Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

> 
> Thing that worries me is that this is the newer SD1, which supposedly 
> had all that fixed - no...?!?

I happen to remember the history.  They THOUGHT they had the problem
licked, and renamed the keyboard (I've always assumed that it's the
SD1 and not the VFX-SD III because they changed the name to avoid the
reputation of unreliability of the VFX).  

But they didn't get to the real bottom of the problem until after the
SD1 had shiped for some time (6 months?).

That said, I have a VFX-SD that I bought used, cheaply beacuse it had
keyboard calibration problems.  I thought I knew what was wrong, but
to my chagrin I discovered that the keyboard had already been
hardwired when I opened it up.  

However, I re-flowed the solder on the hardwiring work, and cleaned up
the remaining connectors in the keyboard assembly.  After that, it has
functioned perfectly for years (over 10 years, I think).

So, anyway, your problem could be oxidation on the connectors that
still remain after the hardwired keyboard mod.  Have someone you trust
with this sort of thing (only you know if you yourself are qualified!)
take it apart and clean the connectors.

--> Steve

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