Hi, I'm Plutoniq9. Please discuss tips, techniques, modifications.... anything SK but with a core focus on the SK-5 & SK-8. That's my SK-8 on the home page. So...
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plutoniq9
Sep 6, 2005 8:53 pm
I'll be posting modification info & photographs to the files section for the Casio SK-8. While I don't have a SK-5 to compare, I feel that most of these mods...
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CasioSK@yahoogroups.com
Sep 8, 2005 10:37 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 : /SK-8...
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CasioSK@yahoogroups.com
Sep 10, 2005 12:52 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 : /SK-8...
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plutoniq9
Sep 12, 2005 10:12 pm
Hi, Any Sk-8 owners in here with an operation manual willing to scan and upload it? I've already uploaded the SK-5 manual, but I can't locate any online source...
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plutoniq9
Sep 14, 2005 5:28 am
Thanks to a list member, the Casio Sk-1 (Concertmate-500) service manual (including schematics) are now available in the files section; ...
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plutoniq9
Sep 26, 2005 11:51 pm
I managed to secure a copy of the SK-8 service manual through an overseas Casio division, they should arrive in about a week. Once that happens, I'll scan them...
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plutoniq9
Oct 4, 2005 9:41 pm
Hi, You know, this list has about 20+ circuit-benders with SK-5's.....hint hint. I've got the SK-8/Sk-5 service manual the other day.....all the mysteries of...
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kingconga42
Oct 6, 2005 8:34 pm
Nope, just lurking...=] (guess it's time to pop the user post cherry) ... Ah, nice. I knew the drums were seperate from the rest, but didn't know there were 4...
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plutoniq9
Oct 6, 2005 10:30 pm
*correction Yeah, the 4-voices come directley out of the main brain CPU, after this point they go into (4) VCA's (Voltage Controlled Amp) for envelope shaping....
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kingconga42
Oct 12, 2005 9:54 pm
... oh i see, so when you hold one note down, only one VCA is working, then the second key activates the next VCA and so on? Some of the bends i found will ...
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plutoniq9
Oct 17, 2005 8:50 pm
Yeah exactly. If your holding down four notes, it'll split those VCA/Voices up amongst them. So, it could be very interesting for "expanding" the SK's...
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Tim Drage
pics4tim
Oct 18, 2005 10:03 am
Hi, ... Wow, that sounds like some serious modification! Impressive stufff......
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plutoniq9
Oct 19, 2005 4:41 am
Thanks! Everything but the memory expansion is documented with illustrations in the "Files" section of the yahoo group. The memory expansion I'm offering as an...
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kingconga42
Oct 19, 2005 4:33 pm
memory expansion? Can you do that with all the sks, or just the sk8? -justin...
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plutoniq9
Oct 20, 2005 7:38 pm
All of them, Sk-1, Sk-5 & Sk-8. Although, the SK-1 will be limited to 16 banks, but at least they will be non-volatile (won't erase on power down). Of Course,...
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gmeredith1
Oct 24, 2005 2:25 am
Hi plutoniq9, Just joined the user group, this is my first post! Saw that you were getting the schematics for the SK8 in a previous post, wondering if you were...
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plutoniq9
Oct 28, 2005 4:44 am
Welcome to the group, Yeah, I got the service manual & it's a great copy of them....but have to wait until i have access to a scanner to upload them. I didn't...
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gmeredith1
Nov 9, 2005 3:46 am
Hi Plutoniq9, Looking forward to the service manual sometime. Regarding any mods yet, no, I haven't done any more so far, but I am seriously considering the ...
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plutoniq9
Nov 10, 2005 8:20 am
Hi graham, I actually haven't written up the details on the 32x memory upgrade as it's is a lot more complicated than everything else i've written up. I can...
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gmeredith1
Nov 10, 2005 10:50 pm
Hi Ryan, Regarding VCA's, then how about: If it were possible to make an add- on VCA circuit that tapped the signal from the output of the onboard VCA. VCA...
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plutoniq9
Nov 12, 2005 8:58 am
Hi Graham, "if" you were gonna use your own VCA's, you'd want to tap the 4 voices coming direcley out of the main CPU, that is, pre Casio VCA's. Ok, so if...
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mahceenaleen
Nov 16, 2005 9:46 am
As im new on this community let's drop a message to say hello :D I wanted to get a sk5 lately but im on a kind of dire strait and cn't buy anything even...
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mahceenaleen
Nov 16, 2005 7:35 pm
You all know that sk8 has been rereleased as sk8-a right? so you may know that you all, that got a sk8, can finally normally bent their sk to get some new...
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plutoniq9
Nov 25, 2005 8:10 am
Hi & welcome to the list! Actually, the SK-8a was the SK-8 released for the middle eastern market at the same time as the SK-8. It had different rhythms,...
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guillaume richard
mahceenaleen
Nov 25, 2005 10:45 am
kind of crazy mod, just don't understand why they have hidden these features...
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plutoniq9
Nov 30, 2005 12:35 am
I believe they "hid" the arabic scaling on the western models as they are, in general, scales rarely used in western music. The western 12-tone scale, however,...
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guillaume richard
mahceenaleen
Dec 2, 2005 9:16 am
ok, sounds quite logic actually :D...
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vav
chaorta_studios
Jan 19, 2006 2:26 am
So i've gotten an SK5, i know basic electronic stuff, i've successfully passed the soldering test. But i have to say, i've finding this a bit daunting. I was...
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plutoniq9
Jan 20, 2006 3:17 am
All the SK-8 mods should work identical for the SK-5, even though they have clear differences, the sound boards are the same..... I'd be very surprised if...
