Replaced the battery lately?

Floss wrote:Can someone explain 8-2? what vague instructions... what is FCW and FCCW... should you adjust VR2 or VR5 sheesh...

FCW - Full ClockWise
FCCW - Full Counter ClockWise

Maybe the HPF filter switch is defective on the one without bass... I've never had a Juno-6/60 that didn't have bass...

GuyaGuy wrote:

Floss wrote:Ohh... I thouht it was only doing 6. I found somewhere saying when you turn a knob to the right, it uses all 12 or something like that

You can get just 6 with the osc mixer.

You can also get any number of oscs you want by shutting off individual voices (Record+7)...

Yes 106 caps are the same just different color. I have some if you need them.

The pins with the lifted pads could have traces going to them on the other side of the board. Roland often used dual sided boards. Yes you should get an iron with a temp control and you probably shouldn't use a vintage synth to learn how to solder on.

Yeah pick up an MKS-7 for a lot less and get a TR-707 and velocity sensitivity thrown in...

Given your username I'd think you'd need an OB-8...

Z wrote:

CZ Rider wrote: Good trivia question though. I wonder what was the first synth to save patches with names.

Ensoniq ESQ-1 ?

My pre-MIDI Kawai SX-210 has patch names with alphanumeric LED display...

It should tell you in the schematics. If you need an original P-600 DAC I have them...

Have you checked the service manual?

Think I'll be leaving my grey 101 under a blacklight and cash in...

Actually it's already a little greenish...

I used to have a 3-tier Invisible. I found the top tier to be useless and since you can't angle the other tiers they weren't very convenient either...

There were 2 versions of the 106 module board, some didn't have the TP2 connector. Just put your black meter/scope lead on the ground on the board you are testing (in this case to the AG/black wire in the pic (AG is Analog Ground)).

If you're a fan of Kavinsky, as I am, you'll be super surprised to know that he doesn't use vintage synths in his music. Or ever. Here's a snippet from a recent interview in Spin : [ Spin ] Your sound is to some degree nostalgic for a pre-computer electronic era. Have you come to collect vintage ge...