electro-music.com -> General Discussion https://electro-music.com/forum/ What's your favorite hardware synthesizer that you own? https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=455002#455002 It's difficult to pick one synth.

That said, I've been using the Roland MC-101 a lot recently, mostly for the sequencer. That it's small is a good thing, too, even if some of its limitations are a bit frustrating at times.
workethicsmusic Sun, 11 Feb 2024 11:13:29 -0700
Yamaha DX7 Battery replacement issue https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454991#454991 I'm also having that problem where the battery voltage reads too high, yet there is memory corruption. Not sure I have a replacement germanium that will work. The other possibility, though remote, is that the A/D and Sub CPU are getting the wrong valu ... grantb3 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:18:58 -0700 Help me fix my Octave Kitten's keyboard switches https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454919#454919 Hello. I am having similar issues with the keyboard not sending CV to the VCO but getting correct voltages at the CV output jack. I have the Kitten II schematics. Hotparadox Thu, 18 Jan 2024 17:21:26 -0700 Those who make music in Linux... https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454869#454869 :welcome:

I use Linux for lots of stuff, including hosting electro-music.com. So far, I haven't used it for composing or even audio editing, but I'm getting closer to going that route, but not there yet.

A good thing is Reaper runs on Linux. But ...
mosc Fri, 05 Jan 2024 10:06:21 -0700
Looking for MIDI Switcher that handles MIDI Clock https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454689#454689 I had pretty much resigned myself to a purchase of a new midi switcher.

However, I started to notice that the data dropouts happened at a kind of rhythmic pace. I further discovered that it would drop other messages, such as NOTE-ON events.

Thi ...
kkissinger Sat, 25 Nov 2023 13:30:01 -0700
USB 2.0 Audio Interface issues with Mac computers? https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454288#454288 Sadly here in Portugal they are considerably more expensive than that, almost double... :(

But back when I posted, I wasn't sure that my RME Fireface 800 was working that well, as sometimes before my performances, it really didn't want to connect t ...
paugui Tue, 22 Aug 2023 03:59:58 -0700
Microgranny https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454219#454219 Sorry, I don't know anything about the MG, but I like the look of your installation. mosc Fri, 28 Jul 2023 22:12:52 -0700 Waveform phase of basses and guitars https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=453932#453932 is it consistent ? does it matter at what position and how you pluck the string ?

Yes and yes! In other words it is consistently inconsistent. :) I aint gonna sweat it, we'll see what the other basses do.

The noise is crosstalk within the inpu ...
airlock Wed, 07 Jun 2023 19:16:23 -0700
Anyone here familiar with Eaganmatrix? https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=453193#453193 Boy do I feel dumb. I hadn't realized the developer of the Eaganmatrix, Edmund Eagan is right here in town, and is a colleague of the fellow who hired me. So I think I'll be able to get authoritative explanations of what I need to understand from th ... Mark Hammer Fri, 20 Jan 2023 16:39:28 -0700 Legal basis of ARP copies by Korg and Berhinger https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452938#452938 Just to add... any patents on the original ARP 2600 design will have long expired.

The original graphics of the 2600 panel could be subject to subsisting copyright. It depends to what degree the layout is purely functional, or if there is any artis ...
Don Erskine Tue, 06 Dec 2022 17:02:14 -0700
A stroll into synth history https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452890#452890 Sadly, while there are photos of him at the sackbut, and audio recordings of him playing it, there is no film of him playing it, nor is there a complete schematic of it. So some of the controls and what they are intended to do are not well understood ... Mark Hammer Fri, 18 Nov 2022 18:44:17 -0700 Buchla 700/ID700 vs. Yamaha TX81Z/DX21/27/100 https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452674#452674 Not many Buchla 700s were made, and even fewer are working, but the architecture was reborn in Jon Schatz's ID700 softsynth. In the hope of helping people who are fans of the Yamaha 4-op synths a route into ID700 programming, in this video I show whic ... abovenyquist Sat, 08 Oct 2022 14:16:30 -0700 Kurzweil SP7 / Kurzweil SP7 Grand https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452667#452667 Kurzweil SP7 / Kurzweil SP7 Grand

Something really new



Back in early summer 2022, Kurzweil announced the release of a new version of the Stage Electronic Piano “Kurzweil SP7”. There is a certain shortage of microprocessors in the ...
klimkovsky Fri, 07 Oct 2022 14:30:52 -0700
Roland D5 sounding weird... https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452179#452179 Just like everyone else, I pulled my old D-5 out of storage after 20 years, and got the same Check Internal Battery error, and warbly underwater sound. But thanks to everyone’s great advice, I was able to fix the D-5, and now it plays perfectly nor ... timler Wed, 20 Jul 2022 20:45:23 -0700 Korg Oasys Not Booting https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452073#452073 I think the screen in mine was that well taken care of, cause it's even missing a screw in one of the sides, and it happened to fall down twice (I have since put some stuff behind the screen to make sure it doesn't fall again), but the image on it is ... paugui Sat, 25 Jun 2022 16:27:43 -0700 Electronic Musical Instruments and the Developement of the https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=452002#452002 What a great, interesting read. Thanks for sharing! Sven Wed, 08 Jun 2022 06:46:54 -0700 EML-101 - KB S&H problem https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=451977#451977 When using a scope: NEVER try to read the voltage over the timing cap (the probe will drain this capacitor) Grumble Sun, 05 Jun 2022 22:11:02 -0700 Amdek/Roland CMU 800- no interface available https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=451670#451670 This is probably down to the fact that there are no working MIDI contro! modules for this anymore.
Your man at Beatnik in Japan is not responding to emails, and those of us "oldfarts" that don't do digital, don't have the chops to design anything to ...
paulmorison Thu, 21 Apr 2022 19:34:47 -0700
What device is this? https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=451641#451641 I think you are totally right, thank you! European Sat, 16 Apr 2022 07:04:51 -0700 Minimoog model D reissue filter https://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=451302#451302 Does anyone have the filter schematic for the reissue? Mick Bailey Sat, 19 Feb 2022 07:36:23 -0700