Troubleshooting an Ensoniq Mirage

danielwarner · Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 65 Location: Sacramento

Hey all, thought this would be appropriate for the DIY section. A friend of mine recently gave me a broken Ensoniq Mirage. When I power it up, the LCD is completely blank and there is audio output, but it's a constant, quiet, scrambled digital sounding signal.

I checked the power supply with a multimeter and it appears fine.

I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with these beasts. I suspect the floppy drive is the culprit.

elmegil · Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 3:46 pm Post subject:

Probably should give a look at this:

http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/manuals/ensoniq_mirage_dsk-8_service_manual_revision_2.pdf

I have no direct experience with this synth.

good luck! Smile

danielwarner · Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 65 Location: Sacramento

Thanks, I'll check that out!

danielwarner · Joined: Dec 18, 2006 Posts: 65 Location: Sacramento

I honestly don't know what I did right, I pulled and resocketed all the ICs available, reset the ribbon cables, and now it works Shocked

elmegil · Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 2:26 pm Post subject:

Sockets have migration problems over long periods of time. Could be one or more of them worked its way loose and you reseated it.