And marimba, timpani and bass 2 (preset 16).

Ha ha, I was going to say DX7 too but I was too late. :D I'd take a DX1 over CS80 any day. Btw, the effect that sounds like Poly AT can be recreated on the plain DX7 to some extent if you use a Fixed Frequency, velo-sensitive operator going in the LFO range on top of your sound. Velocity is polyphon...

Any direction to some warm-ups, exercises, and skill builders You know, in the synth forum these words have different meanings. A warm-up: the process an analogue synth undergoes from switching it on until it stabilises itself. An exercise: this is when you carry your old heavy analogue synths arou...

I think only a video demo would explain it. I'll make one when I have some time.

This is really cool. Lambda seems to be one of the less desirable stringers but I think it's got quite good sound "programming" capabilities. You've got those preset tabs but there are plenty of other sounds that you can make by using different combinations, onboard volume mixing, envelope layering ...

I found another quirk in Korg Lambda. I managed to control Brass decay with the decay knob in the Percussive section. :shock: Try this: Switch on any tab in Perc, lower Perc volume all the way down. Switch on Brass and Chorus tabs in Ens. Set attack of the choir to maximum. Play with the decay knob ...

Yes, I'm going to try replacing the other ICs you mentioned. I did the reflow of all joints in the chorus/phase board when I changed the Q7. Now I've got another problem. It's been there since I got it but I thought it was normal. The strings envelopes don't work properly when all the sounds in the ...

Thanks rhino. Yeah, vintage at its finest Still, I totally love to play this old Lambda. Currently there are some An829s on ebay, shouldn't be a problem.

I've got the schematic of the guts after the chorus/phase:

I also have the Korg Lambda, which again has attack/release per key (release only for percussives), but no split and the patches are divided into percussive (piano, clav, etc) and ensemble (brass, choir, strings...). There are simple low-pass filters for each batch of sounds, and a brass cutoff fre...

I replaced the Q7 transistor but still no improvement. I tried not to fry the component and gave it some time to cool down between the takes. I touched it with the hot iron only for half a second at a time. The effect is audible until I detune the oscillators so that they overpower the faint output ...

Yes that's an SK15. Good spotting!

Yamaha SK10 Preset combo synth

Real time control functionality is only half of the solution. For Vangelis' 70's and 80's leads you need a synth with full, homogeneous sound, which rules out the modern digital, software and VA synths. Of course, many people try to recreate these sounds with digital technology but it always sounds ...

Haha, this chorus/phase unit is really stubborn. I replaced the capacitors C205, C206 and C211, paying attention to the correct polarity, but it didn't impress my Lambda much. Still the same, I can hear the effect going on the Ensemble part and it still sounds beautiful but very, very subtle compare...