vidiotsquad » Uncategorized http://www.vidiotsquad.com stuff about stuff Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:57:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 sixtrak – no wonder this synth doesnt work…. http://www.vidiotsquad.com/sixtrak-no-wonder-this-synth-doesnt-work/ http://www.vidiotsquad.com/sixtrak-no-wonder-this-synth-doesnt-work/#comments Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:57:10 +0000 bod http://www.vidiotsquad.com/?p=392 i knowingly bought it as “spare/repair” but the previous owner assured me the cem3394′s were still inside, which considering these are £35 a piece, its a good job! they all appear to work, however a repair appears to have been made at some point and the z80 cpu replaced. unfortunately it would appear a good few of the pcb traces have suffered as a result, and are in need of kludging.

i’m still confident that this poor wee soul can be saved from the synth grave yard *fingers crossed*, but if nothing else i have a few more 3394′s to add to the collection, and a good keybed to re-use in another project.

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Hope everyone had a good christmas!

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