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Re: my SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth board has no capacitor, safe? Issues? in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 1 Nov 2022

Thanks for the reply. The board somehow works fine, it's been in use now consistently ever since I posted this thread. How/why it can work perfectly without its capacitor is beyond me, but it does work, just fine.

Re: audio in on Fantom 6....can I create an audio track in the sequencer? in Fantom Platform · 20 Aug 2022

Thanks for your reply. Recording entire songs within the synth is my objective. Which synth(s) might you recommend for that purpose?

audio in on Fantom 6....can I create an audio track in the sequencer? in Fantom Platform · 19 Aug 2022

. Greetings - I have a Fantom X6, and it allows me to create an entire song in the sequencer - I can layer in vocals (via the audio in), synth, piano, drums, etc. Can I do the same in a Fantom 6? I've looked at the manua...

my SR-JV80-04 Vintage Synth board has no capacitor, safe? Issues? in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 7 Jun 2022

Greetings - I just got this off eBay. To my amazement, it does not have a capacitor. Instead, where the cap should be is a burn mark. However, it seems to work fine. What do you guys make of this? Safe? Issues? thanks Ri...

Re: JD-800 headphone out - one channel is louder than the other! in Classic Roland instruments · 3 Aug 2021

Greetings Jim - thanks for the reply. I ended up fixing this problem. I found a spare slider pot board and installed it, and the problem went away. The problem was the volume slider. So all is well. thanks! Richard

JD-800 headphone out - one channel is louder than the other! in Classic Roland instruments · 24 Mar 2021

Greetings - I've got a JD-800, everything works, and it looks good too. The issue is that the stereo headphone out sends a stronger signal to one channel (at this moment, I forget which channel) than the other. So, if yo...

what keybed does the JD-800 use? Fatar? Other Roland keys? in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 7 May 2019

Greetings - The JD-800. 1) What keybed does it use? Presumably a Fatar? What model? 2) Also, what other Roland synths use the same keybed? thanks! Richard

JD-990 can't save to memory card? " in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 17 Feb 2019

Greetings - I recently got a JD-990 (great synth) from eBay, and it sounds great and works perfectly. I think. I just tried saving some patches to my Roland M-256E card. I followed the Sweetwater directions, below, and w...

Re: 5080 OS update with SM card.... not working! Advice? in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 4 Feb 2019

Let us know how you get on... Steve Steve, thanks for replying. Success! Finally, for lack of anything better to do (I followed your suggestions, to no avail....but thanks!), I placed the rom file inside of the "Roland"...

5080 OS update with SM card.... not working! Advice? in JD, JV, XP and XV series · 2 Feb 2019

. Greetings - My very cool XV-5080 has OS 1.21 I'd like to update to the current 1.3 I've got a 16mb SM card (you need 4mb to do the OS update) My problem; I've followed the directions per Roland, below. But when I press...

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