As my DW8000 is sidelined, I figured I'd fire up the ARP Omni Mk1 I bought on eBay for $95, some repair necesary. Well, here's what's wrong so far. First, I don't notice any difference at all with the Voice buttons on the right. The Bass keys...most of them Do Not Work. The polysynth string section seems to be ok except for dead top note, but the bass keys have all kinds of problems. Some work, some interrupt a working note, some do nothing, and one or two of them actually modulate a working note. Bottom C has gone vibrato, no notes sound through low G, wich is the one that cross-modulates other notes, low F is the first note with no sound that will cut out a higher working bass key...etc... the Attack and Release sliders on string section do Nothing...LFO Speed slider is REAL touchy, all the range of it seems to be on the very rightmost of the slider, Master Volume switch, in addition to being snapped off flush with the panel, also does nothing. Chorus Phaser also does nothing. Also, half the slider caps on the top row are gone along with the caps for the Cello and 8' buttons. Also, buttons tend to stick. On the plus side...none of the keys are cracked off as is common on old ARP's... So, did I get soaked for $95? ($70 + $25 ship?) What must I do? Tim Hansen
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A Host of ARP Omni Problems
2003-01-12 by Timothy Hansen <nationwideclyde@hotmail.
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