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Lexicon PCM70 legacy digital effects unit ...
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one
of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa |
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"Ar****wit Daily" Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. ( my apologies to Slim Dusty ) ..... Phil |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100 "Phil Allison" wrote
in Message id: : "Ar****wit Daily" Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce. |
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On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Ebay #260659423706 JC |
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"Phil Allison" wrote in message ... "Ar****wit Daily" Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. ( my apologies to Slim Dusty ) .... Phil How many times do I have to tell you Philip ? This behaviour just gets you back on that naughty step yet again ... Now be a good little sheep-shagger, take your meds that you've forgotten again, and crawl back under your stone until you feel better. Then, if you've got anything valid to say, we might let you back in ... Arfa |
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"Bill Palmer" wrote in message ... On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100 "Phil Allison" wrote in Message id: : "Ar****wit Daily" Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. I don't know what your problem is, but I'll bet it's hard to pronounce. It's called psychoticaussie****itis. When he remembers to take his meds, it's quite well controlled. Unfortunately, every few weeks, he forgets them, and then has an episode like this. Sad, really, because when it's properly controlled, he can be quite lucid, and occasionally shows flashes of what almost passes for intelligence in the normal world ... Arfa |
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"Archon" wrote in message ... On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote: Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Ebay #260659423706 JC Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if he is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are in the UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as not qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the one causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He is now in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt him from the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it anyway. Again, thanks for the pointer. Arfa |
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On 1/5/2011 9:43 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
"Archon" wrote in message ... On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote: Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Ebay #260659423706 JC Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if he is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are in the UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as not qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the one causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He is now in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt him from the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it anyway. Again, thanks for the pointer. Arfa Most US sellers will ship to the UK if asked, the problem with offering Worldwide shipping on Ebay is all the duff countries that sellers are exposed to. If its a problem I'm sure some of us Stateside can help with shipping a small item. JC |
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"Archon" wrote in message ... On 1/5/2011 9:43 AM, Arfa Daily wrote: "Archon" wrote in message ... On 1/5/2011 5:18 AM, Arfa Daily wrote: Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Ebay #260659423706 JC Thanks very much for that. I put the owner onto it, but I'm not sure if he is going to be able to get it, as the seller is in the US and we are in the UK. When he tried to do a 'buy it now' on it, it refused him as not qualifying for some of the sellers set criteria for buyers, and the one causing the problem was "seller does not ship to your location". He is now in the process of contacting the seller to see if he will exempt him from the condition as it is small and Jiffy-baggable, and ship it anyway. Again, thanks for the pointer. Arfa Most US sellers will ship to the UK if asked, the problem with offering Worldwide shipping on Ebay is all the duff countries that sellers are exposed to. If its a problem I'm sure some of us Stateside can help with shipping a small item. JC Thanks. I'll let you know how we get on, and if we need any help getting it Arfa |
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I have for sale if you still need.
I am in Atlanta Ga Got it off an old Oberheim thought is the exact same part! Also have a PCM 70 NOS somewhere in here... If I find it I will give a quote. Cheers, Nate |
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"n8ball" wrote in message ... I have for sale if you still need. I am in Atlanta Ga Got it off an old Oberheim thought is the exact same part! Also have a PCM 70 NOS somewhere in here... If I find it I will give a quote. Cheers, Nate Thanks very much Nate - that's very helpful. Can you please mail me off-group using the same address as I used to post this, so we can discuss exactly what you have, and how much you need for it ? Thanks Arfa |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100, "Phil Allison"
wrote: ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies. http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/ -- Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:39:58 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100, "Phil Allison" wrote: ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies. http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/ I repaired one of these last year http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards. Hard to beat the sound of one of these in the right hands. -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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"Bill Palmer is a ******" "Ar****wit Daily" ( snip the fool's pathetic drivel ) ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. I don't know what your problem is, ** You one of the ****wit troll's sockpuppets ? ...... Phil |
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"Jeff Liebermann is a DOPEY PRICK " "Phil Allison" ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. ** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20. Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ???? ..... Phil |
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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message news On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +1100, "Phil Allison" wrote: ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies. http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/ I still fix the odd AMS DMX and RMX units, and the mighty Lexicon 224XL. Some of these must be well over 30 years old now. http://www.advancedaudiorentals.com/.../productid/152 Gareth. |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:10:39 +1100, Phil Allison ****ed:
