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| 2651.1 | | EEMELI::VERGHESE | | Wed May 29 1991 13:54 | 8 |
| There's a company I England who specializes in MIDI retrofits.
They advertize regularly in Music Technology (UK) magazine,
and if I remeber correctly, they have a retrofit for the OB-Xa.
I'll check the name and address of the company tonight, if that's
any help.
Joachim
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| 2651.2 | thanks - I'll be waiting | DYPSS1::SCHAFER | What's on YOUR mind? | Wed May 29 1991 16:56 | 8 |
| Thanks for the offer - I'll take you up on it. Given that I've struck
out in the states, I'll take just about any help I can get at this
point.
It's strange how the "rest of the world" seems to value older equipment
more than folks here in the US.
+b
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| 2651.3 | $.02 | 38388::MISKINIS | | Wed May 29 1991 18:31 | 22 |
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>> It's strange how the "rest of the world" seems to value older
>> equipment more than folks here in the US.
Hi!
Perhaps we just don't advertise our "lust" for older equipment!
This way we can scoff it up REAL cheap, especially used/abused
stuff. You should have seen the look on my friend's face when
I came back from a local used music store with a Roland MSQ700
for $99.95! He paid $950 when it first came out (~1984).
It's really a weird phenomenon... I personally think some of
the older stuff is made MUCH better than the new stuff. It
may take a few old boxes to do the job of one new box, but
if you can live with that, it's a buyer's market!
Just my 2 cents worth!
_John_
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| 2651.4 | synths can't handle their beer | DYPSS1::SCHAFER | What's on YOUR mind? | Wed May 29 1991 20:09 | 17 |
| Well, this thing was a real war-horse. Was formerly owned by a band
called Midnight Star (black/funk band - remember them?). One of them
spilled a beer in the thing, which caused the power block (including
the switch) to fratz, and gummed up the keys tremendously.
A band called the Walter Eugenes (obscure Ocean artists) bought it and,
rather than simply replacing a bad switch, decided to do major surgery
and cut a hole in the top sheet metal panel, trying to use a light
switch instead of the regular switch ($ SET FUSE/BLOW=TRUE).
I got it for $50. Lots of TexPads, a can of SwissMagic body putty, and
lots of dis/assembly work later, I've almost got a 2nd OB-Xa.
Now if I could just find someone who sells power switches, service
manuals, and a MIDI retrofit, I'd be in the biz.
+b (who's almost O-D'ing on being able to note so much of late)
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| 2651.5 | | EEMELI::VERGHESE | | Fri May 31 1991 03:57 | 9 |
| Sorry for the delay.
I posted the address of that British company in 5.50.
The OB-Xa retrofit kit plus installation costs 200 pounds,
the kit alone is probably a bit cheaper.
As for service manuals, you could try contacting Oberheim/Gibson,
see note 5.37.
Joachim_the_analog_freak
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| 2651.6 | thanks! | DYPSS1::SCHAFER | What's on YOUR mind? | Fri May 31 1991 10:07 | 16 |
| Oberheim/Gibson is sick of me. I've been bugging them off and on since
the days of the "newly-released" OB-8 (ie before Oberheim was bought
out by 14 other companies 8-), wondering about when they would offer an
OB-Xa to OB-8 upgrade. Silly me.
Incidentally, they *don't* have any service manuals for the OB-Xa. Not
even a xox'd copy.
In any event, I really appreciate the info on Kenton - I may just give
them a ring. (But, since I already have a Numera kit, I was hoping
that someone would be willing to contact them as well.)
I wonder what �200 plus *shipping* is going to set me back in good old
Yankee sawbux?
+b
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| 2651.7 | | RGB::ROST | Jimmy Blanton's love child | Fri May 31 1991 11:07 | 5 |
| The transfer of ownership to Gibson was messy at best. One software
developer I spoke with once told me that they managed to lose *all*
the sysex documentation on the Xpander, for instance.
Brian
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