Thu Jul 20, 2023 3:24 am
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behndy wrote:also just got in a GS Music E7 -
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:10 pm
coldbrightsunlight wrote:oooooooo
Price is too much for me to buy, but I'd looooove to try the Osmose. sounds so interesting and new!
Heraclitus Akimbo wrote:behndy wrote:also just got in a GS Music E7 -
Looks cool!
Sun Jul 23, 2023 4:58 pm
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Sat Sep 09, 2023 3:50 pm
behndy wrote:yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssss.
Sun Sep 10, 2023 3:57 pm
01010111 wrote:
what do you think of the motorsynth? I’m really tempted to pick one up, but at the same time I don’t know if it’s sonically any better/different from a minilogue and a nice overdrive. Is the motor gimmick a gimmick, or, is it worth it?
Mon Sep 11, 2023 5:00 pm
behndy wrote:01010111 wrote:
what do you think of the motorsynth? I’m really tempted to pick one up, but at the same time I don’t know if it’s sonically any better/different from a minilogue and a nice overdrive. Is the motor gimmick a gimmick, or, is it worth it?
ugh. like. not to be rude but... fuck that thing. it sounds cool, but nothing amazing compared to almost every other good synth i've used. the UI is... not good. and those fuck. ing. MOTORS.
not only are they a gimmick, they are SO damn loud. and i got the new upgraded version that is quieter? can't imagine how shit they were before.
granted, a big part of my annoyance is waiting years for something i bought then being at most meh about it before the ear splitting sounds of the mototrs (ESPECIALLY when it's any higher octave stuff). furking grating on the ears.
do not recommend. they were overpriced before, almost Teenage Engineering over priced now.
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:22 am
Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:15 pm
Pepe wrote:Since yesterday the Roland alpha Juno-2 that I acquired in June is completely repaired. The last thing that I replaced was the faulty slide potentiometer that refused to work in stereo under 75% of the maximum volume.
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I replaced the big electrolytic capacitors and the tantal capacitor of the power supply board as well as the almost 40 year-old and already leaking button cell battery. I also soldered in a new luminous foil for the display. This is almost invisible at daylight, but it is very helpful in the dark as you can see in the pictures.
I cleaned the contact points on the long boards of the keybed with a special eraser that was recommended in a German synthesizer forum and I cleaned the rubber contacts with luke warm water and a toothbrush. After this procedure all the keys worked properly again.
Of course I disassembled the whole synthesizer to clean every part. I removed most of the traces of the tape residue and now it looks pretty good again. The keys were all extensively polished with my favourite plastic polish.
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The only remaining flaw is that the aftertouch only works a little bit if you press on the keys with the full body weight. Sadly this is very common in most of the alpha Juno-2 units. There is a way to repair this, but it includes to remove the complete felt strip under the keys and maybe I will get that done by a repair shop one day.
This is how this instrument looked before the cleaning and maintenance. It was a very, very tough job to get rid of all that tape residue, especially at the parts that you can see in the second picture.
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