Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] does the VFX retain patches after power down?
2011-03-21 by Kris
will not retain unless it is saved in the user bank . ... From: Jon Carroll Subject: Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] does the VFX
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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] does the VFX retain patches after power down?
2011-03-21 by Jon Carroll
is it possible that the voltage is high enough to not trip the battery low function but too low to power the memory? The unit functions fine otherwise... ...
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] does the VFX retain patches after power down?
2011-03-21 by Jon Carroll
thats odd... i really dont want to take this thing up to thesoniq just before i sell it ... From: Bob S. To:
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] does the VFX retain patches after power down?
2011-03-21 by Bob S.
Yes, patches are normally retained after power down. This loss of patches is the symptom of a low or dead battery but if you just replaced....then it is
does the VFX retain patches after power down?
2011-03-21 by Jon Carroll
Am i doing this wrong? i sysex dump a full bank of patches and it does not retain them after poweroff. I just replaced the battery and the diagnostics say
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] New owner of a SD-1
2011-03-20 by jammie
route 66 is the only place for roms for ensoniq keyboards and ive been doing business for years with rich ... From: jondl_2000 To:
New owner of a SD-1
2011-03-20 by jondl_2000
Hello list members - first post... My name is Jon Levinson, I m a hobbyist/musician and I ve just this weekend purchased a SD-1 in fine condition from a local
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Battery
2011-03-18 by Mike Morales
I just ordered a battery holder from digikey Im hoping it matches the measurements from the schematic shown on the site that matches the pin distance and not
Re: Battery
2011-03-18 by NateofCA
Oh yea; also make you put the positive and negative leads at the right place. Look for where the + sign lead is soldered on the old battery when you are
Re: Battery
2011-03-18 by NateofCA
I replaced mine without taking out the motherboard. You have to get a battery with solder leads on it. This might be a good one to work at Radio Shack but they
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Dead SD-1/32 - Won't boot anymore
2011-03-16 by Tim Curtis
Thanks Rish! The zeners seem to be okay. Is the problem usually with the 1N4004s or the 1N5400s? I seem to be getting all the right voltages from the output
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Dead SD-1/32 - Won't boot anymore
2011-03-16 by Rish
Diodes out on the PS will cause this, simple and cheap to replace them all. Rish Sent from my iPod
Dead SD-1/32 - Won't boot anymore
2011-03-16 by Tim
Hi Everyone - I m new here and this is my first post. I ve got a VFX-SD that was upgraded to an SD-1/32. It s been sitting for a few years because of a
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Battery
2011-03-16 by Rish
BOB You will have to remove the main board to do a proper job. Richard ... From: Bob C To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 7:43 PM
Battery
2011-03-16 by Bob C
Has anyone replaced their battery on a VFX-SD? Is it difficult? Thanks in advance for this info. Bob
Selling my VFX
2011-03-12 by Jon Carroll
I ve lucked into getting an SD-1/32 for a decent price and so will be selling my VFX. IIRC, I ve got displicates of one of the voice carts as well, will have
Re: Reset
2011-03-10 by vocedave2002
Ah... The one I ve misplaced along with the manuals. I ve seen sysex files posted somewhere with what I think might be the bank I m missing. Anyone have luck
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Reset
2011-03-10 by Rish
Your sequencer OS disc has all the sounds on it, Stacy Sent from my iPod
Reset
2011-03-10 by vocedave2002
Hi Folks, I did a hard reset after my SD-1 s memory was corrupted by some restarts after keyboard problems and / or a weak memory backup battery. Now my
Re: SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by vocedave2002
The battery is reading 2.9 Volts with the power off.
Re: SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by vocedave2002
Hi Guys, My main concern is the corruption. I think the keyboard problem is under control now. Best, /Dave
SD-1 display problem
2011-03-09 by Bill Tomlinson
hello. Just picked up an SD-1 32-voice for cheap. Looks and sounds great. PO sold because the display was werid . Found 4 segs in each character were dead.
