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Pedal guts pics

Presenting

Snazzy Fx Tracer synth

remake of original pedal. Snazzy FX and Erica Synths teamed up as Snazzy LV to bring back the experimental cult effect pedal Tracer City

#Pedal guts pics #Snazzy fx #Educa synths

Keytar yamaha KX 5

I'm trying to fix this instrument that hasn't received much attention. It's been lying in the corner of the studio for years.

It's an 80s-style keytar with a stick fixed to the keyboard. It's wacky retro stuff for keyboard players who think they're guitar heroes. Fuck yeah!!! Herbie Hancock style!

Well, here are the problems with my KX5: the B-flat keys and some of the other keys don't seem to work, and the MIDI channel switch button does not change to channel 2.

Everything looks good inside: no burning caps in the PCB and all cables are connected.

Are the ICs faulty? There’s some dust on the PCB, but it looks very good for something that hasn't been used for a long time. First, I will clean the PCB (main and MIDI) with Isopropyl Alcohol Dueci L15. What happened, bro? Everything works fine. Sometimes, a simple clean is all that's needed for a repair. Simple fix.

#synthesizer #yamaha #Kx5 #Keytar #midi keyboard

Mfb 503

Yeah, yeah, yeah! I bought this little drum machine, very cheap, as a faulty unit. To find it was a super easy fix!

It looks like there's nothing wrong inside. But the two middle encoders were jumpy. The snare sound was only present when I pressed down on the case at random points, too. The case is made of cheap plastic. I don't know if all MFB 503 cases are like this. Strangely, though, mfb seems to have cut costs by cutting out some screw housings in the bottom of the case to fit the main board. However, these cut housings caused an intermittent snare noise. Nevertheless, I secured it with some pads and voilà… problem solved!

I cleaned the encoders with isopropyl alcohol and refluxed the 10-pin header that soldered the display to the main board on the left-hand side of the display. The jumpy encoders are gone!

It's a beast of a beat engine. It's Roland TR-909 style, but without the clap. I love the bass drum and snare. The bass can be boomy techno heaven or subtle enough to mix well with piano sounds. I'm no drum machine expert — I've always preferred real acoustic drums — but I'll certainly be using this drum machine for my next album.um.

#Mfb #Mfb 503 #Repair #drum machine