx210?

--- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, nate_is_rocketboy@y... wrote:
Chances are if you are getting a tone, It works! You have a
subtractive synth. keep working by setting most parameters to 0 , get
a wave on , maybe a sub and tweek the cut off , to sound as low as it
can go without-- going away-- them move to the other parameters -- but
I work backwards also... good luck and that is a real find.

> I recently bought an sx210 "as is" from a thrift store for very cheap.
>  Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work.  I am not familiar with synth
> technology so the best description I'd be able to give is that it
> sounds like there is something wrong with the filters, as they are not
> manipulating the sound much.  I do get some sort of tone but as long
> as the synth is tunred off, the tone is playing.  It was only eight
> bucks and I figured I could get it fixed.  Can you guys recommend a
> place that would be able to find the problem and repair my sx210?

Open it up and take a look into it... has the battery leaked ? and 
burnt out components ? 

8$ bucks ?? wow.


--- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, "texhand" <texhand@y...> wrote:
> --- In kawai_sx210@yahoogroups.com, nate_is_rocketboy@y... wrote:
> Chances are if you are getting a tone, It works! You have a
> subtractive synth. keep working by setting most parameters to 0 , 
get
> a wave on , maybe a sub and tweek the cut off , to sound as low as 
it
> can go without-- going away-- them move to the other parameters -- 
but
> I work backwards also... good luck and that is a real find.
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> > I recently bought an sx210 "as is" from a thrift store for very 
cheap.
> >  Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work.  I am not familiar with synth
> > technology so the best description I'd be able to give is that it
> > sounds like there is something wrong with the filters, as they 
are not
> > manipulating the sound much.  I do get some sort of tone but as 
long
> > as the synth is tunred off, the tone is playing.  It was only 
eight
> > bucks and I figured I could get it fixed.  Can you guys recommend 
a
> > place that would be able to find the problem and repair my sx210?