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super old bump, but anyone know where this LP is still available?

Nice thread! I started out repairing old gear (kind of necessary when you like old synths) then moved in to more DiY stuff and I've done a handful of things at this point. I'm in no way an expert but here's some advice based on my experience:

• Don't skimp on the iron. Get a station with variable heat control. I have a Hakko FX-888.

• Learn how to clean and tin your tips (watch videos on youtube).

• Don't skimp on solder. I bought a lb of Kester 44 Rosin Core Solder 63/37 for my last project and it made a huge difference in the quality of joints. I much prefer it to lead-free. I just make sure to wash my hands before I eat

• Get a flux pen.

• Desoldering sucks. Use the measure twice, cut once method and make sure your components are correct before you solder them on.

• Take breaks if you get bored or strained. If you solder something wrong it can set you back big time.

• You may not need it at first for simple projects but a good meter can be very helpful for calibrating components and diagnosing problems when things go wrong. I have a low-end fluke meter and it's more than I could ever need.

Good luck, and have fun

This guy has some great videos, easy to watch and very helpful.
http://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog

btw, what are you selling?

Thank you!

Turns out one of those just turned up locally on craigslist. I'll look in to the routing options and see if it makes sense to me. Ideally I would have one or two groups and those would sum to the master.

There's a midas 160 available locally as well, which looks great, but it's over twice the price. 

I have the Jomox 999 and a TR-909. I didn't plan on getting the TR-909 but it sort of fell into my lap in a good trade. I expected to have some fun and sell it for a profit. When I got it home and played with the kick drum I immediately understood what people were talking about. It's probably the pinnacle of kick drums for dance music IMO. The Jomox line sounds great, and has more features, a diverse palette, and a lower price, but it's not a 909. So if you want something that will cure your 909 lust look elsewhere. If you want a truly great and unique drum machine get the XBase. Just realize it's not a clone.

To add to your search for alternatives, these modules look cool and I think some of the sequencing options available with eurorack are pretty exciting. No idea how they sound though.
http://www.analoguesolutions.org.uk/con … odules.htm

Good luck!

I did this on one of my Junos a few years ago. Such a pain to desolder those damn chips.

I didn't have much time to work on music earlier this year so I sent my other 106 to the Synth SPA for a full restoration as some of the knobs crackled and the out would distort really easy. Sounds absolutely amazing now, whatever else he did specifically improved the low end a lot.

I've had one for a little over a year now. It's fantastic, really everything I could want in a drum machine.

You have 4 analog drum sounds, kick, snare, low tom, high tom, each with many options to customize the sound. For example with the kick beyond basic pitch, tone and envelope controls you have harmonics, compressor, eq, noise, filter controls.

The remaining sounds are sample based, and you can load your own samples into the machine. I believe it's around 30 different samples per sound you can load.

The great thing about the samples is that they all run through a VCA that distorts very nicely when you push the sound, and you have additional filter controls if you want to shape the sound a bit. You can of course alter pitch and attack/decay for these sounds as well.

Another great feature of the 999 is that you can program sounds on a per step basis. For example, you can load different hat sounds in the same pattern at different steps. Additionally you can change the settings per step so you can pitch a drum or tom up and and down to create basslines. I put some chord samples into mine so I can do basic chord memory type patterns when I want to.

There is also a filter that you can program on the sequencer but I don't use this feature that much.

The biggest complaint about the Jomox is the interface. I don't find it confusing but many people do. I always read the manual when I get new gear, so once I figured out the different modes of operation I was good to go. Each one of the parameter knobs can control the volume of the different sounds and can be clicked down to mute the different sounds, which is a nice touch. You can edit and switch patterns and drum kits independently without stopping the unit but I could see if you are uncomfortable with the machine it may be easy to unintentionally switch a pattern or drum kit.

I really love mine and don't see myself ever getting rid of it. It's definitely worth checking out if you are in the market for a great sounding drum machine.

The 999 sample packs from wave alchemy got me interested in the drum machine, and I think they are a good representation of the range of the kick drum.

You can also load the tok tok and dr walker sounds into the 999 so demos like these could be helpful as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gm2xHj1gJN4

If they were used in a TV station they probably have a lot of wear on the heads. You can find replacements on ebay but who knows what the quality is like.

Do you know anyone who can calibrate it for you? If so might be worth something, I'd offer 50$ unless you are feeling generous. They will never be used again by that station and your boss is right they will probably be chucked.

Anyone service a Juno 60 before?

I have just put a midi kit into mine, replaced a few sliders and the battery but I have a bit of crackle in the output at various volume levels. This has been my experience with most older synths but I'm wondering if it's diagnosable and repairable somehow?

Any tips?

This is a pretty neat concept.

Imagine if you buy time with a synth online, then control the layout from a web browser (or better yet plugin) and send it midi, stream and then bounce the output.

Or just interface with your own synths while you're away from home (like slingbox).

That would be a fun business to run.

Made a trade for one of these. Still like my 999 more but i've never had a 909 before so it'll be nice to experiment with the real deal.

That's pretty sweet. I should try and do that with my Zed R16