[sdiy] oxford OSCar: anyone familiar with these?

[Karl Dalen]

 --- Julian <julian at 22host24.com> skrev: > hi there,
> i have recently acquired an OSCar, and a most interesting synth it
> appears.
> from reading about, it does seem like a 'love it or hate it' synth, but,
> i  for one, am keen.
 
> some of the pots on this one are pretty bad, and one rotary switch
> almost  non functional.  itlld be nice to find some schematics, so as i
>can order in the parts, without having to remove the bad parts to see
exactly what they are?

You canot see any switch part number in the shematics.
you have to dissasemble the unit.

The shematics are hand drawn by chris hugget while he was
sitting at the toilet so imagine the quality of the drawing,
not that clear!

BTW company gone since long time!

> 
> the second question;  the rubber used for the synth casing, any ideas on
> a
> good way to repair this?  im looking for a kind of filler to fill the
> cracks
> once i rejoin the trim with vulcanising cement.  its not a serious
> issue,
> so, if im going to start the job, i want to be aiming at a good standard
> of
> repair.

Try it, it might work out.
 
> lastly, my oscar has a v6 voice board, although i believe the synth to
> be a  hybrid, the rest of it being older.  i can see that once the
novelty of  it
> wares off, then some form of external control would be desirable. 
> kenton > makes mention of kits in some of their converter manuals, but
dont give  any
> specifics.  ive mailed them, but whilst im posting here anyway, i
> thought id  if anyone on this list has any opinions on the best way to
achieve this?

If it have midi, then its among the latest revision,
if not there are many revisions in between.
 
> anyway, thanks for reading this far,
> 
> julian

KD

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