Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

I´m not total shure but it could be that the display itself is the same in all of the VFX series - it would make it easier to find and bring it alive :)

Quistion: Would it be possible for You to scan the manual and mail it to me? Or in the files section? Wouldn´t be illegal, as Ensoniq don´t supply orighinals any more?

I live in DK and have a VFX-SD1 (21voice SD1 without swing quantize in the Seq.) but else it is the same synth.
I´ll keep an eye on the market here for a disply for You. A local repair shop should be able to solder it in.

Btw. is it the display only, or some of the chips on the display board?

From: Dave Fowler[mailto:vidmic@...]
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:30 AM -08:00
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] The reason I joined this group


Hi,
 
I joined this group a while back and have been enjoying the posts.  But alas, this is all just fond memory for me.  My SD1 32 voice died. Actually I sort of killed it by accident.  OK I killed it, but it was an accident, brought about by poverty and desperation.
 
It was fully functional and all (the SD1) ...but the display screen was intermittant.  Meaning when I needed to know something it faded out and stared blankly at me, challenging me to know my way through the menu's by rote.  
 
Sometimes on, sometimes off.  I found through the frustration of trials, that if I leaned on the case around the screen it would come on...allowing me to work through the screens...leaning and pushing buttons, and leaning and you get the picture.
 
I figured.  "bad solder or some goofy connection or something."  I opened the case, fiddled around, touched a few solders and hadn't changed anything.  I turned it on and it was still the same.  Then I re-opened the case and there was a spark, a sort of sick feeling in my stomache, and now it appears to be truly dead.
 
I took it to a dealer in St. Louis, (past dealer that is) and he said a prayer over it and took some of my money to say, "She's not only merely dead, she's realy most sincerely dead."  
 
Anyway, I joined for a couple of reasons. (OK as I numbered them it turned out to be 4 reasons) 
1. If some one was moving on from a functoinal SD1 to something else and wanted to sell theirs, I would be interested.
 
2. if someone lives in MO and or Northern AK and would consider renting me an SD1,32 voice for a few weeks, I'd recover all my work and give it and the cash back to them.  I'm still kicking myself over the SD1-32 that went on ebay last year for $350..
 
3. if someone needs parts, I don't think I ruined everything.  Should have a good disk drive, I do have an aftermarket TC1 tempo controller installed, it should be ok.  I would have keys and buttons all in pretty pristene shape.  I also have a couple sound libraries..would have to look, I've moved since then.  I also have the manuals and foot switch. I have everything but function basically.
 
4 .if someone thinks there is a person in the world who can fix it, I'd be interested in knowing who they are as well.
 
I was a home user..not a gigger...non smoker....and a very sad repairman.
 
I've purchased a new keyboard, but I sure miss the SD1's sequencer.
 
Help me, save me, whatever. :-)
 
David Fowler
Birch Tree, MO
 
 


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Claus,

Scanning the manual sounds like a monster undertaking, and since I do
not have a pdf creating program, the results would be some huge files
to try to up and download.  I suppose they could be scanned as jpg
files, but it'd still be some long hours with a scanner.  Is there a
particular section you'd be most interested in?  Like for me the
section on "sound creation" is untouched by human hands.

Dave



--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Claus <clauzii@...> wrote:
>
> I´m not total shure but it could be that the display itself is
the same in all of the VFX series - it would make it easier to find
and bring it alive :)
> 
> Quistion: Would it be possible for You to scan the manual and mail
it to me? Or in the files section? Wouldn´t be illegal, as Ensoniq
don´t supply orighinals any more?
> 
> I live in DK and have a VFX-SD1 (21voice SD1 without swing quantize
in the Seq.) but else it is the same synth.
> I´ll keep an eye on the market here for a disply for You. A local
repair shop should be able to solder it in.
> 
> Btw. is it the display only, or some of the chips on the display board?
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> From: Dave Fowler[mailto:vidmic@...]
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 3:30 AM -08:00
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] The reason I joined this group
> 
> 
> Hi,
>  
> I joined this group a while back and have been enjoying the posts. 
But alas, this is all just fond memory for me.  My SD1 32 voice died.
Actually I sort of killed it by accident.  OK I killed it, but it was
an accident, brought about by poverty and desperation.
>  
> It was fully functional and all (the SD1) ...but the display screen
was intermittant.  Meaning when I needed to know something it faded
out and stared blankly at me, challenging me to know my way through
the menu's by rote.  
>  
> Sometimes on, sometimes off.  I found through the frustration of
trials, that if I leaned on the case around the screen it would come
on...allowing me to work through the screens...leaning and pushing
buttons, and leaning and you get the picture.
>  
> I figured.  "bad solder or some goofy connection or something."  I
opened the case, fiddled around, touched a few solders and hadn't
changed anything.  I turned it on and it was still the same.  Then I
re-opened the case and there was a spark, a sort of sick feeling in my
stomache, and now it appears to be truly dead.
>  
> I took it to a dealer in St. Louis, (past dealer that is) and he
said a prayer over it and took some of my money to say, "She's not
only merely dead, she's realy most sincerely dead."  
>  
> Anyway, I joined for a couple of reasons. (OK as I numbered them it
turned out to be 4 reasons) 
> 1. If some one was moving on from a functoinal SD1 to something else
and wanted to sell theirs, I would be interested.
>  
> 2. if someone lives in MO and or Northern AK and would consider
renting me an SD1,32 voice for a few weeks, I'd recover all my work
and give it and the cash back to them.  I'm still kicking myself over
the SD1-32 that went on ebay last year for $350..
>  
> 3. if someone needs parts, I don't think I ruined everything. 
Should have a good disk drive, I do have an aftermarket TC1 tempo
controller installed, it should be ok.  I would have keys and buttons
all in pretty pristene shape.  I also have a couple sound
libraries..would have to look, I've moved since then.  I also have the
manuals and foot switch. I have everything but function basically.
>  
> 4 .if someone thinks there is a person in the world who can fix it,
I'd be interested in knowing who they are as well.
>  
> I was a home user..not a gigger...non smoker....and a very sad
repairman.
>  
> I've purchased a new keyboard, but I sure miss the SD1's sequencer.
>  
> Help me, save me, whatever. :-)
>  
> David Fowler
> Birch Tree, MO
>  
>  
> 
> 
> Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low
rates. 

> 
> SPONSORED LINKS Sampler Electronic instrument Music synthesizers 
> Synthesizer music Electronic music Music sampler 
> 
> 
> 
> YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS 
> 
>  Visit your group "Ensoniq-VFX-SD" on the web.
>   
>  To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>  Ensoniq-VFX-SD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
>   
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