Yahoo Groups archive

Vintage Synth Repair

Index last updated: 2026-04-28 23:41 UTC

Message

Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Repairs, Repairs, Repairs!

2001-11-18 by mishon66@aol.com

In a message dated 11/17/01 3:05:33 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
bigfootstudios@... writes:

<< Subj:     [vintagesynthrepair] Repairs, Repairs, Repairs!
 Date:  11/17/01 3:05:33 AM Pacific Standard Time
 From:  bigfootstudios@...
 Reply-to:  vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
 To:    vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
 
 OK, time for me to try to get some of these old guys working 
 again... Below is a list of what I've got thats broken. If anyone has 
 any experience or repair tips they can offer for any of these I 
 would greatly appreciate it.
 
 Arp Omni - No audio from synth section
 
 Arp Odyssey mk3 - VCO2 out
 
 Roland Promars - VCO2 out, odd front panel behavior
 
 Prophet-5 Rev. 1 - Gee, a NW Rev. 1?? :-) Various LEDs flicker 
 and fade out on power up, no audio or controls working. Tested 
 voltages at power supply and voltages were off quite a bit and 0V 
 on -5 and -15 so replaced w/new regulators and tantalum caps 
 and -5 now OK but -15V outputting -20V, WTF? Also unreg 
 measures about 28V instead of 22V.
 
 Rhodes Chroma - All EPROMs were corroded - replaced w/new 
 ones but still powers up in weird state, no audio or controls 
 working
 
 Roland SH-101 - Sequencer/LFO does not function
 
 Roland SH-101 - Won't power up from batts or AC
 
 Chroma Polaris - 1 voice out
 
 Oberheim SEM - no power
 
 Oberheim SEM - VCO2 constant high freq sound
 
 Sequential MultiTrak - Sound is totally muffled as if VCF is stuck 
 w/low cutoff freq
 
 Moog Prodigy - no power
 
 Moog Opus-3 - Always has slow attack regardless of EG setting
 
 Whew! Got my work cut out for me for sure. I am most interested 
 in getting the Chroma and P-5 working first. Thanks for any help 
 or suggestions!
  >>
Hey
       I just wanted to turn you on to an electronic repair shop that works 
on all the boards you have listed here, and is not afraid to do board level 
repairs. The owners name is Brian and his number is: 1-608-279-1064. His site 
is: Shredhead.hypermart.net        He is in Madison Wisconsin
Richard at Route 66 Studios

Attachments

Move to quarantaine

This moves the raw source file on disk only. The archive index is not changed automatically, so you still need to run a manual refresh afterward.