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2008-12-02 by we_are_computron
up to 510.00 already.three bids at 500.00.WOW.Im greatfull I got mine less. http://cgi.ebay.com/Kawai-SX-240-Analog-Polyphonic- Synthesizer_W0QQitemZ290278743655QQcmdZViewItemQQptZKeyboards_MIDI? hash=item290278743655&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66% 3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318
2008-12-18 by Frank Aitken
Yeah lucky you! I won that auction. I don't regret paying what I did for it though. The synth just sounds amazing. It looks excellent as well. I do need to open it up and make sure the battery is OK. Is it hard to modify it to use a lithium battery? --- On Mon, 12/1/08, we_are_computron <we_are_computron@...> wrote:
From: we_are_computron <we_are_computron@...>
Subject: [kawai-teisco] Another sx240 on ebay
To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 11:45 PM
up to 510.00 already.three bids at 500.00.WOW.Im greatfull I got mine
less.
http://cgi.ebay. com/Kawai- SX-240-Analog- Polyphonic-
Synthesizer_ W0QQitemZ2902787 43655QQcmdZViewI temQQptZKeyboard s_MIDI?
hash=item2902787436 55&_trksid= p3911.c0. m14&_trkparms= 72%3A1205% 7C66%
3A2%7C65%3A12% 7C39%3A1% 7C240%3A13182008-12-23 by S S
It does sound amazing!enjoy it ! Is it hard to modify it to use a lithium battery?well no not realy with someone with analog synhs mod know how if you cant tackle it yourself.Maybe cost 100 topsine was already moded when i bought it..Look in the back messgaes on this group,You might find more speffic infomation --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Frank Aitken <mfaitkenjr@...> wrote:
From: Frank Aitken <mfaitkenjr@...> Subject: Re: [kawai-teisco] Another sx240 on ebay To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 3:34 AM Yeah lucky you! I won that auction. I don't regret paying what I did for it though. The synth just sounds amazing. It looks excellent as well. I do need to open it up and make sure the battery is OK. Is it hard to modify it to use a lithium battery? --- On Mon, 12/1/08, we_are_computron <we_are_computron@ yahoo.com> wrote: From: we_are_computron <we_are_computron@ yahoo.com> Subject: [kawai-teisco] Another sx240 on ebay To: kawai-teisco@ yahoogroups. com Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 11:45 PM up to 510.00 already.three bids at 500.00.WOW.Im greatfull I got mine less. http://cgi.ebay. com/Kawai- SX-240-Analog- Polyphonic- Synthesizer_ W0QQitemZ2902787 43655QQcmdZViewI temQQptZKeyboard s_MIDI? hash=item2902787436 55&_trksid= p3911.c0. m14&_trkparms= 72%3A1205% 7C66% 3A2%7C65%3A12% 7C39%3A1% 7C240%3A1318
2008-12-29 by antdes45
Just got mine. The chassis is really beat up, but everything works. All the presets were empty, but I can save new ones, which means the NiCad battery is probably still working fine and was just left empty for a while (Don't worry, I'll replace it) I found an MP3 of the default presets "tape backup" so I'll be able to load the sounds in the synth easily. --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com, S S <we_are_computron@...> wrote: > > It does sound amazing!enjoy it ! Is it hard to modify it to use a lithium battery?well no not realy with someone with analog synhs mod know how if you cant tackle it yourself.Maybe cost 100 topsine was already moded when i bought it..Look in the back messgaes on this group,You might find more speffic infomation > > --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Frank Aitken <mfaitkenjr@...> wrote: > > From: Frank Aitken <mfaitkenjr@...> > Subject: Re: [kawai-teisco] Another sx240 on ebay > To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com > Date: Thursday, December 18, 2008, 3:34 AM > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah lucky you! I won that auction. I don't regret paying what I did for it though. The synth just sounds amazing. It looks excellent as well. I do need to open it up and make sure the battery is OK. Is it hard to modify it to use a lithium battery? > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, we_are_computron <we_are_computron@ yahoo.com> wrote: > > From: we_are_computron <we_are_computron@ yahoo.com> > Subject: [kawai-teisco] Another sx240 on ebay > To: kawai-teisco@ yahoogroups. com > Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 11:45 PM > > > > > up to 510.00 already.three bids at 500.00.WOW.Im greatfull I got mine > less. > > http://cgi.ebay. com/Kawai- SX-240-Analog- Polyphonic- > Synthesizer_ W0QQitemZ2902787 43655QQcmdZViewI temQQptZKeyboard s_MIDI? > hash=item2902787436 55&_trksid= p3911.c0. m14&_trkparms= 72%3A1205% 7C66% > 3A2%7C65%3A12% 7C39%3A1% 7C240%3A1318 >
2009-01-03 by Travis Shire
