schmidtc, i believe that the picture of that arp technician is john, and he used to have a repair shop in kenmore square in boston. he used to have that exact (actually maybe the original, even;) picture near his bench behind the counter there. i guess he live out in central or western mass somewher...

You know, I don't know if this would help, but I have some DOA a/v equipment, could you salvage anything from that beyond the usual RCA's, BNC's, etc. I am not sure how relevant some of the caps, resistors, transformers, etc are, but I too am a firm believer in recycling and trying to be less dispos...

With Peavey, you have to be really specific, but they have a lot of parts down there in Meridian. I'd give it another shot, whenever I have dealt with them, they've been super nice. Although, Machinegeist is good like that, too. Anyone who can fix a synth, watch Futurama, and is from Sherbrooke (it'...

You can try Yamaha directly, they are good like that. Try contacting them, they should have parts since it is a recent device. Also check Craig's List, too, since the RM1X sells for cheap enough... Good luck.

I give the RM1X a strong second. I love that sequencer! I can't get rid of mine, I just can't do it.

Hey Everyone, Hope all is well out there! I have a technique I use from time to time with my Roland MC-09 Phraselab. It may seem like cheating and the time is short, but since the MC-09 is a monosynth, I think it counts. I create a 2 bar phrase. I capture that to the looping section of the MC-09. he...

Whoa, did these forums change or what? Cool cool! Wow, I've been gone too long. Anyways, I guess the Beat Kangz worked on the Street Box for Zoom. I believe that's the lineage here, folks. I've never heard of them, have any of you? Didn't The Avengers fight Kang in the comic books, he was the dude w...

You know that is a great question with many flavors of answers, kind of like asking, "How do you get to town?" Do you walk and enjoy the view, run and get some exercise, drive and get there quickly with the option of hauling away your bounty if need be, etc. For me, I try to balance the two, however...

Wow, what did everyone take their bike to the local corner store and buy some Roland flavored Hater-ade. Dang people. You know, yes it stinks that the TB-303 costs so much, but if it stinks so bad, then why did so many folks copy, re-engineer, and make a ton of music with it? Answer me that. Why? Yo...

The Zooms do some neat stuff. If cheap is cheap and this person wants to grow a bit with a groovebox but still have the basics, how about an RM1X? Mine was $175 used. Or how about a Boss Sp-202, true, it is not a groovebox per say since it is a sampler, but it is really quick to learn (easy wheezey!...

...oh, and the Yamaha TG-33.

Sorry.

Hmmmm...classic eh? All right, well here goes, and apply a "second"/"+1" vote to whatever was mentioned then: Akai MPC 1000 Akai MPC 2000 Alesis AirSynth & AirFX Korg MS2000 & 2000R (don't forget the "B" variants, too.) Roland D2 Roland JP-80X0 Roland MC-09 Yamaha AN1X Yamaha CS1X/CS2X Yamaha RM1X a...

You know, I may mention this a bit from time to time, and I wonder why this isn't an entry yet in the archives (it does deserve it, I mean, jeez they even added the SH-32 before this one :P ,) but my personal favorite, bang for the buck, best kept secret of the 303 world is still the Roland MC-09 Ph...

You wouldn't think of it, but good old Ronsonol Lighter Fluid works great, it evaporates fast, and it never has discolored or ate any plastics I have used it on. I have even used it on resin coated photo paper (like regular color prints,) with no mishaps. Denatured alcohol is really strong, and I al...

I remember my old Yamaha PSS-170, that was a great board to work with as a young buck in this crazy synth world...later on in life it served as a practice drum maichine and background music source until the wall of amps we had fell on top of it. That was a sad day. You can always find the old Casios...