Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hello all,

I have an SD-1 and I'm a little new to the world of playing out live.  I'm
looking forward to doing
exactly that this year but I wanted to see if any of your seasoned road
veterans could pass on a
little advice on what a keyboard player needs in the way of an "emergency
road kit" besides alcohol
of course (just kidding)  I mean anything to keep with you in case of gig
emergency's - you know,
extra fuses, etc.

Sorry if this seems like a pedestrian question it's just that with older
boards I'm sure it's always a good
idea to prepare for possible problems.  I'm just not experienced enough to
know what some of those
problems may be.  Thanks.

Michael

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry" <ebbrecords@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 9:24 PM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hello, I am new to the group....


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> Hello group.  I am a new member of this group, but not new to the VFX-
> SD board.  I finally found one in a pawn shop in my area last
> Saturday and picked it right up.  This board has eluded me for well
> over 10 years and I am very pleased to finally have another one.
> The one I got seems to work fine except that the floppy drive is
> bad.  I tested this with my existing VFX disk library, as well as
> trying to format a new disk and nothing worked.
> I have searched online and found that the price of the drives is
> anywhere from $65-$125.  Are there any places where it is less
> expensive that I may get one at?  The sequencer is not loaded and the
> same 60 sounds are in both ROM and RAM.  The battery was good and the
> unit calibrates upon bootup without errors.  I am not sure if it had
> the keyboard mod or not, but know how to do it if it needs to be done.
> My main focus at this point is the floppy drive.  Can anyone help me
> out?
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> I have been in love with the VFX ever since I had one in the early
> 90's and missed it since (until Saturday when I bought it, for only
> $250 at that...).
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> I own many other synths as well:
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> Alesis QS6 (owned since new)
> E-Mu PK-6 (owned since new)
> Ensoniq SQ2 32 voice (owned since new)
> Korg X5 (owned since new)
> Roland JV880 (owned since new)
> Roland XP-60 (owned since new)
> Yamaha DJX (owned since new)
> Yamaha TG-33 (bought used)
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> I love them all, but I have a special place in my heart for Ensoniq.
> It is too bad they kept too many things about the VFX, SD-1, TS
> proprietary, because they were truly ahead of their time.
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> Any info on the floppy thing or anything else is truly appreciated
> and welcome.
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> Thank you,
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> Harry Ebbeson III
> Ebbeson Management Group
> www.geocities.com/ebbrecords
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