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Wanna Makers... sequences from the US

2008-02-06 by tedstruk

I was in a road band named The Gnatz at the end of the beginning of the 80 s, and I have been trying to write some American rock drum sequences to sell on

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VFX-SD Broken Power Supply Board

2008-02-04 by Ken

While you are looking at the power supply board, could you tell me what the colors of R2 and R4 are? I d certainly appreciate it. Ken, New Mexico

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Hammond with Wurlitzer Speakers?

2008-02-03 by markrubin53

Has anyone been able to make this thing sound like a Hammond. The old Wurlitzer Speakers were the horns that rotated around as the sound was being played. A

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Re: VFX FS

2008-02-01 by weidmanconsulting

Brian, This is an original VFX - no sequencer. Pictures here: http://www.weidmanconsulting.com/vfx/ Will ...

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] VFX FS

2008-02-01 by Brian Travers

Hi Will - Is your keyboard an SD with the sequencer? Thanks Brian ... From: weidmanconsulting To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

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Re:bad directory on sequencer o/s disk

2008-02-01 by Roger Campbell

Hi All one thing we all tend to forget is CLEANING the disk drive. My last Sd-1 used to ignore disks every now and then, I have a Verbatim 3.5 cleaning kit

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operating system question

2008-01-31 by eightiescrisis

recently purchased a vfx sd, after a few hours of intense cleaning (was it pizza or chili that was dried onto the keys?) the board looks and sounds great

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Re: disk format problems

2008-01-31 by surfermarketing

Hi Try the Route 66 on the links page and email Richard. I bought about 200 disks from them a couple of years ago. They might be out of stock though cause I

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bad directory on sequencer o/s disk

2008-01-31 by eightiescrisis

i purchased 2 disks with the sequencer o/s (one with 1.37 the other with 2.10) when i load them into the drive they spin for about 10 seconds then the screen

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Re: disk format problems

2008-01-29 by sataraszewski

... reasons ... archiving ... Well, maybe. Perhaps I am just lucky, but I have HD FDs that were covered with tape like this since 1986 (or whenever the Roland

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Re: disk format problems

2008-01-29 by chili88

... Aside from confirming that you are using 2DD disks - Double Sided, Double Density, Double Track 135 TPI - I have found that some occasional R/W errors can

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Re: disk format problems

2008-01-29 by Michael Junck

try covering the disk hole on the left slide with opaque tape and try formatting once more, works on my VFX-Sd greetings from germany michael ... floppies ...

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Re: disk format problems

2008-01-29 by sataraszewski

... You can always try this trick to convert HD floppies to DD floppies: Cover the second punched-out square hole on the top of the disk (NOT the write

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disk format problems

2008-01-29 by jenningsr72

hello, have had my vfx for about a year. trying to save info on disk drive. bought 3.5 disks from walmart. when I format disks on vfx it gives me bad data

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Calibration error fix

2008-01-26 by Joe R

I don t have the time or inclination to do this fix right now - anybody in the Pittsburgh area on this list willing to do this for some bucks? Or know of a

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VFX FS

2008-01-25 by weidmanconsulting

I am selling my VFX. This VFX sounds great, all keys and buttons fully functional. The keyboard itself is in great shape, including the polyphonic

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Power Supplies and Keyboards

2008-01-04 by surfermarketing

While the VFX/SD1 service manual clearly states that all units use the same power supply, on the next page they state that they are different for serial #19340

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Sequencer Data Load Via SysEx?

2007-12-17 by chili88

My apologies if this topic has been covered elsewhere. With Message Search being non-functional, I could not find relevant posts to read first. I ve been

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Re: It Is Actually Happening!

2007-12-16 by Roger Campbell

Hi Folks I post here sometimes, and (hopefully) I have been of some use over the years with little tips and tricks I have picked up along the way. However -

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Ensoniq VFXSD/SD parts available

2007-12-16 by Richard

Hey all we are still supporting the Ensoniq VFX series so if anyone needs an owners manual, service manual, OS discs, Eprom updates or replacement floppy drive

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transpose function on SD1

2007-12-14 by Steve Wahl

... There s a global and/or midi setting about transpose, whether it transposes sent, received, or both. Have you tried various settings for that? -- Steve

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transpose function on SD1

2007-12-14 by rhorton21

I just picked up a second backup SD1-32 voice, and everything on it seems to work fine except the transpose function. When I imported the presets from my

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Re: VFX-SD sustain stuck

2007-12-03 by will

I alternate between the TS12 and VFXsd with a dual footswitch. Maybe only one of the contacts in the jack is busted, can you get your hands on a dual

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Re: VFX-SD sustain stuck

2007-12-02 by l2web_net

Thanks. I ll check that. The sustain stays stuck on whether there s a pedal plugged in or not and no matter what type of pedal I use. That would be consistent

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Re: VFX-SD sustain stuck

2007-12-02 by l2web_net

I had tried one Ensoniq pedal and one generic. That explains why the generic one freaks out the VFX. ... is reversed) and had a similar experience. ...

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Re: VFX-SD sustain stuck

2007-12-01 by J Halmen

... IIRC the sustain pedal on VFX works backwards. It disconnects when you press the pedal. That means that without the pedal connected the plug hole at the

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VFX-SD sustain stuck

2007-11-30 by l2web_net

Just fired up my VFX-SD to discover the sustain seems to be stuck permanently on. Any notes I play stick and do not stop. I ve tried pulling a pedal into the

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Re: VFX-SD

2007-11-30 by l2web_net

I can t locate that imaging software I used to have. I think it doesn t work with Windows XP and modern PCs that use slightly different parameters for floppy

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