Got a new addition to the hardware family, a vintage Roland JP-8000 (circa 1996 according to the SN). I managed to snag this bad boy pretty cheap, and it was in really good condition (besides the audio issue).
This beauty sounds great after I did some re-work to restore the audio by replacing the capacitors in the audio signal chain (it's a known issue). I've been having a lot of fun playing around on an actual synthesizer again. Something I've not done in 20 years or so.
I'm really looking forward to incorporating this beast into my music making/recording.
This beauty sounds great after I did some re-work to restore the audio by replacing the capacitors in the audio signal chain (it's a known issue). I've been having a lot of fun playing around on an actual synthesizer again. Something I've not done in 20 years or so.
I'm really looking forward to incorporating this beast into my music making/recording.
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Nice shape for being over 25 years old. And yeah, old caps tend to dry out and open up.
Indeed, this beast was in really nice condition. Only two of the caps were really in bad shape (the two on the board power conditioning). When I removed those, there was caked on electrolytic I had to clean off. The others were not so bad, but still replaced anyway. One of these days I need to "finish" the job and replace the PSU caps...
With Radio Shark gone, I don't even know where to look for that sort of thing. There is a place about 25 miles away, but it's a haul and they don't have the exotic stuff (they get force feed from a distributor).
Hell yeah! The super saw is warm and fuzzy, and oh so inviting (especially if you give it a touch of chorus and delay). :D
I need to make up a patch and record some vintage audio goodness to share with everyone.
I need to make up a patch and record some vintage audio goodness to share with everyone.
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