Vintage Synth Repair

Cool - I joined hoping it would shame me into getting off my duff and 
finishing my Omni...  But first, I have an Oberheim DX drum machine that I 
need to clean some switches in, and I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to do 
that...  (They're weird switches if anyone cares...)

Later...

Bob

Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person here
with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool our
resources.


--- rlsnuffy@... wrote:
> Cool - I joined hoping it would shame me into
> getting off my duff and 
> finishing my Omni...  But first, I have an Oberheim
> DX drum machine that I 
> need to clean some switches in, and I'm not entirely
> sure how I'm going to do 
> that...  (They're weird switches if anyone cares...)
> 
> Later...
> 
> Bob
> 


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In a message dated 8/2/2000 10:28:27 PM, mtmelvin@... writes:

>Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person here
>with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool our
>resources.

Maybe the list should be omnisynthrepair!!  :-)

Well I used to have a broken Omni but got rid of it. Now I've got a broken
Matrix6. Was going to put it up on the bench tonight but the 'Timmy' episode
of South Park is on. - Brian
--
"I love these Mensa Club meetings." -
                                       Philip Stevenson

> Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person here
> with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool our
> resources.
>
>
> --- rlsnuffy@... wrote:
> > Cool - I joined hoping it would shame me into
> > getting off my duff and
> > finishing my Omni...  But first, I have an Oberheim
> > DX drum machine that I
> > need to clean some switches in, and I'm not entirely
> > sure how I'm going to do
> > that...  (They're weird switches if anyone cares...)
> >
> > Later...
> >
> > Bob

Aren't they all "Timmy" episodes now?



--- Brian Birge <bkbirge@...> wrote:
> Well I used to have a broken Omni but got rid of it.
> Now I've got a broken
> Matrix6. Was going to put it up on the bench tonight
> but the 'Timmy' episode
> of South Park is on. - Brian
> --
> "I love these Mensa Club meetings." -
>                                        Philip
> Stevenson
> 
> > Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person
> here
> > with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool
> our
> > resources.
> >
> >
> > --- rlsnuffy@... wrote:
> > > Cool - I joined hoping it would shame me into
> > > getting off my duff and
> > > finishing my Omni...  But first, I have an
> Oberheim
> > > DX drum machine that I
> > > need to clean some switches in, and I'm not
> entirely
> > > sure how I'm going to do
> > > that...  (They're weird switches if anyone
> cares...)
> > >
> > > Later...
> > >
> > > Bob
> 
> 
> 


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rlsnuffy@... wrote:

> In a message dated 8/2/2000 10:28:27 PM, mtmelvin@... writes:
>
> >Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person here
> >with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool our
> >resources.
>
> Maybe the list should be omnisynthrepair!!  :-)

He rubs his hands and cackles with glee, "My devious plan is working!!!"

BaM

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Mark Melvin wrote:

> Do you mean to tell me that I'm the THIRD person here
> with a broked dowm Omni?!  Maybe we should pool our
> resources.

Speaking of the Omni - I still have to get mine up and running (I'll still
be running down the whole situation soon once there are more subscribers on
board - the short of it is that I can't get either the synth or string sound
generators to make pretty noises but the filters are obviously working 'cos
I can get a cool syndrum kind of sound banging the keys with a slow LOF) but
I've already run across a cool mod for the Omni that you may not know
about... Mark Vail's Vintage Synthesizers describes a very simple
modification you can make to the filter so you can boost its frequency range
from 13kHz to 22+kHz, giving it a much crisper, sizzling high end.  The mod
also works on 2600's, Odyssey II's, Axxe II's, Quadras and Avatars 'cos they
all use the same filter circuit.  I can post the full directions if you'd
like but the gist of it on an Omni is that you remove 3 4.7K-ohm resistors
and replace them with 2.2K-ohm resistors.  Yeah, that's supposedly it!!!
Guess I'll have to wait until my Omni makes sounds before I can hear the
difference...

BaM

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