OBERHEIM SYNTH

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "nelsonj_sce" <nelsonj_sce@...> 
wrote:
> That's good to know they're all the same. To replace/install a 
board, is it just a  matter of plugging it in or is there soldering 
involved? Do you happen to know if an OB-8 board is the same as an 
OBX-a board(can I switch them)? I'm asking this in case I cannot find 
a board for the OBX-a, then maybe a OB-8 board will work the same. 
Plmk if you know and thanks again!
> All the voice boards are the same.  
> The general number convention is voice 1-4 are on the bottom, 
voices 
> 5-8 are on top.  
> Running as a 7 voice is no problem, but you will only get 3 voices 
> rather than four when you split the board (the other end of the 
split 
> will have 4 voices) , but when you double, some strange things 
might 
> happen - I have never tried it. 
> 
>  
> 
> --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "L8RDOOD" <nansbears@> wrote:
> >
> > I'm somewhat of a novice so forgive me if my questions 
> seem "ignorant". 
> > I bought off Ebay quite awhile ago an Oberheim OBX-a. I got it 
> cheap 
> > because the seller said it was "dropping a sound". Not knowing 
any 
> > difference at the time, I thought it would be cool to have a 
> vintage 
> > synth to "restore" as a project. Well, due to several unforseen 
> > situations, I wasn't able to get on the project so I put it off 
for 
> a 
> > year. As I researched, I found the contacts needed to be cleaned 
& 
> the 
> > keys leveled, among other things. Since my time for this was not 
> going 
> > to be like I thought, I decided to take it in to a repair shop in 
> L.A.. 
> >    It took quite a while but the repairman said it was missing a 
> voice 
> > board. To get all the work done, he wanted nearly double what I 
> even 
> > paid for it so I decided to pass on getting the board for now. So 
> now 
> > it's a 7 voice synth. I had the contacts cleaned anyways and I 
will 
> be 
> > picking it up this week(minus the missing board). 
> >    Here goes the questions: Are all the voices the same? If not, 
> are 
> > they numbered or named so I know what to get? Does anyone on this 
> list 
> > have any boards available to sell? Is this even worth my time to 
do 
> > this? If anyone has done this in the past, please help if you can 
& 
> > thanks for all your help in advance!
> >
>