NOTICE: this is a mail I sent to one man but you may treat this text as being adressed to all of you. Hey I signed up for the yahoo w30 list and spent last 3...
This is a plea for help! I've had a recurring problem with my W30 in that several keys in the middle octave do not work properly. I have taken my W-30 apart...
I had the same problems and more. I think if your keyboard hasn’t been opened up for a while, once you clean one area, you disturb all the bits of dirt in...
Hi, ... DO NOT USE ALCOHOL!!!!!!!!!!!! You will wipe away the conductive surface that makes the keyboard work! Use cotton wool buds and carefully wipe both the...
... some Q ... compressed ... on the ... work! ... rubber ... I did ... problems ... Thanks for this guys. Would that involve cleaning all of the circuit ...
Hi, ... If you need to clean the boards, there are two ways I suggest: 1/ With cotton wool buds and iso-propyl alcohol (IPA) clean off any visible dirt. Do...
Hi ... I think it will be some timer before Frankie gets round to finishing it off. I am hosting his website on my site (follow the URL below) as his time is...
Will the FDD from a Roland MRC500 do ? Or any similar gear ? The drive in my W30 died and I am wondering... maybe all I need to do is to buy a broken...
Hi Neil, Thanks for the advice. Well, I cleaned the contacts using cotton buds as suggested a few days ago. The keyboard seemed to be fine for a couple of...
Seems like the carbon contacts wear out... This isn't solved just with cleaning. You need to reforce the contacts on the board and the rubber membrane. I use a...
Anyone know where I can find a replacement power cord for a w30? there's one for sale at a local shop without system discs or a cord. I got the system discs...
Hosa makes a replacement, big music stores might have one. ... From: Brian D. Taylor To: rolandw30@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:39 PM ...
is this it? http://www.hosatech.com/hosa/products/PWC-178.html thanks, brian ... From: elmacaco To: rolandw30@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 7:43...
When I bought mine, I didn't think it was working because the contrast on the LED was turned way down--a little button on the back. Is there a Roland dealer...
thanks, sandra. I am actually pretty familiar with the w30; in my last band we used it primarily (sequencing drums, synths, fx, etc) -- see examples at www....
yup, that's the one. ... From: Brian D. Taylor To: rolandw30@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [Roland w30] power cord is this...
There's another easy solution. Open the W30 and replace the power connector with a regular one. I made this on several of my old Roland and Korg equipments. ...
Hola como estan? Yo les quiero pedir, suplicar, que vayan al recital que voy a hacer este jueves 7 a las 21 hs en The Cavern - Paseo La Plaza, Corrientes 1660...
I've done this too, quite easy if you're the soldering type, but for the case of the one in the pawn shop, you'd be better served by walking in with the power...
i've purchased the w30. I got it for 100 bucks using the lack of system disks and power cord as leverage. I got a power cord (OEM Roland, not Hosa). It turns...
Radio Shack apparently no longer carries 720K disks. the 1.44 trick isn't working on my pc (W2k) or my mac (OS9.2). am I missing something? thanks, brian ... ...