I've read that to go from img to edm (for use with the HXC application) it's a simple matter of renaming the file type from img to edm. So the reverse won't work? I can't simply rename edm to img? No. EDM isn't a raw image format. It has a header and rudimentary compression. For what it's worth, I'...

How can the edm files be converted to img files for use with Omniflop? You don't. EDM sucks. The real answer is to use DOS to write the EDM to a floppy and then re-image it. It's not that it's impossible to convert EDM to IMG as the format is documented, but you'd have to write a utility. Having sa...

You clearly have a level of expertise that exceeds my own, however, my opinion is that unless you enjoy such tinkering (possibly you do, if it is related to your day job) then you're over-analyzing the situation. Just recap anything suspect, replace the rectifier bridge and fuses and get the stock p...

Sweet!

Any luck with the bad output channel?

Hi - Boy am I happy to have found this thread! Help: VFX-SD DEAD DISPLAY ISSUE I just got a VFX-SD off its original owner for $98, mostly for the nostalgic value. The synth powers up - small yellow light for a sec in the floppy drive, a sec later the "Sounds" LED lights up as well as the Bank selec...

I don't have specific experience with HxC meets MPC60, but... I've messed with Omniflop and HxC/HFE stuff quite a bit so I would suggest reading a known-good Akai floppy with Omniflop in an XP desktop with internal floppy drive (I'm assuming that's what you're doing, but it needed to be specified, j...

I'll ask the painfully obvious and possibly insulting yet necessary question. Is it a flashed Gotek or a stock Gotek? Because you're not going to get anywhere with a run-of-the-mill Gotek.

Terrific! Some electrical cleaner is nothing more than a lubricant, but you'd want to use something that removes oxidation. Try not to get whatever you use onto the paint job or into anything else that might be solvent adverse. If you can use a dropper or something with a fine and controlled spray n...

Beautiful explanation. Yeah, that absolutely makes sense after you spelled it out.

@Rasputin: Except for D2 I think your reasonings are spot on. Despite how much I post on VSE, I don't have much of a clue, honestly. I pretty much stand on the shoulders of others. I'm curious what you mean about D2 though. That it isn't fried, or that it doesn't matter that it's fried? Or somethin...

fonkyfrancky wrote:Hi! I'm late!
I'm looking for the same parts. Did you find a dealer ?
Cheers!

They're just caps for tactile switches, right? What are the dimensions?

I was thinking something like OMRON B32-1210 might do the trick, but I'm not intimate with the Drumtraks.

Thanks so much for clearing that up for me. I totally understand. So how do I test the transistor and the other part right next to it that you said needed to be check.Q1 and Q4? I don't smell anything. Yeah, D4. Mooger was on the money except I think he typo'd it to Q4. It's a zener diode which is ...

I would gladly just buy them and replace them if you think that's it. If there's somewhere local to you that sells parts then you can try to knock them off one-by-one, but if you have to order them from Mouser, DigiKey, or something then you might as well order all the likely suspects at once. For ...

That yellow meter specifically has a diode test, so you can specifically measure the voltage drop instead of the indirect ways of trying to figure out if it is working or not. Just change the meter to the funny symbol (arrow with a vertical line on the tip) right next to the "200" setting in the res...

also i tried looking at the schematic you said to download. the way i look at it , it seems that the d2 diode is only for the power cord and not the c batteries? i have the c batteries in it now so if this was the case it should work whether or not the plug is working? just trying to understand. ag...