Vintage Synth Repair

Not sure if this is helpful - but I have an RMI Lark Combo Organ + it
puts out a pretty weak signal as well. I'm waiting on a service manual
to see if I can fix the clicking sound that the oscillators are making
on the lower 1/2 of the keyboard.

Scott

Brian Andrew Marek wrote:
> 
> Okay, maybe I was a bit premature in announcing the completion of my RMI
> overhaul... :)
> 
> Up to this point, I had been testing the Electra-Piano through a crappy
> transistor guitar amp that I keep my workbench for just such purposes.
> Feeling confident that I had everything working, I moved it over to my
> performance area and plugged the RMI into my usual keyboard amp
> (technically a small PA head and speaker, but it does the trick)... now
> here's the problem:  whereas the gain designed into a guitar amplifier
> boosts the signal plenty for a reasonable performance volume, the signal
> is EXTREMELY WEAK going through a flat keyboard amplification system...
> as a matter of fact, I had all the levels on my amp cranked to full, and
> it wasn't loud enough to disturb my wife upstairs, let alone the
> neighbors... so, the question is this - is this normal for an RMI, i.e.
> was it designed to be played through high gain guitar amplifiers, or is
> this an abnormally low signal my RMI is pumping out?  The service manual
> says something about the impedence matching transformer sometimes
> crapping out, but they also suggest tapping it to see if the problem
> goes away, and that has no effect for me...
> 
> BaM
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