Welcome to the board! do any of the buttons make changes? Yamaha used alot of Tantalium capacitors in their synths back then. They get old and short out causing problems. This may be what's pulling down the +12v line. NOTE: if so, the bad caps may not even be on the power supply board. Maybe time to...

Flame if you have to - I don't give a s**t. Too many people are used to drum machines and sequencers that just bang out mechanical beats. Music is MORE than that: there are pulses and flows that do not follow the bar lines. Subtle variations in tempo which strech or compress the beat, along with dyn...

If ALL your discs fail, I think the drive (maybe the head itself) is dead. If the drive can't find any readable data, it will shutdown in about a second or two. Try cleaning the drive: the head pull-down solonoid is not very strong, the head arm my be sticky.

Hi. My name is Bill. I am a horder. I regret selling everysynth I have sold. They all have a great void in my life.

IIRC, the screws withOUT the brass insert were the very early production units. Somebody may have replaced the original wheel panel with an older one. This is a weak spot on bothe the ESQ-1 and the SQ80 (seems not so much the samplers = EPS etc) You can buy brass inserts (not exactly the same) at a ...

Try Korgusa.com

or

buy these :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Korg-Trinity-Tr ... 2146473983

I seem to remember this (or similar) before, so don't expect any burst of insight. ) The synth that made you want to play music: Played piano and organ since a kid, but it was SOB that got the synth gassing in me. 2) Your first synth: Ensoniq SQ-80 3) The synth that has surprised you most: The SQ-80...

Get the schematic downloaded. Check the section labled Master Osc for Sound Source. There is a 10 uf cap that feeds the vibrato signal: check for leakage. Also, there is shown a variable choke that would seem to affect tuning. Be sure it has not been knocked loose, or mis-adjusted.

I'm hoping you mean the Ensoniq SD-1. Been a while since i had one, but try this:

Go to MASTER page

Set FS2 to SUSTAIN

let us know.

A magnetic tool just helps position the springs on the white keys between the black ones. At least for my fat fingers.

Gently pull the keys forward (ie. toward the player) to release the tab at the rear of the plastic key: there is a notch that hinges on the metal chassis. Watch the springs--- they will fly! keep them seperated by key color. The springs are (were) two different shades of bronze. It will not kill you...

Messaged them via FB. He said he'd check the problem out. Going to try using Firefox. Thanks all/

This place makes (made?) upgrades for some vintage synths. I communicated with them last year about the availability of their MIDI upgrade for the Korg Poly61. Their web page will not connect - Chrome says their security is out of date. Anybody here know a landline or snail address?

Crazy old anal fool that I am, I regret selling lots of synths - seller's remorse.

As in all vintage Ensoniq boards, clean every removable connector. They have a well-known problem with powdery corrosion.

Remanufactured main board MAY be available from
http://WWW.TheSoniq.com

Not, cheap, but have gotten several mainboards from him and saved another Ensonic.