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Lately, my Juno-6 had been acting up - the pitch was unstable and a mystery LFO-like pulse seemed to plague each of the oscillators So, on a whim, I opened it up and cleaned out the two decades worth of dust, hair, and grime from the inside. (Who originally owned this crazy thing I bought for $180 at a Greyhound bus stop in Providence, RI?). The cleaning seems to have solved the problem for now. If anyone has further advice on repairing early 80s Roland synths, let me know.
Posted by marxy at March 14, 2005 10:57 PMIf you are planning to use the synth a longer time, a good idea could be to see if any of the circuits get really hot during operation. This is common on old electronics, and I've stumbled upon it on Hammond organs. Long time heat damages the electronics and it is often very hard to find spare parts. A simple preventive measure is to mount a cooling fin on exposed circuits.
Posted by: johanO at March 25, 2005 8:21 AMThanks, Johan.
My synth unfortunately seems to reverted back to the random pitch instability...
Posted by: marxy at March 25, 2005 11:01 AMIf you need it fixed take to the guys at Five-G in Harajuku.
Posted by: fleep... at April 4, 2005 6:58 PMIf you need it fixed take to the guys at Five-G in Harajuku
That's what I thought, and it turns out they only repair synths that they sold you.
Posted by: marxy at April 4, 2005 8:13 PMThat's interesting. I never knew that! As I have always seen them fix instruments from international customers. Maybe they bought if from them as I know they have a good reputation for older synths. I'll see if my friends @ Digidesign know somewhere.
Posted by: fleep... at April 11, 2005 10:31 AM