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Re: Roland JX3P Faulty

2013-01-06 by Nick

Hello all. Yep there were multiple hairline cracks, all fixed now with all control restored. I do however need to replace the (Sharp)IR94558 op amp in the

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Korg M500 Micro-Preset problems.

2013-01-06 by z z

Hey guys, I just picked up a cheap Korg Micropreset. The whole keyboard works for most sounds, but a couple of patches don t make sounds, and the Synthe 1 and

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Re: Korg Guitar Synthesizer X911

2013-01-04 by scituate_mass

I am pitifully amateur with electronics, but I can report that I have had instances where a buffered CMOS would not work in a circuit that previously had an

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Re: Korg Guitar Synthesizer X911

2013-01-03 by scott frye

After working in electronics for 25+ years, I have yet to see a CMOS chip fail from someone touching the circuit board and cleaning it. The other guy is

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Re: Korg X3 - wanted piano sounds

2013-01-01 by electronic_jax

Noel, I found this rather interesting DIY project that I thought was relative to your project. Check out the third article down from the top, titled MIDIbox

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Re: Akai S900 voice issues

2012-12-31 by hughvartanian

Hi TOM, I m still here, just busy with the holidays (I ll be offline for a couple of more weeks in a day or 2). Sorry to hear your chip replacement didn t

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Re: JV1080 repair.

2012-12-31 by KurtF

Thank you. No need. I do not have a JV-1080. I just wanted to see if there was a clue about that one playing only one note in four.

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Re: JV1080 repair.

2012-12-30 by KurtF

Yes, so I noticed after noodling around the back pages trying to find an email address (and not finding one) to complain to after a download failed and it

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Lot of CEM 3328 4 Pole LP VCF chips

2012-12-30 by donslepian

Going through the basement, I found a clear baggie with a bunch of chips. Sort them out and to my surprise there are 24 of the Curtis ElectroMusic CEM 3328 VCF

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Re: JV1080 repair.

2012-12-30 by KurtF

The JV-1080 service manual is available for free from ElectroTanya.com, which is a great site specializing in providing service manuals for just about any

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Re: JV1080 repair.

2012-12-30 by The Wizard

I used to own one... have a 2080 now. Sounds very odd indeed. I seem to recall there s something akin to a factory reset option. I d try that first and see

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JV1080 repair.

2012-12-30 by Jim Blair

Hey guys, So I ve ended up with a free Roland JV1080, which of course, doesn t work. If I play any single key five times, it only plays a sound on the first of

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Re: Looking for DX7 service manual

2012-12-27 by Quazimodo

They sure are... one of my CS80 s a few years ago would blow a fuse seemingly intermittently. I tracked it down to whenever I pressed a certain Bb... it was a

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Re: Looking for DX7 service manual

2012-12-27 by alesisfusion8hd

Update. After leaving the DX7 getting dust on a shelf for months (leaving my workbench for other synths to fix), I finally found the issue; the 10/16 tantalum

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Korg X3 - wanted piano sounds

2012-12-26 by NoëlBuhagiar

Hi friends, I have a client who asked me where he could find some good piano sounds for his X3 that I serviced for him. Anyone know of some nice piano sounds

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Re: Akai S900 voice issues

2012-12-26 by Quazimodo

Hi Hugh and everyone, hope you all had a great Christmas and wishing you all a very Happy New Year... ...so, I ve just returned to my Akai S900 with missing

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Re: AM radios

2012-12-22 by ChristopherG

... The radio was the AM/FM receiver my father had at the time (you can hear me using the tone controls in the WHIRR sample), and all I did was to hold the

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Re: AM radios

2012-12-22 by ChristopherG

... Hi Mike, I just posted a few short drones in .aif format to Rapidshare-- they re all I have on my computer at the moment, but I ll be posting some more in

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Re: Roland JX3P Faulty

2012-12-22 by Nick Bell

Oh, I ve quite possibly overlooked something on the schematics then? If you have time the service manual is here: http://fa.utfs.org/diy/jx3p/jx3p_schem.htm

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] AM radios

2012-12-21 by John E. Simmons/Business

I once had an article, probably in Popular Electronics, that told how to make a Theremin OUT Of an All-American 5 AM radio. That was a common design for tube

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