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Re: Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-07 by keybdt

Hi ALL, I dig out my old VFX from the store and start playing with it. The sound sare great but it hangs after about 2 hours. Will try fixing the problem with

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RE: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-07 by Hayward Redd

I had the same problem. It is due to a flux build up on the circuit board due to materials used in manufacturing. I had to send it to the company to be

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Re: Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-07 by keybdt

Thanks STEVE! It s good to be in a forum like this where people are generous! It s time to open my VFX !!! YEAH YEAH YEAH !

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Re: Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-07 by Steve Wahl

... My experience was opposite of yours. I never had the OS hang, and never had the keyboard calibration fail. I did once have the internal RAM sounds get

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Re: Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-07 by bong2000man

You can refer to the Tools folder in the Files section, under the Hackers document you can find the answer.

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New file uploaded to Ensoniq-VFX-SD

2004-12-06 by Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Ensoniq-VFX-SD group. File :

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Ensoniq VFX

2004-12-06 by keybdt

Hi ALL, I own an Ensoniq VFX, it has some of the best sound ever during the time; but it was the most frustrating synth I ever own. It has the recalibration

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Re: Fine Tuning

2004-12-01 by Steve Wahl

... It sounds to me like you re only hitting the pitch parameter for one of the voices in the patch. In the VFX family (includes SD-1), each patch can use up

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Fine tuning saved sounds on SD-1

2004-11-30 by Michael C Lesko

Hi everyone, I m hoping that someone might be able to help me out with a pretty basic problem. I m working on some 80 s covers and they detuned synth sounds

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Need manual for VFX SD

2004-11-27 by yguser2002

Hi Does enyone have the manual for VFX SD in pdf or any other elecronic form. I will be happy if you could mail it to me at vfxuser(at)coolgoose.com (It could

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Re: VFX SD power problem

2004-11-27 by yguser2002

Hi Mine was like that too, Only vage light on the edges of the display. Two fuses blown on the powersupply board, replaced ok. Svein ... damn

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VFX SD power problem

2004-11-26 by javier_m_barrios

I am having a problem with my VFX powering up. I cannot get the damn thing to power up... I tried changing the power cable and I do get power. I tried

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mpu401

2004-11-13 by Frank Crawford

i just installed a delta 44 sound card/breal out box. somehow it took out the mpu401 option from my sonar program. now i cant use midi with it...........any

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Rogue Notes, and Unresponsive Key

2004-11-13 by TherdHorseMusic@verizon.net

Hey everyone. I have an SD-2 32Voice that I ve had for what seems like hundreds of years, and with the exception of little glitches every now and then, it has

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 Fizzles out

2004-11-08 by mishon66@aol.com

Well just go to the site and down-load the service bulletin #12 and this will clear things up, you could have other problems but check this first. Richard at

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 Fizzles out

2004-11-07 by Michael C Lesko

Hey Richard, Thanks for the great info. You re a wealth of knowledge - most of it completely went over my head but I will read up with info you gave me.

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Re: aftertouch problem

2004-11-07 by azulpurpureo

Hello Alfons, yes, the aftertouch is efectivelly working, but i ve got to press to hard to use it (to hard for normal playing). Could this be a cleaning

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] SD-1 Fizzles out

2004-11-06 by mishon66@aol.com

Chances are you need the poly key separation repair done on your unit, if you look in the Database and click on the FAQ section of all this information is

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SD-1 Fizzles out

2004-11-06 by Michael C Lesko

Hey all, Ok, this event was interesting. I have been dealing with the overheating problem of my SD-1 now when it gets hot the keyboard stops, wants to

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Re: Hi

2004-11-06 by azulpurpureo

I see. Some comments on the aftertouch problem? And, If the Sd1 has 21 voices, then, is the synth going to transmit / receive only that amount of voices via

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Re: Hi

2004-11-04 by Steve Wahl

... There were two versions of the SD-1. The first had 21 voices like the rest of the VFX family. The second had 32 voices. -- Steve

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: Hi

2004-11-03 by sealed

Hi, I think SD-1 has 32 voices by default. So you have the max polyphony. I know only about the polyphony. Please add more comments about other problems. Best,

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Re: Hi

2004-11-03 by azulpurpureo

hehe, jus read about the eprom thing. Efectiely, my eprom seems to be uncompatible with the 4.1 os. Then: what does the 4.1 OS do that the 3.0 can not? (the

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Hi

2004-11-03 by azulpurpureo

Hi, im new to this group. I have an SD-1 and i think it s great but i m having a few difficulties: the aftertouch seems not to respond except when pressed very

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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Digest Number 582

2004-11-02 by Harry Ebbeson III

Hello group. Hope that all are doing well. I have heard stories of the VFX and SD-1 getting very hot; hot to the touch and causing problems (the unit wigs

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Re: SD-1 Overheating

2004-11-01 by windsailor97

FYI - My VFX-SD always did the same thing, it would get smoking hot. It even seemed to crash more when it got hot. So I put a little clamp fan on the desk

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SD-1 Overheating

2004-10-31 by Michael C Lesko

Hi all, Was hoping someone could help me out here. My SD-1, when left on for a while, heats up enough to fry an egg on it (well, almost) anyway, this is

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loading on vfxsd

2004-10-31 by koullis

hi i m a new user can i ask how i can load and edit sounds in the vfx sd by floppy? actually i m trying to make splits left:bass right: guitar or piano or

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Re: GM Drum Map for VFX-SD

2004-10-28 by Harry

Frank, I have a VFX-SD. Thank you, Harry Ebbeson III ... and ... where ... sound ... to ... know ... ... edit ... it, ... Ballad-Kit ... GM ... use

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Re: GM Drum Map for VFX-SD

2004-10-28 by Harry

Frank, I am looking for the drum map page that you are talking about and cannot readily find it. Are you speaking of the Output screen where it is showing the

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Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.