My first thought is that perhaps the internal speaker did not survive the drumming. I would plug in a set of headphones/earbuds and see if that still works. ...
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richardgoulstone
richardgouls...
Jan 23, 2012 4:10 am
Hello everyone. This is my first post. I bought an SK-1 from the Goodwill today. Disappointed to find that it didn't power up either with AC power supply or...
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Lorne Hammond
kidtronic
Jan 23, 2012 5:44 am
Read carefully on p. 12 of the service manual about the power circuit. Lots of circuits use voltage regulators easily sp[otted by the finned heat sink and the...
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Tom Green
tgreen2905
Jan 23, 2012 2:32 pm
Whoa, don't just go replacing stuff willy-nilly... I'd say 9 times out of 10 the problem is a bad filter capacitor. Check the large electrolytic cap(s) in...
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richardgoulstone
richardgouls...
Jan 23, 2012 2:54 pm
Thank you Tom and Lorne for your valuable advice. As often is the case, it turned out to be something simple which I had overlooked. I was going through...
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Tom Green
tgreen2905
Jan 23, 2012 4:41 pm
Excellent job! That's an unusual problem - good eye. As far as to mod or not - my opinion is - MOD! But then, I'm a circuit bender... ;-) Actually, it...
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matthew.logsdon@...
matthew.logs...
Jul 7, 2012 5:20 pm
i would like to add a patchbay to my sk-1 but cannot find a complete guide. p.s. all the links on this groups linkpage are dead....
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bill bigrig
billbigrig
Jul 8, 2012 2:10 am
I have some bending circuits for the SK-1. You'd be FAR better off to buy the Reed Ghazala book, "Circuit Bending". It shows a nice bend for the SK-1, Very...
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bill bigrig
billbigrig
Jul 8, 2012 2:14 am
Just solder a wire to all the ram chip pins, be careful with the chip;s power and ground pins, you may fry the instrument. It is just a matter of shorting...
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Lorne Hammond
kidtronic
Jul 8, 2012 6:47 am
Be aware that Ghazala has posted a few online corrections to the book on his website. It's a classic how to. Lorne in canada From: CasioSK@yahoogroups.com...
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CasioSK@yahoogroups.com
Jul 31, 2012 3:11 pm
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CasioSK group. File : /Casio SK...
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CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler
cyberyogi_co...
Jul 31, 2012 3:29 pm
Hello, I am collector of music keyboards and electronic sound toys and partly modify them into synthesizers. Here is my keyboard site: ...
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Graham
gmeredith1
Aug 1, 2012 2:43 am
Hi Christian! Welcome aboard! Your Tablehooters site is well known around these parts - great to have you here - your immense knowledge of all the strange...
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yerzmyey
yerzmyey@...
Aug 1, 2012 8:17 am
... http://weltenschule.de/TableHooters/index.html ... Yupp, the site is for maaaaaaaany years my main sources of informations about toy-synthesizers. Thanks a...
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CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler
cyberyogi_co...
Aug 2, 2012 4:38 am
Be careful. I gues I have written partly a lot of bullshit about the purpose of certain Casio ICs (I rather compared user functions than looking on the...
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CasioSK@yahoogroups.com
Aug 2, 2012 4:43 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CasioSK group. File : /Casio SK...
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plutoniq9
Aug 27, 2012 9:34 pm
A few years ago I partly decoded the sk-1 ROM, I created a new soundbank that was pretty cool. Ive got a spreadsheet floating around someplace with my...
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mcdonaldtavish
Feb 7, 2013 6:42 am
Hey guys, I'm new here I don't know much about electronics but I might be of help in some cases. Right now I need help from you guys. I have built a 555 LFO ...
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mcdonaldtavish
Feb 7, 2013 8:08 am
... I'm seeing on the lfo pdf in the file section that there is talk of a photoresistor, so is this 100% necessary?...
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eliewho2003
Feb 7, 2013 12:22 pm
It could be the ill wind shown in your dwg is creating bad circuit karma...otherwise, the led/photocell is converting the voltage output of the 555 to a...
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mcdonaldtavish
Feb 8, 2013 3:22 am
Hi there, okay so a photoresistor is needed, and you solder it to the pitch points on the sk, then you glue this to the LED then tape it up so no light gets...
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Richard Goulstone
richardgouls...
Feb 8, 2013 3:58 am
I'm no expert on SK1 but I think mcdonaldtavish is right on the money. An LED and a photoresistor taped together is generally called a 'vactrol' - google it....
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mcdonaldtavish
Feb 16, 2013 5:27 am
HI guys! I was really stoked to try the slow AD mod but when I did it, although it did work to an extent it seem to do what I was expecting. It would only do...
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Graham
gmeredith1
Mar 8, 2013 12:33 am
Hi everyone, I just recently picked up a Casio DM100. This is a dual-keyboard combo organ, with what appears to be an MT240-type keyboard on the lower...
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Graham
gmeredith1
Mar 19, 2013 10:38 am
Latest update - I have MIDI installed! Fitted out upper and lower keyboards each with a Highly Liquid UMR2 MIDI in/out module. Both the upper and lower...
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Tom Green
tgreen2905
Mar 19, 2013 1:17 pm
Sounds amazing Graham! -Tom ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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CasioSK@yahoogroups.com
Apr 19, 2013 3:43 am
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the CasioSK group. File : /Casio SK...
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CYBERYOGI =CO= Windler
cyberyogi_co...
Apr 19, 2013 4:04 am
I am researching how the various Casio SK-keyboards technically differ. -Has anybody a service manual of Casio SK-100, SK-200, SK-2100 or Hohner PK60? They use...
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Craig Cullum
craiggcullum
May 21, 2013 2:49 am
I'm kinda excited about a $5 find I got on the weekend: an M-Audio E-Keys 37 USB MIDI keyboard. It's meant to be a learning "toy" for children but I see it as...
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eliewho2003
May 22, 2013 2:52 am
Unfortunately, you can't "bend-it", it doesn't make sound, it only tells the computer (via the USB interface and driver program) what sound to make. It's just...
