The Wonderful World of Analog Synths..........&@#@*(*@_#

Post by **wiss** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:30 pm

SO,

I have a wonderful Roland RS 101 in great shape and just a wonderful player. I find this to be a better string synth than RS-505, yeah the 505 and RS-09 have some perks that make them a bit more diserable. Audio IN and control of the Chorus. The strings and brass are much better on the RS 101.

I've had it on ebay, off ebay, and request from 10 watchers to post it back up. Then I decided just to sell locally, I dont like shipping synths. So last night I sampled the holy piss out of it, one more time to make sure I have it caputerd.

Today the person coming to buy it is on there way, I move it down stairs into the garage for showing. I plug it in and what you do you know it's not working. WHAT THE FRICK!!!!!!!!! I had to call him and tell him it's not working now, I dont know what is happening, I am so sorry for wasting your time. He was on the road and was coming from an hour away.

I thought to myself what the h**l, there has to be something to this. I opened it up and I see both fuses have slipped out of place. I pop them back in and POW she is working like champ. I did call him back to let him know that it was the fuses but I all I got was his machine. I did leave a message and played it over the phone.

I guess the RS-101 didnt want to leave me and I am glad it made the choice.

Hossinfeffa · Post by **Hossinfeffa** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 8:52 pm

It's funny how things work out like that. Me personally, I believe if I don't manage to get something, it's for the best. Even if you're bidding on ebay and lose at the last second, it's most likely better that way. Who knows, it could have been broken when you got it or something go wrong with it a week later. Maybe even you manage to save money the second time around.

Automatic Gainsay · Post by **Automatic Gainsay** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 9:08 pm

:::sighs:::

Ah, fuses.
I don't know HOW many times they have been responsible for me getting great deals!
One of the best things you can hear from someone is "I turned on, but there was nothing... no lights, no sound, nothing." It gets me rubbing my hands together. Of course, it could mean that the power source has failed, but that hasn't been the case yet for me.

Tardis · Post by **Tardis** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:10 am

My analogs cop attitudes if I don't play them for a while.
The SH-1000 mis-fires for the first hour of playing.
The Mono/Poly needs at least 30-60 minutes to warm up.
The Teisco is just plain batty sometimes...
The System 100 & Poly Ensemble are 100%, prolly cause they see the most use.
Analogs are funny, sometimes not HA HA funny though.

I suppose thats what gives them character.

Sexor · Post by **Sexor** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 3:14 am

Hehey!!! We're Teisco buddies

cartesia · Post by **cartesia** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:15 am

Hossinfeffa wrote:It's funny how things work out like that. Me personally, I believe if I don't manage to get something, it's for the best. Even if you're bidding on ebay and lose at the last second, it's most likely better that way. Who knows, it could have been broken when you got it or something go wrong with it a week later. Maybe even you manage to save money the second time around.

such an optimist, you are!

If I miss out on something, I usually tend to believe it's because everything bad always happens to me.

And if i do buy something, and it is broken, i say "that will teach me for leaving my life in fate's hands"

Sir Ruff · Post by **Sir Ruff** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 4:17 am

Analogue synths have souls...

Phollop Willing PA · Post by **Phollop Willing PA** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:02 pm

Sir Ruff wrote:Analogue synths have souls...

Uh oh - here we go again...

th0mas · Post by **th0mas** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:41 pm

Automatic Gainsay wrote::::sighs:::

Ah, fuses.
I don't know HOW many times they have been responsible for me getting great deals!
One of the best things you can hear from someone is "I turned on, but there was nothing... no lights, no sound, nothing." It gets me rubbing my hands together. Of course, it could mean that the power source has failed, but that hasn't been the case yet for me.

that got me a yamaha cs-20m for $70, but then again replacing the fuses only last for ~5 hours use so I guess that powersupply rebuild is higher on my TODO

not quite as good as the sh-1000 with sustain set to 0 sold as non-working

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Post by **Solderman** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:02 pm

I had a friend who claimed he bought a so-called non working Micromoog from someone for $30, and it turned out to be filter cutoff and envelope for it were both at zero. It was actually 100% functional, even that damn fussy pitch ribbon.

Automatic Gainsay · Post by **Automatic Gainsay** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:07 pm

Solderman wrote:I had a friend who claimed he bought a so-called non working Micromoog from someone for $30, and it turned out to be filter cutoff and envelope for it were both at zero. It was actually 100% functional, even that damn fussy pitch ribbon.

That's how I got the Technics SY-1010 I had.
"The thing works, but it just won't stop making noise!"
Ha ha, the delightful and oft-misunderstood "Initial Gain" knob. : )

Post by **THM** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:07 pm

Phollop Willing PA wrote:
Sir Ruff wrote:Analogue synths have souls...
Uh oh - here we go again...

I agree with Sir Ruff; actually they really do !!
You have to take their temper too, but I couldn't live anymore without my analogs...

Phollop Willing PA · Post by **Phollop Willing PA** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:13 pm

THM wrote:
Phollop Willing PA wrote:
Sir Ruff wrote:Analogue synths have souls...
Uh oh - here we go again...

I agree with Sir Ruff; actually they really do !!
You have to take their temper too, but I couldn't live anymore without my analogs...

Me too, unfortunatly...

crystalmsc · Post by **crystalmsc** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:45 am

Phollop Willing PA wrote:
THM wrote:
Phollop Willing PA wrote: Uh oh - here we go again...

I agree with Sir Ruff; actually they really do !!
You have to take their temper too, but I couldn't live anymore without my analogs...
Me too, unfortunatly...

there's a life in analogs

Analogue Crazy · Post by **Analogue Crazy** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:36 pm

crystalmsc wrote:
Phollop Willing PA wrote:
THM wrote:

I agree with Sir Ruff; actually they really do !!
You have to take their temper too, but I couldn't live anymore without my analogs...
Me too, unfortunatly...
there's a life in analogs

Even my brand new Andromeda dos'nt behave itself at times, especially at gigs with tons of stage lighting.

The Wonderful World of Analog Synths..........&@#@(@_#

The Wonderful World of Analog Synths..........&@#@(@_#