If you're asked to draw a synth (draw your ideal Synth off topic post anyone?) ?? :D TO draw a SYNTH...? What a idea! Yes, outlook and something is still what I would leave for someone else. And if I try then perhaps it will be very reminiscent to Juno-106 again in the color scheme or something bet...

I feel you're someone that forever feels victimized. There are companies making synths the way you want them, but you probably don't want to spend the money! Also, SMD is cheaper, but do you really think components are that much cheaper? Metal enclosures, laser etching, pots, sliders, keys....all o...

still no success with this one. cpu is not sending midi signals, quartz are ok (16 and 12mhz). i'm running out of ideas... anyone? NOT sending MIDI signals? Are there any events occuring when sending MIDI in? Any activity between the CPU and EPROM data lines? EPROM firmware OK? Does the system does...

Thank You all. Yes I feel victimized becouse I see no point to keep consuming cycle running by buying every second year new shiny one. I HOPE that the new ones are really NOT built that way. In many ways I keep old habits, but I welcome all new details which are more reliable. Still many things are ...

I always figured the awesome factor in the old synths was similar to the awesome factor in a lot of old electronic technology, that the WWII parts manufacturing produced a higher standard of reliability which is no longer expected from modern components, so the farther away you get from 40s and 50s...

There is no set up. These are my some thoughts which I wrote. This is the part of the thread where I look around and wonder if you are setting me up. which are trying to imitate the VCO synths . ;-) ? Yamaha AN1x and all other VA-architecture synths? ;-) All the VSTs IMHO too which are "meant to be ...

:D :D And superbright green? well we can do it together. I have opened it and so far I saw no high voltage lines going there. the backlight "module" is a LED array of 36 LEDs. there goes 5V to the whole module. check that that it gets some voltage to its module edges. Mine had 4V on it and it was qu...

Dont panic or worry. If battery gets emty then nothing else happens than patches are forgotten when powering off the synth if the battery is empty. Thats the ONLY thing what happens. The synth still works perfectly without the battery, only that there is no patch memory after synth is turned off. ;)...

[quote="Jabberwalky"]Questions: 1) The synth that made you want to play music: All of them, even the samples. However I began with piano, accordion and then with trackers :) 2) Your first synth: Kawai K4 for a once ROland MKS-50 then 3) The synth that has surprised you most: Yamaha FM-synthesis DX7,...

the next 10 years they were faked, not improved by design (DCOs, ROMplers), I don't understand how DCO or sample-based synthesis is "fake". Is VCO only "true" way of synthesis? NOt what it is but in the way how it is USED or trying to be. HOw many of those synths have presets like "Minilead", "Thic...

That's still cheap!!! These were close to $2000 when brand new so are nowhere near as inflated as Junos (now selling close to the original price), the SH-101 (selling at twice the original price) or the TB-303 (made of unobtanium). Same with the DX7 and M1...they just seem to be getting expensive b...

certainly overworked I am. Becouse if it is just a bootloader issue then its no trouble at all I just had to look the alternative flashprogramming methods and not just do everything "by the manual". EVERY at90usb1286 chip works with that firmware whatever where from it comes. But if to buy from offi...

I think it's expensive because there isn't a direct VST emulation of the D50. Someone tried it and was sued by Roland for using the samples. It's also up there because the keybed is ok. Programming them is an incredible chore. haha, if just samples, then I wonder .. how come that all the samples an...

Yes, you guys are right. No conspiracy going on. Just the thing how gligli put those things made me think that. I perhaps need to take time off if I see things, but which are not there if I look again. (yep... as I searched more background about them then all boils down to PJRC). The difference is t...

Update. I got answer. " hotswank commented Jan 29, 2017 Hi, it does not work with China Teensy clones because they are China Teensy clones!!! Hope that helps." "gligli commented Jan 29, 2017 It does not work with teensy clones because the bootloader is different and p600fw depends on an undocumented...