Tried that mp3 and it didn t werk for me. More power to ya....... ... From: antdes45 To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com Subject: [kawai-teisco] Re: Another sx240
2009-01-03 by Antoine Deschênes
It worked for me after two trials, I just had to rise the gain higher on my computer. As for the synth, I've cleaned the whole thing and I was able to remove all the larger dents and make them almost invisible with a clamp and MDF panel. The phones jack was broken, which was easily fixed with a panel-mount jack. I'll get replacement keys from Kawai to have a fully-working keyboard. The only things that are then going to be missing to have the synth in good condition are the slider and encoder knobs. Oh, and the NiCd battery didn't leak in my synth. I've removed it and installed a diode in the battery circuit, so it'ready for a 3.6V LiSoCl2 battery. Travis Shire a \ufffdcrit :
> Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: antdes45 > To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [kawai-teisco] Re: Another sx240 on ebay > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:10:16 -0000 > > Just got mine. The chassis is really beat up, but everything works. > All the presets were empty, but I can save new ones, which means the > NiCad battery is probably still working fine and was just left empty > for a while (Don't worry, I'll replace it) > > I found an MP3 of the default presets "tape backup" so I'll be able to > load the sounds in the synth easily. > > --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:kawai-teisco%40yahoogroups.com>, S S > <we_are_computron@...> wrote: > > > > It does sound amazing!enjoy it ! Is it hard to modify it to use a > lithium battery?well no not realy with someone with analog synhs mod > know how if you cant tackle it yourself.Maybe cost 100 topsine was > already moded when i bought it..Look in the back messgaes on this > group,You might find more speffic infomation > > >
2009-01-16 by we_are_computron
almost there.cool man. Travis Shire: Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... Didnt work for me either same synth as Travis and now I got to many good patchs to want to try.I thought it was the output myself.Maybe the reverse would work?Storing my patches in wav or mp3 format as you would do in tape.It should work in theory but a little risky to loose the patches if the recording levels and outputs are not correct. --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Deschênes <antdes45@...> wrote: > > It worked for me after two trials, I just had to rise the gain higher on > my computer. > > As for the synth, I've cleaned the whole thing and I was able to remove > all the larger dents and make them almost invisible with a clamp and MDF > panel. The phones jack was broken, which was easily fixed with a > panel-mount jack. I'll get replacement keys from Kawai to have a > fully-working keyboard. The only things that are then going to be > missing to have the synth in good condition are the slider and encoder > knobs. Oh, and the NiCd battery didn't leak in my synth. I've removed it > and installed a diode in the battery circuit, so it'ready for a 3.6V > LiSoCl2 battery. > > Travis Shire a écrit : > > Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: antdes45 > > To: kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [kawai-teisco] Re: Another sx240 on ebay > > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:10:16 -0000 > > > > Just got mine. The chassis is really beat up, but everything works. > > All the presets were empty, but I can save new ones, which means the > > NiCad battery is probably still working fine and was just left empty > > for a while (Don't worry, I'll replace it) > > > > I found an MP3 of the default presets "tape backup" so I'll be able to > > load the sounds in the synth easily. > > > > --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com > > <mailto:kawai-teisco%40yahoogroups.com>, S S > > <we_are_computron@> wrote: > > > > > > It does sound amazing!enjoy it ! Is it hard to modify it to use a > > lithium battery?well no not realy with someone with analog synhs mod > > know how if you cant tackle it yourself.Maybe cost 100 topsine was > > already moded when i bought it..Look in the back messgaes on this
> > group,You might find more speffic infomation > > > > > >
2009-01-29 by Travis Shire
The patch files should definitely be saved as .wav files. It won't be *that* large a file size. Plus with the way mp3 works....I doubt you'd want some psychoacoustic program tossing away data as it sees fit. Use wavs or some other full bandwidth file type (FLAC, AIFF, etc). almost there.cool man. Travis Shire: Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... Didnt work for me either same synth as Travis and now I got to many good patchs to want to try.I thought it was the output myself.Maybe the reverse would work?Storing my patches in wav or mp3 format as you would do in tape.It should work in theory but a little risky to loose the patches if the recording levels and outputs are not correct. -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com
