First let me introduce my self..my name is Ricci. I've been a proud owner and user of the Ensoniq family...that is up until the day that everything I owned got stolen including my SD-1. (Long story). I started looking around for an SD-1 replacement and didn't have too much luck. Then I tried ebay and I finally bought a VFX-sd. The only reason I wanted to find another Ensoniq was so I could access all the original music I had stored on disks. Come to find out the friggen VFXsd was NOT capatable with the SD-1 so I was stuck and a bit pissed for being suckered into this deal without getting the facts. Long story short I contacted THESONIQ.com and had an SD-1 motherboard put in the thing and now I have my BABY BACK!! Total cost $270 for the VFXsd board + $160 for the motherboard upgrade for a total of = $430 for and SD-1!!..
About the problems you guys are having..another thing I have noticed about the Ensoniqs is overheating!..They do some weird shit when they got hot..Always try and keep an fan of some sort attached or close enough to cool that thing off especially at your gigs..
Michael C Lesko wrote:
Hey Rich,
Forgive me for stating the obvious, but did you check to see if your Mod and
Pitch wheels are clean?
Of course any dust or debre will certainly interfere with the performance of
the wheels and drastically
change the sound. Just a though. It's always best to start with the
obvious things first right?
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "homebythe_sea"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 7:48 PM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 going out of tune
> Hi,
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> I went to rehearsal last nite and my SD-1 started going out of
> tune. I checked the tune parameters under the MASTER button and it
> was set to 0. It would go up and down in tune and then settle in at
> a 1/2 step low (play an E and it would sound like and Eb)
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> I opened the top cover today, and disconnected the power ribbon
> cable that plugs into the left most circuit board, just for the odd
> chance that it was dirty.
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> It has been stable for a few hours now, but I have a gig coming up
> in a few weeks and im worried it will act up again.
>
> Anyone see this problem? Any fix? could it have been dirty power
> at the rehearsal? At home it seems ok again...
>
> Thanks
> Rich
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