Eml synthesizers

Hey new member here. Just wondering how many 101s they 
had at Ohio State? I own one of them; unfortunately it ceased to 
work about a year ago. It worked fine for the two years before 
that. I bought it from a guy who had gotten at the Ohio State 
auction, couldn't figure out how to use it, and left it under his bed. 

It worked great for a year and a half, then started working about 
half the time. I never knew whether it would play or just emit a 
low sign wave. Which is all it does now, just a low pitched hum. 

Does anyone happen to know what would cause this? And if so, 
what might fix it? Is it something an electronic hobbyist should 
fix, or should I be looking for an expert?

Thanks for your help, and knowledge about the EMLs at Ohio 
State.

Alex

> Just for kicks, I thought I'd point you folks to a "vintage" track I 
did using
> an Electrocomp 101.  See the bottom of this page:
> 
http://thompsonresidence.com/mostly-midi/tapes/index.php?not
es=yes
> 
> The text there reads as follows:
> EC101 was originally recorded at the electronic music studio 
at the Ohio State
> University in the spring of 1975. It was done on an Electrocomp 
101 synthesizer
> and a two channel, open reel tape deck. I recorded one 
channel, rewound the
> tape, and recorded the other channel without listening to the 
previous material.
> To prepare the piece for Tape95, I played the original tracks 
through a BBE and
> applied EQ at the mixer. The left tape track was fed to a delay 
unit which
> returned to the mixer, EQed and panned right. The right tape 
track was fed to
> another delay unit which returned to the mixer, EQed and 
panned left. All four
> signals were sent to an old Alesis Microverb II and each delay 
unit's output was
> cross connected to the other delay's input for a little 
regeneration.
> 
> Hope you enjoy it.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Bill        billfox@f...           
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