Vintage Synth Repair

thank you for the suggestion Grant.
i will try that.
btw, as i do not have the re201 service manual:
as you look the machine from the front panel(with the
knobs),it has 5 heads. which 3 are the playback heads?
i guess that the first is the erase head(closer to
me), the second is the recording and the 3-4-5 are the
playback heads?
thank you very much!
bakis.




--- grantbt@... wrote:

> Maybe the head(s) are shot?  Find an old cassette or
> some other
> audio tape with high level audio on it (prefereable
> the widest
> track too) and cut a chunk of it and slide it back
> and forth
> over the playback head (at different heights on the
> head).  
> Could also be the preamp for the playback head. 
> Once you 
> can hear stuff, then you can move on the checking
> out the 
> record head...
> 
> GB
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_2000@...>
> >Sent: Jan 26, 2006 11:57 AM
> >To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
> >Subject: Re: [vintagesynthrepair] RE-201 received
> broken. please help!
> >
> >hello denis,
> >thanks for your reply.
> >from a quick check inside the machine, i do not see
> >anything disconnected...
> >any other ideas please?
> >best regards,
> >bakis.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >--- "Don't t(h)read on my tentacles, Earthling!"
> ><lepetitmartien@...> wrote:
> >
> >> 
> >> Le 26 janv. 2006, \ufffd 16:13, Bakis Sirros a \ufffdcrit :
> >> 
> >> > the tape mechanism works and the tape rolls,
> but
> >> the
> >> > delays are not sounding at all!!
> >> > any ideas what could be broken inside the
> >> machine(and
> >> > op-amp? something else?)to cause no tape-echos
> to
> >> > sound at all???
> >> 
> >> Mhmmm I'd check first for faulty soldering
> (broken),
> >> some free cables\ufffd
> >> 
> >> Beyond that it's at component level.
> >> 
> >> > also, another problem: the tape-speed is not
> >> constant.
> >> > in high-speeds it seems to fluctuate... any
> ideas
> >> > about this? could this be healed with cleanign
> the
> >> > tape mechanism?
> >> 
> >> Maybe, but you'll need the tech notes to
> >> troubleshoot the circuits 
> >> anyway (as for problem n\ufffd1).
> >> 
> >> Denis =G)
> >> 
> >> 
> >>  
> >> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >> 
> >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vintagesynthrepair/
> >> 
> >>    
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> >> 
> >>  
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >
> >
> >Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds
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[Doepfer_a100] group owner
http://www.parallel-worlds-music.com
http://www.shimarecords.co.uk
http://www.rubber.gr
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