Sequential circuits samplers

Hi Charles, I believe it!  So your P2000 was DOA??  Bummer!! I've just
read part of a pdf manual on the P2000. There is no "backup battery".
Yes, after powerup, there *should* be some sounds.  These are the
"built in" sounds (samples) on the ROM (Read Only Memory). All these
synths are basically a microcontroller that scans knobs and keys and
switches and outputs audio.  The P2000 does all this and
"records/samples" input sounds as well. But, you'all know that
already(?)  :-)  The P2000 uses a Motorolla 68000 cpu derivitive. If
the CPU (central processing unit--"the computer chip") is not working
correctly, or, worse, intermittently, it's probably due to a
bad/faulty power supply or connections that have gone flakey, or are
going bad, or memory with similar problems. Let me get my P2000
powered up and give some accurate info on what to look for and tests
you can do to narrow down the possiblities for troubleshooting.  In my
Prophet5, one of the problems was dust on the top pcb's.  The dust
here in sacramento is conductive.  I believe this was part of the
multiplexing problem I had. I'm wanting to sell my P2000, so I need to
go over all the functions before I list it.  BTW, i'm an engineering
tech & have been working on synths, fuzz boxes and amps for over
30yrs.  Hope I can help out. Give me a few more dayz....  afn T

--- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "Charles Lee" <crlee311@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, but my built in sounds don't work!  I spent $250 for this on
Ebay and I'm to the point where I would GIVE it to someone (other than
Winecountry) if they came and picked it up...
> What did Ripley say?  Well... it's me...
> 
> 
> From: TonyB 
> Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 5:17 PM
> To: prophet2000@yahoogroups.com 
> Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] [prophet2000] Re: What's special in the
Prophet 2000
> 
> 
> Hi Gil, Let me pull out the manual and review the startup proceedures.
> I have my P2000 down from the attic and have been meaning to pull it
> out of the box and check out all functions. IIRC, there was a way to
> check the amount of memory in the unit(?) Different mem configs meant
> different sound storage, in that, if the mems were not the same on 2
> P2000's, the samples on one would not work(or work wierdly)on the
> other. Give me a week or so.... I'll post back to your thread..afn T
> 
> --- In prophet2000@yahoogroups.com, "gil_we" <gilwe@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm in a kind of dilemma. I have that P2K which is in a very good
> > shape but doesn't boot up. How practical is the instrument to use if
> > at all ?
> > I'm thinking about parting it out but not sure if that's a good move.
> > I already have a P5 Rev3.2 in a perfect condition (I restored it) so
> > I'm not sure dealing with tons of floopy disk just to get "that" SCI
> > sound will interest me. Is it easy to use ? Can you make sounds with
> > not much hassle ? How much does it sell on ebay ?
> > 
> > Thanks !
> >
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