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arp odyssey s+h continued...

2008-05-17 by Johnny

hey guys... so i ve replaced A1, A2, A3 and Q3 on board b of the Arp Odyssey and my sample and hold secion still wont modulate anything. any ideas? should i

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Re: Arp 2600 parts.

2008-05-16 by unreliablerecords

... Kevin Lightner at synthfool.com has the 100k Linear sliders, he is the same one that sells the shafts on ebay I believe. The audio sliders might not be

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Arp 2600 parts.

2008-05-16 by jahg88

Hi all,Anyone out there have fader shafts and the square knobs for a ARP 2600.Some of mine are broken off,I can still use the faders,but it would be nice to

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ARP Omni: Switches wanted

2008-05-12 by Malte Rogacki

The Omni is coming along very nicely so far. I found a blown transistor in the sustain circuit that prevented very short sustain times. Works now. It looks

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Re: Arp Odyssey suddenly not sounding

2008-05-12 by paulmoerke

... all that ... results ... bus and Gate ... makes no difference ... does but at ... go a little faster ... affects the tuning of ... keyboard is cleaned ...

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Re: Roland RS-09 problem

2008-05-10 by eggwheatis

Well looks like I ve fixed it...just burning it in for a hour or two now..it was a bad connection from IC201 which is one of the S10430 Divider IC s. Basically

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Re: Roland RS-09 problem

2008-05-10 by eggwheatis

Update: Its considered to be C#4 in the manual not 1..also just looking at the schems it points towards a S10430 Chromatic Divider IC...which is bad as that

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Roland RS-09 problem

2008-05-09 by Philip

Ok I switched on my Roland RS-09 tonight and it has a definite problem now...I have C# playing all the time fairly loudly in the background..It relates to C#1

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-09 by Malte Rogacki

If you do a google search for ARP Omni-2 service manual you ll get a number of hits for a PDF file. The quality isn t the best, though. -- Malte Rogacki

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[vintagesynthrepair] Re: arp omni

2008-05-09 by Malte Rogacki

... The switches are momentary switches that drive a 4013. I guess this could be the likely culprit here. -- Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de ... Don t forget

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Re: arp omni

2008-05-09 by scott frye

I agree on the tantalum issue. You cannot over-volt them. And, DO NOT put them in sdrawkcab they smoke and get wicked hot Scott Frye AudioFixation Consumer /

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Re: arp omni

2008-05-09 by scott frye

If the switches in question are capacitive touch you may want to replace the IC / transistor that gets that signal. I dont have a schematic so I m only

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-09 by Mark Wallis

Hi again folks. Does anybody have schematics for the ARP Omni-2? Best wishes, msw ... _________________________________________________________________ All new

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-09 by Malte Rogacki

Differences for the phaser circuitry between ARP Omni and Quadra: They are completely and totally different designs. The Quadra uses a 14-stage paheser built

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-09 by Peter Brown

all this ARP Omni chatter has inspired me to scan & post the entire service manual on my site: http://peterunderdog.com/arp/omnimanual.pdf PB p.s., i love

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Mark Wallis

Hi Folks, This would be my first post. I thought I d jump in now as you re discussing ARP Omnis. My main thing is classic electro-mechanical gear, Hammonds,

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Roy J. Tellason

... Do you figure that they re from a specific time period, the ones that are going bad? ... -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Philip

As I think I ve said before the bulk of my electronics experience is in fixing logic circuits, PSU s and monitors in archaic arcade video games,like Space

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Roy J. Tellason

... Taken offlist... -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Malte Rogacki

... How much? -- Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de ... Don t forget to TURN ON THE SYNTHESIZER. Often this is the reason why you get no sound out of it. (ARP

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Malte Rogacki

... Well, the power supply decoupling caps in the various ARP synths are rated 35V and put across +15V and -15V to ground; and I ve seen them fail regularly

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Roy J. Tellason

... That had to have one of the more bizarre setups I ve ever seen. Right now I m talking to a guy who wants that manual, but we re still talking and have

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Malte Rogacki

... Let s see: one 4520: did not properly divide down on a single pin (all other pins worked) one 4069: no output on some pins three 4025: no output or

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Philip

The connectors are two thin membrane strips poking out of a slot in the control panel metal work...very easy to break, very awkward to unplug, plug in..and if

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Philip

welllll....true..but I have to say Arp omni s appear to particularly bad I ve been watching ebay for sometime...the last 4 or 5 on there have bee listed as

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Roy J. Tellason

... How much else that s out there in terms of electronics that s 30 years old do you know of that s still working well? :-) -- Member of the toughest,

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Malte Rogacki

... I don t exactly recall the panel connection (it probably has been over 10 years since I last looked at a Quadra). I only know the connection used for the

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Roy J. Tellason

... I don t know, though I do see many references to them being a problem in older equipment, Tektronix scopes being one of them. Most of the time it s

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Malte Rogacki

... Given the number of smoked tantalum caps I ve seen in various synths I m simply not sure if the caps produced about 30 years ago might not have a more

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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] arp omni

2008-05-08 by Philip

I forgot to say I got interested in the Omni after hearing my Quadra..I m guessing they sound similar? Or am I way off? I thought it might be cheap alternative

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tips for arp sliders?

2008-05-08 by Johnny

i wanted to see what people do for preventing junk from getting inside new sliders on synths like the arp odyssey. i was thinking of cutting some slits in some

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