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Comment on Optigan Repair: Fixing Chord Buttons on the 35001

Mark Hart — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:18:24 GMT

Thanks a million. All the chord buttons now work although none of the special effects buttons work. Still trying to figure out why. I was lucky enough to find the volume sensor in the insulation rubble in the bottom when I took the back off. Figured out where it should go and Voila! now I have volume control. If you have any ideas on why the FX don't work please let me know. I
did notice that the thin metallic connections between a couple of the contacts seemed to be worn away.
Anyway, thanks for the great in-depth
guide to disassembling this thing.

Comment on Moog Guitar: 6 Voice Physical Synth?

deFex — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:06:19 GMT

funny you should mention that.

http://www.neutron-sound.blogspot.com

Its a huge project to do my myself. and i have to use some hacks and bodges.

eventually it could be self contained.

Comment on Deep Dish Studio Sale

blah — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:10:42 GMT

what a crock of shit, Deep Dish studio sale, whatever. For all we (should) care, it could be bunch of Mexican sombreros selling their gear, don't try to play this up by mentioning deep dish as a proof of how good this shit must've been.. If it's oh so great, then why are they getting rid of it? More space? Whatever.

Comment on Optigan Repair: Fixing Chord Buttons on the 35001

Grayson — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:29 GMT

I used 400 grit sand paper to clean my contacts. It worked like a charm. One difference with the 35012 and yours is that the two pieces of the PCB are held together with rivets, so the two could not be separated in my estimation. I just folded up some strips of sand paper and flossed the upper contact strips and rubbed down the center of the main contacts. Also, on my 35012 the drum triggers did not make full contact with the pads, so I extended them by gluing thin strips of credit card to the points (on the dark brown switches) in order to give them an extra mm or so. Worked great! Now I need to figure how to clean the keyboard contacts to fix that broken high E... Thanks again for the inspiration to dig in to my Optigan!

Comment on Optigan Repair: Fixing Chord Buttons on the 35001

Johnny — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:38:26 GMT

Cool, glad you found it helpful.

Comment on Optigan Repair: Fixing Chord Buttons on the 35001

Grayson — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 09:56:14 GMT

Dear lord, thank you!

Comment on Deep Dish Studio Sale

Geoffrey West — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:28:24 GMT

Is Deep Dish still selling the gear? I would love to get some it.