Four pages and 11 years, and none of us have ever thought to mention the Polymoog.

Obvious question first: did you check the power supply voltages? The last problem in particular looks like a power issue.

Everybody knows I have a soft spot for the Juno-106, in spite of everything. I guess because it was my first synth, but also because I had a lot of good times with it when I was in a band.

I was not aware until yesterday that Multivox, the company that made cheap knockoff guitars and amps in the '70s, also made some synths at some point. Has anyone ever come across one of these beasts?

I'm thinking the strings on "Down and Out" came from the Polymoog... this album and "A Curious Feeling" was his period of flirtation with that synth. By "Duke" it was gone.

This is the version they are marketing now: http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w365/David_Cornutt/express-xt-large-front_zpsxnbsoxgn.jpg This is mine. I guess it is an early production unit. http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w365/David_Cornutt/20170413_214418_zpsjclxka5v.jpg I personally like the...

Juno 106
JD-800
JD-990
S-750
V-Synth
DR-202 drum machine
Boss DD-20 delay

krzeppa wrote:
Didn't the Andromeda have problems with voice chips failing and loose ribbon cables?

I understand the early Andromedas had some voice chip issues. I'm not up on the details.

Rest in peace to Mr. Kakhashi. He took a company from being a small Japanese manufacturer of drum machines (back when Japanese products still hadn't completely shaken off the 1960s reputation of "cheap") to a worldwide leader in the music industry. I've got a lot of Roland gear. There are a couple o...

I mean, anything of high monetary value is valuable to me... I wouldn't want to just be careless and act like it wouldn't be a big deal if I ruined a thousand dollar synth. Especially since I'm a broke high schooler lol. Oh, I know. It's just that I'm an old fart and I can remember that back in 199...

krzeppa wrote:I was actually looking at those and possibly a Roland System-8 for my live rig.

If you wind up getting the System-8, I'd like to hear about it. What do you envision using it for in that style?

coastalscrub wrote:
- Roland Juno 106 / MKS-7 / MKS-30 / HS-60 - the voice chips have an epoxy coating that eventually short the chips resulting in dead voices.

Never saw it noted here, but the GR-700 also uses those.

Two from my 106: a Taurus-like sustained bass, and a dense string/pad patch.

Just an aside, but it's still hard for me to get my head wrapped around the idea that a 106 is a valuable enough synth that you have to be careful working on one... but I guess that's the way it is these days. After 35 years, working examples of almost anything get scarce.

I want to say that guy from Modern English had an Octave Cat, but I wouldn't swear to it. I used to play that song. That synth patch is just a wide-open square wave. It's the easiest patch in the world. I played it on a Juno-106 and it sounded just like the record.