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2010-04-29 by Timmy
Hi all, I had a perfectly functional OB-Xa which I turned on today and now I get no sound. After turning it on the Patch 1 light blinks several times (like a bad voice in auto-tune would blink) and then nothing happens. LEDs are lit on the board, but pushing buttons does not do anything, meaning none of the functions work, pressing any buttons won't make them light, etc..). No sound comes from the outputs. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Tim
2010-04-30 by Charles Massey
Tim, I hate to rain on your parade but this machine will drive you insane......... I ended up giving mine away after spending a fortune on it trying to keep it playing and in tune. It was wonderful when it was working but............. I ended up buying two Matrix 6R's and an Xpander. They were all very good sounding and were absolutely no trouble, even after over 20 years of service. FWIW Charlie in Florida
On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Timmy wrote: > Hi all, > > I had a perfectly functional OB-Xa which I turned on today and now I > get no sound. After turning it on the Patch 1 light blinks several > times (like a bad voice in auto-tune would blink) and then nothing > happens. > > LEDs are lit on the board, but pushing buttons does not do anything, > meaning none of the functions work, pressing any buttons won't make > them light, etc..). No sound comes from the outputs. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks in advance, > > Tim > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
2010-04-30 by Bim
Ouch. I really feel for you. I know what you're going thru and it sucks. That older gear sounds fantastic and you want to play it forever, but you just cant. I went thru the same thing but with an old Memorymoog converted to a plus, except my problem was that I had to hit the autotune button 3-4 times a SET. It had me stymied. I couldnt find anyone in the US who even wanted to touch it, Big Briar had folded and the only guy that was doing any work was half of Big Briar - located in Germany - and at the time he wanted $5k to work on it, modify it from a Plus back to a standard Memorymoog and shipping to and from Germany (yeah. right. Ship a Memorymoog in any case - I did have a flite case tho - to Germany and back). I got lucky and got $500 for it for the parts.... Good luck with your OB-Xa. Bim --- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, Charles Massey <cmassey@...> wrote:
> > Tim, > > I hate to rain on your parade but this machine will drive you > insane......... I ended up giving mine away after spending a fortune > on it trying to keep it playing and in tune. It was wonderful when it > was working but............. > > I ended up buying two Matrix 6R's and an Xpander. They were all very > good sounding and were absolutely no trouble, even after over 20 years > of service. > > FWIW > > Charlie in Florida > > > On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Timmy wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I had a perfectly functional OB-Xa which I turned on today and now I > > get no sound. After turning it on the Patch 1 light blinks several > > times (like a bad voice in auto-tune would blink) and then nothing > > happens. > > > > LEDs are lit on the board, but pushing buttons does not do anything, > > meaning none of the functions work, pressing any buttons won't make > > them light, etc..). No sound comes from the outputs. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
2010-04-30 by Ian Bradshaw
Hi Tim, Tricky one as so much has stopped. But lets go thru a few basic things 1st 1st and foremost check yr getting all the voltages off the PSU and also to the voice board. The connectors are prone to oxidisation so this could explain the sudden death. Also when u play the keys, can u see the LEDs on the voice boards flashing. This will provide quite a clue as if they flash a lot of the digital stuff is working. Also check the tape switch on the back hasn't been accidentally moved. Let me know if I can help more, I fixed one that was in a similar state. Took a while but got there in the end. Regards Ian
-----Original Message----- From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com [mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Timmy Sent: 30 April 2010 00:51 To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com Subject: [oberheim] Problem with OB-Xa - no sound Hi all, I had a perfectly functional OB-Xa which I turned on today and now I get no sound. After turning it on the Patch 1 light blinks several times (like a bad voice in auto-tune would blink) and then nothing happens. LEDs are lit on the board, but pushing buttons does not do anything, meaning none of the functions work, pressing any buttons won't make them light, etc..). No sound comes from the outputs. Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Tim No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.814 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2846 - Release Date: 04/30/10 19:27:00
2010-04-30 by Ian Bradshaw
Actually, if push comes to shove, providing u take care of the shipping, I might be able to do it for under £500. Due to the nature of these things it could take some time as tracking down parts can be tricky. It\u2019s an option. The last one I did cost the guy £380 as a guide
Regards
Ian
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From: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:oberheim@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Bim
Sent: 30 April 2010 02:12
To: oberheim@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [oberheim] Re: Problem
with OB-Xa - no sound
Ouch.
I really feel for you. I know what you're going thru and it sucks. That older
gear sounds fantastic and you want to play it forever, but you just cant.
I went thru the same thing but with an old Memorymoog converted to a plus,
except my problem was that I had to hit the autotune button 3-4 times a SET. It
had me stymied. I couldnt find anyone in the US who even wanted to touch it,
Big Briar had folded and the only guy that was doing any work was half of Big
Briar - located in Germany - and at the time he wanted $5k to work on it,
modify it from a Plus back to a standard Memorymoog and shipping to and from
Germany (yeah. right. Ship a Memorymoog in any case - I did have a flite case
tho - to Germany and back). I got lucky and got $500 for it for the parts....
Good luck with your OB-Xa.
Bim
--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com,
Charles Massey > wrote:
>
> Tim,
>
> I hate to rain on your parade but this machine will drive you
> insane......... I ended up giving mine away after spending a fortune
> on it trying to keep it playing and in tune. It was wonderful when it
> was working but.............
>
>; I ended up buying two Matrix 6R's and an Xpander. They were all very
> good sounding and were absolutely no trouble, even after over 20 years
> of service.
>
> FWIW
>
> Charlie in Florida
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2010, at 7:50 PM, Timmy wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I had a perfectly functional OB-Xa which I turned on today and now I
> > get no sound. After turning it on the Patch 1 light blinks several
> > times (like a bad voice in auto-tune would blink) and then nothing
> > happens.
> >
> > LEDs are lit on the board, but pushing buttons does not do anything,
> > meaning none of the functions work, pressing any buttons won't make
> > them light, etc..). No sound comes from the outputs.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Tim
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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