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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: prophet 5 not working!!!

2004-08-05 by Russ Rose

Oh and one more thing about your LED's blinnking when you play keys or
change patches or go into edit mode, every prophet 5 I've fixed in the last
18.97 years does this even when they are behaving properly does this.
So ass our great prophet Bud Dolan says"dont think twice, it's allright"
Regardio, Russ
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>> hi there!
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>> i´ve got a rev3 in great cosmetical shape. i keep it in a studio and
>> i´ve never taken it on a gig... one day it broke down and now it
> only 
>> makes funny noises when i play. just noise and weird modulated
> stuff!
>> has anyone out there got an idea of what can be going on!!?!? is
>> there anythig i can try before i get i serviced!?!?!??? also when
>> it´s functioning "normaly" the led flashes a little bit when i turn
>> the knobs and the filtersweeps sounds a bit stepped when i use the
>> button!!! is that normal?!??
>> 
>> cheers! and thanks!
>> 
>> Daniel
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> I think LED's flash due to the main Z80 proceesor not having enough
> grunt.
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> Filter sweeps sound stepped in the Prophet due to their settings
> being held in digital memory,it's one of my main complaints with the
> Prophet.
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