Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Not really... there could be i guess...

You open the synth, remove the keys holding the keybed in place, disconnect 
the keybed

http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/Draven32/VFX/?action=view�t=VFX_Keybed.jpg

then remove the keys (i usually do this a few at a tome) by first pulling 
upward on the spring at the back o f the key and unseating the spring from 
the key, then take a screwdriver and CAREFULLY push down in the rectangular 
slot where the tab is. If you do it too hard or wiggle the screwdriver too 
much you WILL break off the plastic tab on the key *pointing to the plastic 
tabs on the shelf of keyboard stuff*

One the tab is disconnected slide the key forward and off. You'll see why it 
has to be slid forward as soon as you do it- in the above image link you can 
see where there is a part that hags off the front that the keys hook under.

http://s129.photobucket.com/albums/p235/Draven32/VFX/?action=view�t=VFX_aftertouch_strip.jpg

this is the bottom of a white key. Make sure *every* key has the little 
metal strip attached to it. From your problem description, some of these may 
have come off, just pop them back on. (literally, i had the same problem on 
a few keys because the aftertouch strip had popped off of two keys and was 
making contact whenever the keys were played...)

Wipe off the key with rubbing alcohol, and wipe the aftertouch strip with 
wither rubbing alcohol or DeOxit.

If you look again at the keybed image, you can see the rectangular induction 
loop for each key. Wipe that down as well, mostly because of the little 
silver contact at the bottom.

(and for anyone that goes looking around on my photobucket, yes i realize my 
VFX has not had the keybed fix done. Yes it works. I'll do the keybed fix 
soon.)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James R. Pardonek" <pardonjr@...>
To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Tuning Drifting


> Thanks for the great information. Something I never thought of. Is there a 
> document somewhere explaining how to do this?
>
> James Pardonek CISSP
> Senior Network Administrator
> Purdue University Calumet
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> From: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tue May 25 19:02:20 2010
> Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Tuning Drifting
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> Try cleaning the aftertouch contacts on the keys... ( and the keyboard in
> general)
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James R. Pardonek" <pardonjr@... 
> <mailto:pardonjr%40calumet.purdue.edu> >
> To: <Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com 
> <mailto:Ensoniq-VFX-SD%40yahoogroups.com> >
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:54 AM
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Tuning Drifting
>
> Hi,
>
> I still use my VFX-SD in live performances on a weekly basis. I\u2019ve noticed
> lately that from gig to gig it goes out of tune and have also noticed that
> the tuning will change over the course of the night. I don\u2019t think that
> this keyboard is subject to the old problem of varying input voltage from
> our local power company but it may be possible. I\u2019ve also noticed that 
> some
> aftertouch \u201cfeatures\u201d are stuck on such as vibrato on the alto sax sound. 
> I\u2019ve
> worked around it by setting up a program that doesn\u2019t have vibrato 
> enabled,
> but as I find more patches that have this problem it becomes a mess trying
> to \u201cfix\u201d them all.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> James R. Pardonek, CISSP
>
> Senior Network Administrator
>
> Purdue University Calumet Data Network
>
> Information Services
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> Purdue University Calumet
>
> Hammond, Indiana
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