Vintage Synth Repair

I had to replace a tantalum on my Roland RS202 to fix a bad note. Do tantalums have the same limited life that electrolytics have?
Ta
Susie
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--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "ambrosia800" <Second-Edition@...> wrote:
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> Re: Crumar Trilogy repair
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> It is not a normal ground loop problem. The hum seems to be directly related to
> the number of voice cards in the machine. So I think, the power supply could be
> the problem.
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> I think, a recapping of the power supply should be the way to go.
> 
> On the other hand, there is a tantalum on every voice card. I think, changing
> the tantalums on the voice cards shouldn´t be a bad choice either.
> 
> Anybody of you got some spare CEM´s?
> One 3330 and a 3320 as well are broken. For one of my other machines I´m also looking for a CEM3340.
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> --- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "Scott" <painintheamp@> wrote:
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> > -If you can take the "ground loop" out of the equation, the most likely cause is power supply filtering capacitors that have gone dry  and arent doing what theyre supposed to.
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> > I see this as a regular thing here in my shop.
> > 
> > Caps are easy to get and fairly cheap and replacing them drops troubleshooting time way down
> > 
> > Just doing that may make your troubles flee
> > 
> > Scott in Burrrrrrrr-mont
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