In this video, I give a demonstration to show the features and sounds of the ARP Omni 2 polyphonic analog synthesizer.
Author: synthchaser
Synthchaser #052 – ARP Omni 2 Troubleshooting & Repair – Dead Voices
In this video I repair a broken ARP Omni 2 where 2 of the 8 voices were broken (Violin and 4′ Synthesizer). I show how the synthesizer works and where common problems are that can cause dead voices and dead ranges of keys. We track down the problems on this keyboard with the oscilloscope and bring it back to working order.
Synthchaser #051- ARP Solina String Ensemble Power Supply Explanation & Rebuild
Synthchaser #050 – ARP 2600 Grey Meanie Troubleshooting & Power Supply Rebuild
I begin the restoration of a very rare (one of ~35 made) ARP 2600 Grey Meanie. I bought this ARP totally dead and intend to do a full restoration of it before I sell it.
Its previous owner thought the power supply was broken, so we check it out and locate the real problem. But, as should be done with every vintage synth, we rebuild the power supply.
If you’d like me to make more videos as I repair and restore this ARP 2600, please let me know!
Synthchaser #049 – Yamaha SK10 Symphonic Ensemble Servicing & Demo
I give a quick demo of the functionality of the Yamaha SK-10 analog synthesizer, and perform a light service on it–cleaning switches and sliders and recapping the power supply. This keyboard is currently for sale on my site.
Synthchaser #048 – Tim’s ARP Omni 2 Restoration & Repair
I restore Tim’s broken ARP Omni 2, rebuilding the power supply, replacing all the polarized capacitors, enhancing the filter, adding my LED sliders, and refurbishing the keybed.
Synthchaser #045-047 – LinnDrum Repair Video Series
In this 3 part series, I repair a poor unfortunate LinnDrum that got wet and very ill.
In the first part, I take a look at some of the problems we’re having, displays are all 0’s, many sounds don’t work and there’s weird and random noise coming from the machine. We rebuild the power supply and clean the sliders and switches.
In this second part, we troubleshoot and repair the electronics causing several of the drum sounds not to work, and track down and repair the phantom “random noises” coming from the LinnDrum.
In the last part, we figure out why the LinnDrum always displays “00” and fix it. Then we install some rechargeable batteries and test everything out. LinnDrum is back to good health. Yay!
Oberheim OB-X Repair Video
I started rolling the video camera when I repaired a very sick Oberheim OB-X. Turns out it suffered some damage from the corrosive effects of mouse urine. We also see the dangers of leaving the old tantalum capacitors in synthesizers. I track down a memory retention issue causing the synth not to store patches correctly. I also show how to rebuild the OB-X power supply and change the battery.
Look for a full set of products in the shop to get your OB-X running smoothly and safely for years to come.
Easier Catalog Navigation
At last I finally improved the catalog navigation. Now you can easily browse products for different synthesizers using the dropdown “Shop” menu and it’s categorized submenus. You can also search the catalog (e.g. “slider” or “OB-Xa”).
Now available! ARP Slider Kits
Synthchaser is happy to announce that we are stocking replacement slider kits for most ARP synthesizers! Newly manufactured to the same specifications as the original CTS sliders, and priced more competitively than other replacement sliders on the market, a kit from Synthchaser is a no-brainer!
Precision LED kits are coming soon for more synthesizers and we will be stocking Moog sliders soon as well.
Shop now:
http://synthchaser.com/?s=slider+kit&submit.x=0&submit.y=0&submit=Search&post_type=product
