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Oberheim DX/DMX switches

Oberheim DX/DMX switches

2011-06-10 by Malte Rogacki

Hello everyone;

I recently got an Oberheim DX that was obviously partly cannibalized.
Surprisingly, most of the functions still work. However it lacks a few of
the drum switches (including the caps).
So I'm looking for a source for about 10 switches. I believe those are the
same as in the DMX. It would probably be possible to retrofit different
switches but naturally I would like to keep it as close as possible to the
original state.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Malte

Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Oberheim DX/DMX switches

2011-06-10 by PeWe

I cannot remember how these switches looked like, but possibly these are identical to the switches used in the Xpander and DPX-1.
Originally these were manufactured by Marquard and the company still exists.
6425.1101 is compatible w/ Xpander p.ex. (I exchanged one in my Xpander) ...
http://www.marquardt-schalter.de/detail.html?&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_productkatalog_pi1[mode]=detail&tx_productkatalog_pi1[modifier]=0&tx_productkatalog_pi1[value]=1050&tx_productkatalog_pi1[pointer]=0&cHash=4a645b2eb9724691872815d53689b07a&prodID=2504

Open the DX, measure the dimensions of the switch and the pin layout,- then download the Marquardt catalogue.
They have a lot of switches and caps in different sizes, colors, w/ numbers, arrows and so on.

Site is in german and english.

good luck

:-)


Am 10.06.2011 22:23, schrieb Malte Rogacki:
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Hello everyone;

I recently got an Oberheim DX that was obviously partly cannibalized.
Surprisingly, most of the functions still work. However it lacks a few of
the drum switches (including the caps).
So I'm looking for a source for about 10 switches. I believe those are the
same as in the DMX. It would probably be possible to retrofit different
switches but naturally I would like to keep it as close as possible to the
original state.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Malte



Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Oberheim DX/DMX switches

2011-06-10 by Malte Rogacki

At 22:52 Uhr +0200 10.06.2011, PeWe wrote:
> I cannot remember how these switches looked like, but possibly these are
> identical to the switches used in the Xpander and DPX-1.

Thanks, but the ones in the DX/DMX are larger. No Marquardt switches would
fit here directly.

http://www.electrongate.com/dmxfiles/switch_cleaning.html describes the
switch type and how to clean them.

Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Oberheim DX/DMX switches

2011-06-10 by Mike

Forat sells part of the switches, but from memory, only the switch base.  Not the cap.
These are getting hard to track down.

Also used in sequential Tom, sequential drumtraks , emu sp12 ,  emu sp1200 ,emu drumulator and linndrum. (and LM1 but I can't verify if they are the same)

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On 11/06/2011, at 6:23 AM, Malte Rogacki <gacki@...> wrote:

> Hello everyone;
> 
> I recently got an Oberheim DX that was obviously partly cannibalized.
> Surprisingly, most of the functions still work. However it lacks a few of
> the drum switches (including the caps).
> So I'm looking for a source for about 10 switches. I believe those are the
> same as in the DMX. It would probably be possible to retrofit different
> switches but naturally I would like to keep it as close as possible to the
> original state.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Malte
> 
>

Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Oberheim DX/DMX switches

2011-06-12 by Mike

I believe the OP is referring to the 'drum' switches.  

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On 11/06/2011, at 6:52 AM, PeWe <ha-pewe@...> wrote:

> I cannot remember how these switches looked like, but possibly these are identical to the switches used in the Xpander and DPX-1.
> Originally these were manufactured by Marquard and the company still exists.
> 6425.1101 is compatible w/ Xpander p.ex. (I exchanged one in my Xpander) ...
> http://www.marquardt-schalter.de/detail.html?&no_cache=1&L=1&tx_productkatalog_pi1[mode]=detail&tx_productkatalog_pi1[modifier]=0&tx_productkatalog_pi1[value]=1050&tx_productkatalog_pi1[pointer]=0&cHash=4a645b2eb9724691872815d53689b07a&prodID=2504
> 
> Open the DX, measure the dimensions of the switch and the pin layout,- then download the Marquardt catalogue.
> They have a lot of switches and caps in different sizes, colors, w/ numbers, arrows and so on.
> 
> Site is in german and english.
> 
> good luck
> 
> :-)
> 
> 
> Am 10.06.2011 22:23, schrieb Malte Rogacki:
> 
>>  
>> Hello everyone;
>> 
>> I recently got an Oberheim DX that was obviously partly cannibalized.
>> Surprisingly, most of the functions still work. However it lacks a few of
>> the drum switches (including the caps).
>> So I'm looking for a source for about 10 switches. I believe those are the
>> same as in the DMX. It would probably be possible to retrofit different
>> switches but naturally I would like to keep it as close as possible to the
>> original state.
>> 
>> Any ideas?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Malte
>> 
>> 
> 
>

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