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my roland xv88 fell and can't get up

2007-10-08 by fre_keys

my xv88 just fell and pushed the volume and palette sliders into the case and adding insult to injury, she no longer makes a sound. having removed the

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: T400 Organ

2007-10-08 by glynn buckley

Hi Roy ....My pleasure ....now dig out some Jimmy Smith Records and off you go.....Have fun........an if your good lady (if you have) is lettin you get away

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Re: T400 Organ

2007-10-08 by glynn buckley

Hi Roy ...best idea ive got now is.....take the back off...switch it on ...select a few tabs or drawbars.....put a small weight on one of the manuals to hold a

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Re: T400 Organ

2007-10-08 by Roy Davies

Hi Glynn I checked the swell pedal bulb all ok and there are no speaker wire dislodged or any other wires that I can see are not connected. It still will not

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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] T400 Organ

2007-10-07 by glynn buckley

Hi Roy......Im not sure about this ....... I have a T500 .....Is it possible that the bulbs gone in the swell pedal....or by any chance have you knocked any of

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T400 Organ

2007-10-07 by Roy Davies

Hi new to the group hope someone can help me. I have been given a T400 which was fully working when picked up I have cleaned all the dust and cobwebs from the

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Re: Korg PolySix restoration

2007-10-06 by octogonaltar

I just bought a Polysix about three weeks ago; I m really happy with it. It s in great shape cosmetically, every thing works as it should and when I opened it

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Re: Korg PolySix restoration

2007-10-05 by gil_we

Hey ;) I just ressurected one, you can read about it here if you want: BTW, I got many P6 parts, and might be able to sell if you need anything ;)

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Korg PolySix restoration

2007-10-04 by hjulskov

I ve just bought a beaten-up PolySix. Today I started writing a blog about the project restoring it: http://korgpolysixrestoration.blogspot.com/ Have a look

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Re: Thermal compound for JP-8 VCO

2007-09-28 by pcbye111

Greetings: 3M May make a product -- 3m.com -- Although I don t recall seeing any that really have a setting characteristic to them, but I am sure they exist.

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Thermal compound for JP-8 VCO

2007-09-28 by easterleggs

Can anyone recommend a compound that offers adhesion and thermal conductivity between an IC and a thermal resistor? The old compound I m replacing was gray

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Re: Roland SH1000, part 4 (Concludes)

2007-09-21 by Mu

After testing each and every component, trace and wire, the fault proved to be wear on the cable-to-board connectors. The metal was simply worn past breaking

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Re: Roland SH1000, part 3

2007-09-19 by Mu

Got the manual - Tossed all tantalyts and tested the cards one by one in a working unit - as it is now, I ve got all cards running as they should, all pots,

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Roland Jupiter 8 tuning

2007-09-19 by easterleggs

I ve narrowed my tuning problem to VCO-1 on Voice 1 in any articulation mode (solo, unison, poly 1 and 2). It won t respond to the Computune command. All

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Re: Roland SH1000, part 2

2007-09-18 by Mu

So - here s the mess for today - The power supply seems fine. I get an even 17 AC in and +/- 15 where desired. I ve replaced some tantal coupling caps and when

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Re: Roland SH1000 service manual

2007-09-17 by Mu

Thanks a million. Happily. I have a spare one available for comparing measures - and I presume it just might have been a regulator giving up. But still - the

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Roland SH1000 service manual

2007-09-17 by Mu

I just started work on a Roland SH1000, and I m looking for service documents or schematics - unsuccesfully so far. What I would need in specifics is a -

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Fatar MP-1

2007-09-16 by Bill Fox

Greetings, I have a Fatar MP-1 MIDI pedalboard where the top few notes won t trigger. The long PCB behind the pedals is cracked and is missing some springs

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Original multiman schemos anyone?

2007-09-10 by Robert Weigel

The S version I find is quite different. Problem with all upper G s and one B not triggering brass envelope remains. Otherwise these seem to be working

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Re: Wurlitzer A200

2007-09-04 by Ill tell you in private

Thank you for the replys on my post. I ll go try and fix it as soon as I have the time. Trond ... the ball ... think) it s ... plenty! ... the process ... slot

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Re: CS60 power supply blowing fuse.

2007-08-31 by Marc King

I ve seen VR s and caps go bad in other synth power supplies, but I agree with testing too... thanks for all the input!!! Hoping to get in there this weekend,

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Arp Axxe s/h question...

2007-08-31 by John Wieczorek

Any Axxe owners on the list? I just got around to repairing an Axxe that i ve had on the shelf for a bit. The main issue was a broken trace in the cv memory

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Re: CS60 power supply blowing fuse.

2007-08-31 by David Vandenberg

... That s funny, in the 30 years I have been restoring these old synths, 90% of the power supply problems I ran into, where either bad caps or blown voltage

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Prophet 600 manual PDF?

2007-08-30 by ianjameshicks

Hi, i had this manual but it got destroyed (a dog was involved) can anyone help me out with a scan? thanks! Ian

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Re: CS60 power supply blowing fuse.

2007-08-30 by painintheamp

... The previous suggestion is a good one except ( if youre using a multimeter) to test for shorts, see what your meter reads probe to probe first.

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Re: CS60 power supply blowing fuse.

2007-08-30 by David Vandenberg

The first thing you should do is disconnect the power supply from the rest of the circuits, and see if it still blows the fuse, if it doesn t blow the fuse,

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NYC Vintage Synth Repair DIYers?

2007-08-29 by Synth DIY 212

Hi. If you re in the New York City Area and have experience in do-it-yourself vintage synth repair (including component-level troubleshooting), I d love to

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CS60 power supply blowing fuse.

2007-08-29 by vcficus

Out of the blue (my P600 is getting iffy too, must be the weather)my beloved Yamaha CS60 is blowing the 1.5 amp fuse on the power supply. It lights the power

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Prophet 600 membrane finally going.

2007-08-29 by vcficus

I m having the classic membrane issue; my 7 is out and it shows 7 when it boots up. Is this an error mode? I also have a number of keys which quit

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Polivoks repair help

2007-08-29 by erika.net

Hello, Currently am having some work done on my Polivoks, and we can t 100% ID some of the chips that are in it. Can anyone help with ID ing the functionality

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