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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hey Claus

Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hey Claus

2006-05-01 by Claus



Hi Dave!

Thanks man! Xactly, I had to be shure of the 123-127 used for Bank Changes. Cool :)

From: Dave Fowler[mailto:vidmic@...]
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:56 PM -07:00
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hey Claus


Claus,
I'm sorry I don't check my yahoo mail nearly enough.
There is a two page section in the back of the manual
on midi implimentation. A chart and a small
paragraph. Is that what you want?

two jpgs attached.

Dave

--- Claus wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> I have most of the Manual in my head, but I recall
> there would be some MIDI info in the back of it.
> It´s just that actually. I can´t remember it... :)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: vidmic[mailto:vidmic@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:34 AM -08:00
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: The reason I joined
> this group
>
> 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
> 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
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
> Terms of Service.
> > __________________________________________
> > Organize. Communicate. Share. @
> http://www.goowy.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> __________________________________________
> Organize. Communicate. Share. @ http://www.goowy.com


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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hey Claus

2006-05-06 by Dave Fowler

Claus,
You are totally welcome. I'd be glad to help again.
Dave

Claus wrote:
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Hi Dave!
Thanks man! Xactly, I had to be shure of the 123-127 used for Bank Changes. Cool :)

From: Dave Fowler[mailto:vidmic@...]
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2006 7:56 PM -07:00
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Hey Claus


Claus,
I'm sorry I don't check my yahoo mail nearly enough.
There is a two page section in the back of the manual
on midi implimentation. A chart and a small
paragraph. Is that what you want?

two jpgs attached.

Dave

--- Claus wrote:

> Hi Dave,
> I have most of the Manual in my head, but I recall
> there would be some MIDI info in the back of it.
> It\ufffds just that actually. I can\ufffdt remember it... :)
>
>
>
>
>
> From: vidmic[mailto:vidmic@...]
> Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:34 AM -08:00
> To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: The reason I joined
> this group
>
> 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
> wrote:
> >
> > \ufeffI´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
> >
> > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo!
> Terms of Service.
> > __________________________________________
> > Organize. Communicate. Share. @
> http://www.goowy.com
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
> __________________________________________
> Organize. Communicate. Share. @ http://www.goowy.com


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