"Phil Allison is a ******" I agree smirk nods -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 09:17:46 +1100, Phil Allison wrote:
"Jeff Liebermann is a DOPEY PRICK " "Phil Allison" ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. ** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20. Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ???? .... Phil PARTY POOPER! -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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"Jeff Liebermann isa PITA prick" I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies. ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. ..... Phil |
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"Phil Allison" wrote in message ... "Jeff Liebermann is a DOPEY PRICK " "Phil Allison" ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. The Lexicon PCM70 was first made in about 1988. That's 23 years. Please adjust your abacus. ** Last time I looked - 23 was still a bigger number than 20. Wot drugs is this IDIOT on ???? .... Phil Calm down Philip ! Obviously, his drugs are better ones than yours. Now be told, and go away and play nicely with your sheep, otherwise you'll be in trouble again ... Arfa |
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"Phil Allison" wrote in message ... "Jeff Liebermann isa PITA prick" I just fixed a Digitech TSR-24 which was first made in 1995. I guess 16 years doesn't qualify. However, my Korg DSS-1 was first made in 1986, which is 25 years old, and certainly qualifies. ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. .... Phil Losing your memory as well as your mind, now Philip. You already said that several times, and you're now becoming even more tedious and stupid than usual. Take your meds like a good little boy, and **** off, whilst the rest of us have a good laugh at how DUMB you are .... :-) Arfa |
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On Thu, 06 Jan 2011 12:32:46 +1100, Phil Allison wrote:
** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Good description of yourself -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 02:46:58 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
wrote: It would be appreciated. Putting FIP1615R into Goggle yields no results, other than entries from this thread. Oops. Try searching for NEC FIP16A5R instead. My typo error. Ok, for penetance, I'll do some digging. This looks interesting: http://vintageplanet.nl Stocks PCM-70 parts, but not the display. Might be worth a phone call to see if he has any pointers. Digging through this thread: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/41160-looking-pcm-70-screen.html there are some interesting hints. Message #6 looks interesting: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/2038735-post6.html Search Digikey for D0116SY-20-1601FB-ND. Looks promising if it's the same size. That leads to: http://www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_127 which makes similar displays. List of VFD manufactories: http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1154 Various candidates from Futaba: http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/30.pdf http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/33.pdf http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/35.pdf Can I go back to work now? -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 # http://802.11junk.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:53:29 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow
wrote: I repaired one of these last year http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards. Hard to beat the sound of one of these in the right hands. Nice. I like the old analog synths. That one is older than my oldest. If you looked carefully at my collection, the middle one is a Korg PolySix first produced in 1981: http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/keyboards.jpg References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysix http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/poly6.php It's a tempermental beast of a keyboard, but it makes fine music. It still has some kind of a problem with two of oscillators, which I'll fix next time I'm inspired. There are also various web pages recommending replacements and substitutions which should improve things. Incidentally, most of the damage was caused by a leaky roof dripping dirty water into the keys. Showing off, live and full of mistakes: http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/music/ -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 # http://802.11junk.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS |
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On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 22:26:30 -0000, "Gareth Magennis"
wrote: I still fix the odd AMS DMX and RMX units, and the mighty Lexicon 224XL. Some of these must be well over 30 years old now. http://www.advancedaudiorentals.com/.../productid/152 I've never seen those. I couldn't afford them when they were new. However, if you want old reverbs, I have most of a mechanical reverb box from the mid 1960's. Two pairs of big springs wound in opposite directions, with a voice coil driver and tape head pickup inside. Genuine germanium xsistors. I forgot the brand and model. I had it inside my car for a while. Sounded great until I would drive over a bump or pot hole. http://www.google.com/images?q=reverb+spring Still manufactured today for purists and masochists. -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 # 831-336-2558 # http://802.11junk.com # http://www.LearnByDestroying.com AE6KS |
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 09:10:39 +1100 "Phil Allison" wrote
in Message id: : "Bill Palmer is a ******" "Ar****wit Daily" ( snip the fool's pathetic drivel ) ** But there's-a nothing so lonesome, morbid or drear.... than some ****ing pile of FAULTY digital **** that is over 20 years old. Get real - you stupid, pommy ****head. I don't know what your problem is, ** You one of the ****wit troll's sockpuppets ? Unable to parse headers, eh? You know something, Phil? If brains were Vaseline, you wouldn't have enough to lube your prodigious bunghole with. Now run along like a good little boy before I become cross. |
