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by sergiommms
Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:14 pm
Forum: Gear Services & Other Goods
Topic: Custom-built multi-bank Roland M-256/M-512 memory cards
Replies: 529
Views: 738311

Re: Price gouger alert!

Just to bring this to people's attention: There are apparently people out there who find it acceptable to re-make an open-source design and sell it for twice the original price. I think these people violate everything this project stands for, and should be ashamed of themselves. I hope you fine fol...
by sergiommms
Mon May 11, 2020 5:42 pm
Forum: HELP!
Topic: AKAI AX-80 membrane buttons
Replies: 6
Views: 5092

Re: AKAI AX-80 membrane buttons

(...) you'll find several display bar graphs that (1) have segnemts on all the time, (2) are dead, or (3) have what looks like two graphs at the same time. The driver ICs are running right at the max voltage and channels will die, or short. (...) check all the 4000-series ICs that decode the CV. Ca...
by sergiommms
Mon May 11, 2020 5:40 pm
Forum: HELP!
Topic: AKAI AX-80 membrane buttons
Replies: 6
Views: 5092

Re: AKAI AX-80 membrane buttons

(...) I too am having issues with the membrane buttons. 7, 15 and 30 are all being finicky. Could this be due to the way the boards are joined together with those staples or does it sound like the buttons themselves are wearing out? What do I need to properly diagnose this? Check out all of those s...
by sergiommms
Wed Jun 19, 2019 9:24 am
Forum: General Synthesizers
Topic: Akai AX80
Replies: 33
Views: 15544

Re:

Does anyone know how to go about replacing the knob and the screens. 2 of my screens are all fudged up and just show FULL bars. That is the problem that user rhino antecipates here: http://forum.vintagesynth.com/viewtopic.php?t=72786 Question is... how to solve it? (which ones are the actual defect...
by sergiommms
Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:25 pm
Forum: General Synthesizers
Topic: Kawai K5000, which version to choose?
Replies: 17
Views: 8231

hmm. thanks for the correction. the S and R have pcm waves as well. so im guessing the W just has more then? when i bought my first k5000 (shortly after it came out), i intentionally avoided the W. maybe it was because i just didnt need additional PCMs then? i dont know, i thought there was more to...
by sergiommms
Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: Gear For Sale
Topic: VSE - Good trader/seller thread
Replies: 2142
Views: 1335272

Just adding another good trader...sergiommms. We had a detailed trading business planned and although we ended up just selling each other stuff (well, me selling him QM309 and Harmann Neuron VS and Midimax controller) it was a real pleasure. Reliable, friendly and fast payment as they say at the ba...