2009-01-30 by Antoine Deschênes
OK, so I loaded the preset MP3 on my SX-240 and saved it back in a 48kHz wave (1 minute, 5MB size) that I uploaded in the Files section. FLAC and WavPack only saved about 500kB. The only reason I could see why the MP3 doesn't work for you is that it's signal level is -20dB, and, pretty unlikely, the sample rate is 44.1kHz, and the sound card resampling to 48kHz could cause problems. I think that the very low signal level is the only problem with the MP3 found online. The CMOS RAM chip in the SX-240 is 4k or 8k, and it takes one full minute to save that, so the transfer rate is very slow, and I believe a 22.05kHz sampling rate would work. This signal is supposed to be saved and retrieved from a cheap ferric oxide cassette on a noisy distorting RatShack portable cassette recorder without damage, so I doubt MP3 compression will cause any problems, especially since it works for me. As for losing patches, there's a "verify" function that checks if the patches were saved correctly by comparing the saved data to the CMOS. No risks, especially if the recording is digital. 2009/1/29 Travis Shire <boardjunkie@techie.com>: > > The patch files should definitely be saved as .wav files. It won't be *that* large a file size. Plus with the way mp3 works....I doubt you'd want some psychoacoustic program tossing away data as it sees fit. Use wavs or some other full bandwidth file type (FLAC, AIFF, etc). > > > > > almost there.cool man. > > Travis Shire: > Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... > > Didnt work for me either same synth as Travis and now I got to many > good patchs to want to try.I thought it was the output myself.Maybe > the reverse would work?Storing my patches in wav or mp3 format as > you would do in tape.It should work in theory but a little risky to > loose the patches if the recording levels and outputs are not > correct. > > > > -- > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Antoine Deschênes
2009-01-30 by antdes45
I've also uploaded an MP3 version that weights only 800kB and works fine on my 240. This one has -0.1dB levels, and is simply a converted version of the WAV I saved from my synth. Tell me if the MP3 works or not, I'll remove the WAV file if it does. --- In kawai-teisco@yahoogroups.com, Antoine Deschênes <antdes45@...> wrote: > > OK, so I loaded the preset MP3 on my SX-240 and saved it back in a > 48kHz wave (1 minute, 5MB size) that I uploaded in the Files section. > FLAC and WavPack only saved about 500kB. > > The only reason I could see why the MP3 doesn't work for you is that > it's signal level is -20dB, and, pretty unlikely, the sample rate is > 44.1kHz, and the sound card resampling to 48kHz could cause problems. > > I think that the very low signal level is the only problem with the > MP3 found online. The CMOS RAM chip in the SX-240 is 4k or 8k, and it > takes one full minute to save that, so the transfer rate is very slow, > and I believe a 22.05kHz sampling rate would work. This signal is > supposed to be saved and retrieved from a cheap ferric oxide cassette > on a noisy distorting RatShack portable cassette recorder without > damage, so I doubt MP3 compression will cause any problems, especially > since it works for me. > > As for losing patches, there's a "verify" function that checks if the > patches were saved correctly by comparing the saved data to the CMOS. > No risks, especially if the recording is digital. > > > 2009/1/29 Travis Shire <boardjunkie@...>: > > > > The patch files should definitely be saved as .wav files. It won't be *that* large a file size. Plus with the way mp3 works....I doubt you'd want some psychoacoustic program tossing away data as it sees fit. Use wavs or some other full bandwidth file type (FLAC, AIFF, etc).
> > > > > > > > > > almost there.cool man. > > > > Travis Shire: > > Tried that mp3 and it didn't werk for me. More power to ya....... > > > > Didnt work for me either same synth as Travis and now I got to many > > good patchs to want to try.I thought it was the output myself.Maybe > > the reverse would work?Storing my patches in wav or mp3 format as > > you would do in tape.It should work in theory but a little risky to > > loose the patches if the recording levels and outputs are not > > correct. > > > > > > > > -- > > Be Yourself @ mail.com! > > Choose From 200+ Email Addresses > > Get a Free Account at www.mail.com > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Antoine Deschênes >