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Using Casio SK-1 mic input as live audio?
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 2:20 pm    Post subject: Using Casio SK-1 mic input as live audio? Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Hi, not sure if any of you are familiar with the Casio RAPMAN but when you input audio to it, it plays live through the speaker.

I'd like to get my SK-1 to do the same thing. I don't care if I lose the sampling feature.

Any tips?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:07 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

According to the block diagram in the service manual, there is a mixer before the final output stage. You might be able to short the line in to that mixer, and still retain sampling function.

http://www.burnkit2600.com/manuals/CASIO_SK-1_SRVC.pdf

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Here is a better copy:

http://www.mediafire.com/view/2udhnym34ny/SK1_ServiceManual.pdf

I'm not sure where the mixer is though. I only see one amp symbol in the schematic, and that is the power amp for the output.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

I have one and a sk-5 as well, or whjatever the one with the 4 octagnal pads is called.
i think its just a simple electret mic running into a 386 (lm386)-type opamp. You could just replicate the mic-to-amp circuit by itself..or, alternately, just stick a distortion pedal on a decent mic & get the same sound generally. I mean, its not really hi fidelity--and it might be easier to replicate the sound than waste a cool synth with LOTS of potential just to get the sound after a good bit of effort.

I dunno, but I got the schematics somewhere, Ill attach em to this pst tomrrow am.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

sorry all i could find was the 5 schematics but here:


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PostPosted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

Evidently, in 2006 someone had both service manuals. See the comments at: http://www.matrixsynth.com/2006/01/brothers-separated-at-birth.html . Perhaps you can track down that person for a copy of the Rap-Man Service Manual to do a comparison.
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 12:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote  Mark this post and the followings unread

What I usually do to find an input for this type of thing is hook up a cable - one end to something that makes noise and the other to a female jack. ground the sleeve of the jack to the circuit ground of what you're working on (speaker "-" is usually a good spot) and poke around with the circuit with a wire connected to the tip of the jack. When you are poking around and hear your noise source, you've found your input. If the input is distorted, you can run a pot in series with that wire to tame it a bit.

**Use batteries to power the keyboard when poking around. You can avoid a shock this way.

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