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"Jeff Liebermann" wrote in message ... On Thu, 6 Jan 2011 02:46:58 -0000, "Arfa Daily" wrote: It would be appreciated. Putting FIP1615R into Goggle yields no results, other than entries from this thread. Oops. Try searching for NEC FIP16A5R instead. My typo error. Ok, for penetance, I'll do some digging. This looks interesting: http://vintageplanet.nl Stocks PCM-70 parts, but not the display. Might be worth a phone call to see if he has any pointers. Digging through this thread: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/geekslutz-forum/41160-looking-pcm-70-screen.html there are some interesting hints. Message #6 looks interesting: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/2038735-post6.html Search Digikey for D0116SY-20-1601FB-ND. Looks promising if it's the same size. That leads to: http://www.newhavendisplay.com/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=23_127 which makes similar displays. List of VFD manufactories: http://www.maxim-ic.com/app-notes/index.mvp/id/1154 Various candidates from Futaba: http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/30.pdf http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/33.pdf http://www.futaba.com/products/displays/files/35.pdf Can I go back to work now? -- # Jeff Liebermann 150 Felker St #D Santa Cruz CA 95060 Yessir ! You can .... Thanks for that. I'll check them out Arfa |
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On 1/6/2011 8:51 AM, Arfa Daily wrote:
that problem via a different route. You can't use Ebay messages to contact a US seller from the UK site? That's interesting. JC Well, you certainly used to be able to, but things change on eBay all the time. I'm relying here on what my mate who owns the thing said when he tried. He has a shop, and buys and sells on eBay all the time, so is an experienced user. The first problem that he ran into when he tried to do a "buy now" was that international sales were not supported by this seller as one of his conditions, When he then tried to "contact seller", it wouldn't let him, just putting up a series of questions and answers, I think he said. Now, whether that is because he has this 'no international sales' thing set or not, I really don't know. However, we've now been able to contact the guy by a different route, and he has agreed that he will ship to the UK. Arfa Ah, the pre answered questions thing, totally useless. At the bottom of that list of options it says "other", if you choose that it will lead you to a point where you can actually contact the seller. Infuriating. Good to hear you got it all sorted. JC |
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On Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:22:09 -0800, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jan 2011 20:53:29 +0000 (UTC), Meat Plow wrote: I repaired one of these last year http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/ps3100.php Replaced a couple edge connectors for the gate and voice cards. Hard to beat the sound of one of these in the right hands. Nice. I like the old analog synths. That one is older than my oldest. If you looked carefully at my collection, the middle one is a Korg PolySix first produced in 1981: http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/Korg_DSS-1/keyboards.jpg References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysix http://www.vintagesynth.com/korg/poly6.php It's a tempermental beast of a keyboard, but it makes fine music. It still has some kind of a problem with two of oscillators, which I'll fix next time I'm inspired. There are also various web pages recommending replacements and substitutions which should improve things. Incidentally, most of the damage was caused by a leaky roof dripping dirty water into the keys. Showing off, live and full of mistakes: http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/music/ Nice collection Jeff. And your playing isn't that bad. My very first synth was an Octave Cat. http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/octavecat.php It taught me how all the filters/oscillators/envelops/ stuff interacted but being purely monophonic it wasn't much more in my hands than a noise maker. I traded the Cat for a Sequential Circuits Prophet 5. http://www.vintagesynth.com/sci/p5.php Damn! 5 voice polyphony! heh. Excellent string sounds. Striking actually even for today. Alas no MIDI but hell I didn't even know what that was back then. Wish I would have held on to that because they are pretty rare these days. In the 90's I bought a new Kawai K1/II: http://www.vintagesynth.com/kawai/kawaik1ii.php WOW! PCM synth (albeit 8 bit) 256 samples, two extra sample cards, MIDI I felt like a pig rolling in ****! Great today for hair band keys, nice padded strings and horns, raw square and sawtooth powerleads. Wish I would have held off for a year when they came out with 16 bit PCM. 5 years ago a family member gave me a Roland S10: http://www.vintagesynth.com/roland/s10.php No internal sampling everything loads through floppy. The belt on the floppy turned to rubber snot. Replaced, still wouldn't load. Tweaked the head positions and BINGO, sound libraries loaded. Not a bad little synth. Arpeggio, mic input to record your own samples. Have a sample of my one niece when she was a toddler saying "I love you" too cute. Now my quest is to own a Korg Triton rack. That is if one of my present keyboards MIDI track well with a rack and there is not latency. I also own a Casio MG-510 MIDI guitar: http://www.mariarose.com/casio1.jpg Very similar to the one in the picture but with 3 single coil pickups. Note tracking is very good for the age of the MIDI controller. There is some latency maybe 50ms. It's noticeable but easy to get used to. It's also a very good sounding and playing guitar. I used it for gigs back in the 90's. Occasionally layered guitar and MIDI together. -- Live Fast, Die Young and Leave a Pretty Corpse |
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"Bill Palmer is a ****WIT ******"
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http://www.electrondepot.com/repair/...nit-38488-.htm , JoeF wrote: arfa.daily wrote: Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Still interested after all these years? I've got one. JF3 |
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On 11/13/18 9:37 PM, JoeF wrote:
responding to http://www.electrondepot.com/repair/...nit-38488-.htm , JoeF wrote: arfa.daily wrote: Bit of a long shot, but I don't suppose anyone on here has got a scrap one of these languishing up a corner in their cellar or wherever ? Owner of a shop that I do a lot of work for has been given one of these lovely old units, but the VFD is busted. Other than that, it all seems to work just fine. It's an NEC 16 character 'starburst' type. Seems its actual number is FIP16A5. There are references on the 'net, but no one stocking such an item even as NOS. Anyone help ? TIA Arfa Still interested after all these years? I've got one. JF3 I forwarded to Arfa -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
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On 11/13/18 9:37 PM, JoeF wrote:
Still interested after all these years? I've got one. JF3 email me, with a valid email return address. Jeff -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
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On 11/14/18 5:52 AM, Fox's Mercantile wrote:
On 11/13/18 9:37 PM, JoeF wrote: Still interested after all these years? I've got one. JF3 email me, with a valid email return address. Jeff Thanks Joe -- "I am a river to my people." Jeff-1.0 WA6FWi http:foxsmercantile.com |
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