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by jammie
battery is failing ... From: vocedave2002 To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 11:16 PM Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 crash Hi
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by jammie
sd1 uses the same keybed as the eps16+ asr10 ts10 they all have split pcb keybeds joined by a soldered ribbon cable now instead of the connectors on the old
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by Jon Carroll
I thought SD-1s didnt have the two-piece keybed? ... From: Mike Morales To: Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 crash
2011-03-09 by Mike Morales
The fix is soldering the keyboard connectors at the split. The quick fix at gigs if you have an error is to place both hands on the center keys of the keyboard
SD-1 crash
2011-03-08 by vocedave2002
Hi Folks, This has probably been addressed before... I was playing the other night and got the dreaded Keyboard Error message a few times in a row after it
Re: New CD/MP3 Release "Soniq Variants" by Alpha Wave Movement - Music Made on Ensoniq Synths
2011-03-06 by cyyoung2012
I was extremely impressed with the sound of your music! Everything is so clean I have to ask if you transferred each track to a DAW without effects, then in
Re: New CD/MP3 Release "Soniq Variants" by Alpha Wave Movement - Music Made on Ensoniq Synths
2011-03-03 by betawave31
Hi, Glad to see you enjoyed the cd! I put a lot of time into the programming of the pads and atmospheric type sounds and that flute was from the ESQ-1 a
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-03-03 by Franz Schiller
I wanted to re-iterate my interest in this, and wanted to re-inquire about the price, and level of complication about installation. Thanks!
Re: New CD/MP3 Release "Soniq Variants" by Alpha Wave Movement - Music Made on Ensoniq Synths
2011-03-03 by Franz Schiller
Hey there, Just wanted to mention how much I liked your CD...I purchased it off of iTunes. The textures were really great. It s funny how I could occasionally
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-28 by Rish
Well just a tip on saving that drive for the next guy, better use it now and then. Richard Sent from my iPod
RE: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-28 by LarryS
it s not that I don t have ANY interest, it s just that.... well... I guess I don t. I do all my VFX work through midi, nowadays. Just don t have the need to
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-27 by Rish
Hey Mark Man i wish more users would think like you do! ha! I am doing much better now getting around, THANKS everyone for the support! Richard ... From: Mark
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-27 by Mark
I can t believe only 4 people are interested but after my last post it became evident that most of us have more than one VFX or SD s. I ll take 6. By the way
New CD/MP3 Release "Soniq Variants" by Alpha Wave Movement - Music Made on Ensoniq Synths
2011-02-27 by betawave31
Hello, I just wanted to let everyone here who s a enthusiast of Ensoniq synthesizers that I have released a cd entitled Soniq Variants which was composed on
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Rob Rosenbrock
Nevermind... I just scrolled down my inbox, and I see the question was already asked and answered... Thanks!
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Rob Rosenbrock
That sounds interesting... How s the installation?
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Rish
Problem is that the injection mold tooling for the larger carts case would cost more than the whole thing. Sent from my iPod ... Problem is that the injection
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Christian Brunschen
... Something like that would certainly be interesting. I would possibly be even more interested, though, in something similar but which simply was for
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Rish
Richard has only made one so far and it works great! Install is simple but adding the selector switch is the more challenging part. He said that he didn t make
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Franz Schiller
Stacy, Any more info on this? Like, how difficult is the installation process, how much does it cost, and so on. I didn t see any info at your website (but I
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by grogmatron
I am, definitely.
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Rish
So the question beckons...is anyone here interested in Richards on board/internal 9 bank switchable memory board? This sits inside your VFXSD/SD1 and connects
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by Franz Schiller
Hi Doug, I think that s interesting because, I see ESQ carts all the time, and I think I have about 8 of them; however, I don t have a single one for my
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by somethingkillingyou
+1
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-16 by synthparts
Just a friendly suggestion here but those ESQ/SQ80 carts are useful and hard to come by as they are. Why destroy one rare part to make another one? The VFX SD
Re: Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-13 by Mark
I used that link in 08 and the conversion was easy. While stumbling around looking for cartridges I came across a site that had a flash drive you could add. It
Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-12 by tomlinson6050@roadrunner.com
... ============= Back in July 2007, I converted 5 VFX Rom carts. to EEPROM. They all worked fine. Here is a link that shows how to do it:
Converting VFX Rom Cart. to EEPROMS
2011-02-12 by john bluhm
Back in July 2007, I converted 5 VFX Rom carts. to EEPROM. They all worked fine. Here is a link that shows how to do it: