Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Chris,
I had the same problem with my SD-1. Get some De-Oxit
at Radio Shack, and clean the connectors inside. It
even fixed a dim display that I'd been living with for
5 years.
I checked out the major boards from Roland, Yamaha,
and Korg last year (anticipating the death of my
Ensoniq) and I didnt find any of them with pianos or
horn sections as useful live as the SD-1 has. God
luck!

Rich

--- Chris Rolland <chris_i_rolland@...> wrote:

> Hi! I Bought my VFX in Feb 1990 from Rose Morris in
> Denmark St. 
> London for \ufffd1500 . . . it's pretty flaky now,
> especially with the 
> keyboard calibration, but I use it mostly as a
> offboard rather than 
> playing directly . . . wouldn't swap it for the
> world, except for the 
> rare and marvellous Ensoniq ZR-76 which I've wanted
> for a while but 
> cannot find secondhand, ebay or anything for love or
> money.
> 
> --- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com,
> "swomp_rabbit" 
> <swomp_rabbit@...> wrote:
> >
> > I am curious as to how many original VFX and/or
> SD-1 owners are in 
> > this group???
> > 
> > I am an original owner having purchased my VFX-SD
> in 1989 and my SD-
> > 1 in 1992. Both units are still in excellent
> condition and working 
> > perfectly.
> > 
> > Actually, I originally purchased a VFX in May of
> 1989 for $1795. In 
> > December of that year that same music store (Art's
> Music in 
> > Montgomery, Alabama) received their first VFX-SD
> and I just had to 
> > have it. They allowed me to trade in my VFX and
> allowed me $1444 on 
> > a trade in for the VFX-SD which sold for $2295. In
> hind-sight, I 
> > think I came out way on top in that deal.
> > 
> > I purchased the SD-1 in 1992. I don't have a
> receipt showing 
> > my `total' cost of the SD1. The music store
> (Boyd's Music in Little 
> > Rock, Arkansas) had to order it so I gave them "X"
> amount of 
> dollars 
> > for a down-payment and my balance when the unit
> came in was $1650. 
> A 
> > guess would be that I may have given them around
> $1000 down-payment 
> > to get the order going \ufffd making the total cost at
> that time around 
> > $2650.
> > 
> > SR
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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