Vintage Synth Repair

hey Arto,

I have the exact same problem.. my odyssey sample hold crapped out and I couldn't find the cans.  I ordered some DIPs and a converter from small dog electronics.  Though you might find the part useful:

http://cimarrontechnology.com/to-99to8-pindipadapterpn020601.aspx

I haven't gotten everything in the mail yet, but I'll let you know how it all turns out.

Also, I'd be curious to know what else you had to do to get the circuit up and running... or did you just swap it in?

best,

Damon

--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, Arto Koivisto <arto.koivisto@...> wrote:
>
> > Oh, and I've recently seen someone put a IC-type opamp where a metal can one should have been.  
> 
> Without wanting to interrupt this thread of entertaining repair stories 
> (more please!) too much, does this can<->DIP substitution make any 
> difference in a functional sense or is it more of a "look thing"?
> 
> I'm wondering because when repairing my whiteface Arp Odyssey, I had to 
> go for a DIP CA3080s. Just a matter of what was at hand really and given 
> their in-circuit use (S&H / VCA) I couldn't think of a reason why it'd 
> make a difference. For these, I attached a DIP socket to the PCB as 
> close as possible to the original part and connected it to the board 
> with a piece of flat cable. This is f.ex. what it looks like on board C:
> 
> http://kewlers.scene.org/bitchard/diy/Odyssey/17.jpg
> 
> I'm working to port the build log from the above url to my blog, but 
> it'll take some time. ;)
> 
> .Arto.
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