OldSynths

check PAIA out @ 

www.paia.com      

easy to build audio and synthesizer kits.
they've got tube preamps too.
they've been around since 1975!

I'm *still* building and learning.
tb


--- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Weigel" <sounddoctorin@m...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: toneboy22 <tbarros@c...>
> To: <oldsynths@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:49 PM
> Subject: [oldsynths] Re: update
> 
> 
> > Hey SoundDR & all,
> >
> > i've been working on restoring a Paia Gnome.
> >
> Huh, never worked with Paia gear.  See it some day I'm sure.
> 
> > Was interested in the resistance strip.
> >
> > Got it all working, except the A/R is a little screwy.
> >
> Attack/Release I presume? I have some strange attack parameters on the
> Crumar Performer I use.  I have diagrams just haven't taken time to
figure
> out why it gets sssllloooow so fast. Likely a capacitor has drifted
way out
> of value tolerences so that it's acting 10X as big as it should be.
 I'll
> know if all the sudden it goes the other way then totally dies (makes it
> real fast all the time). -Bob
> 
> 
> > found a wrong resistor value....
> >
> > Didnt help ..
> >
> > thought i'd read this list.
> >
> > sure is s.....l......o.....w......t...o...d...a...y...
> >
> > AFN
> > tb
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In oldsynths@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Weigel"
<sounddoctorin@m...> wrote:
> > > I just got back on the group so I thought I'd wait a few days and
> > see what people had been talking about.  Nothing it appears. :-)  Oh
> > well, I've been enjoying working with a new band here.  Real good
> > guitarist and a couple younger guys on bass and drums who are fitting
> > in real well.  Nice age range...47, 42, 23, 22 or like that.  Anyway
> > working on a lot of semi-oldies...Oya Coma Va, Rikki, In God's
> > Country, Diamonds on the Soles of her shoes, and some SRV stuff to
> > name a few.
> > >    Anyway I finally got this Moog Opus 3 fixed up well and I'm
> > trying to use it on some things, programmed a nice organ for Oya Coma
> > Va and some of the other songs we're doing on the Korg
> > Wavestation...though the guy has a B3 with two leslie's I practise on.
> >  We'll likely haul a leslie to gigs most of the time. He also has a
> > CX-3 we might use sometimes.
> > >      I'd love to get back to the analog synth project but it's been
> > too busy. Someone was dumping a nice wood box that's about the right
> > size for the monster I want to build.  Hopefully get back to it some
> > day soon.
> > >   ----- Original Message -----
> > >   From: Rory McDonald
> > >   To: 'oldsynths@yahoogroups.com'
> > >   Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:40 AM
> > >   Subject: [oldsynths] FW: [oldsynth] Re: Joystick vendor?
> > >
> > >
> > >   Forwarded from Oldsynth...
> > >   -----Original Message-----
> > >   From: toneboy22 [mailto:tbarros@c...]
> > >   Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 8:44 AM
> > >   To: oldsynth@yahoogroups.com
> > >   Subject: [oldsynth] Re: Joystick vendor?
> > >
> > >
> > >   Hey OLDsynthers,
> > >
> > >   New 2 this list.
> > >
> > >   Not much going on with OLDsynth & OLDsynthS (?)
> > >
> > >   Everyone quit building?   heh heh
> > >   (know this can't B true)
> > >
> > >   Re: Joysticks-----
> > >
> > >   As i recall, Atari joysticks were excentially 4 momentary
> > >   buttons;  Apple joys were pots that controlled a timing
> > >   capacator;  the 6502 read the "time"; sort of like PWM
> > >   in reverse(?)
> > >
> > >   Lots of electronic surplus compainies have 2-axis JSs around;
> > >   the resistor(pot) values vary from say 5K to 100K;
> > >   put a controlled amt of V in the top; other side to GND;
> > >   Or,  use resistors top and bottom to "range" it in;
> > >   Or, use switches to move range up and down;
> > >   first decide what U want the end2end voltage swing 2 B;
> > >   if U dedicate 1 or 2 LM317s for the JS's pwr sup, U don't
> > >   have to worry about range switches;
> > >
> > >   AFN
> > >   tb22
> >
> >
> >
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