OBERHEIM SYNTH

Thank you for your response it is well taken and I will send this to Mario  at Upscale Music in Newington ct. Mario is a reputable awarded and competent service tech. I am pleased that you took the time to help me along in this attempt to revive this great piece of gear. thank you ..Michael
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On Sat, 3/12/16, Bob Grieb bobgrieb@yahoo.com [oberheim] <oberheim@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [oberheim] Matrix 6
 To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
 Date: Saturday, March 12, 2016, 3:06 PM
 
 
  
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
       
       
       Michael,
 
 
 
 A bad display will not affect the unit's ability to
 "turn on" unless it is pulling 
 
 down one of the power supplies.  So I would have your
 service center try to establish
 
 whether or not the synth is working aside from the display. 
 If it has patches in RAM,
 
 it should make some noise even if the display is blank.
 
 
 
 VFD displays get dim and fail with age.  If you need a new
 display for the Matrix 6, 
 
 you may be able to get one from Sam at Syntaur.com   They
 bought some old Oberheim 
 
 parts and had displays for sale very recently.   Something
 like $60-70 each, so better
 
 to determine if the synth is working first, then buy one.
 
 
 
 If you tech has a second matrix 6, he can put the two side
 by side, and press the 
 
 buttons on both at the same time, using the good one's
 display.   That way he should 
 
 be able to do things like select the default patch, which
 will get you sound even if
 
 the RAM patches are gone.  If they don't know how to do
 that, you may want to take 
 
 it somewhere where they are a little more familiar with the
 Matrix 6.
 
 
 
 Bob
 
 
 
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 On Fri, 3/11/16, Michael Piccirillo tumbaobass@...
 [oberheim] <oberheim@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 
 
 
 Subject: [oberheim] Matrix 6
 
  To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
 
  Date: Friday, March 11, 2016, 11:55 AM
 
  
 
  hello to all members of this group
 
  and well wishes to you. as i am a new member i must
 explain
 
  my reason for joining so here goes. I was lucky enough
 to
 
  receive a Matrix 6 for free even though it is in the
 hands
 
  of a service center for repair. I would like to help in
 the
 
  locating and purchasing of the parts needed to repair
 this
 
  synth which is in great condition other than an inability
 to
 
  turn on.at this point in the troubleshooting it seems
 that
 
  the display board or display chip (i will ask him for
 the
 
  specific part #) are the problem. What I am interested
 in
 
  for now is links or persons that may be of help in
 finding
 
  the components that will  be necessary to fix the unit.
 
  thank you for taking a moment to read my post any advice
 
  will be greatly appreciated......Michael
 
  
 
  
 
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