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I was looking for an ensoniq ts-10 service manual mainly. although any other ensoniq ones might be useful.
could also do with a juno 6 service manual if such a thing exists

Yeah, I opened her up and snooped around inside. Nothing immediately obvious.  I managed to find a service manual for the asr-10 online which is fairly similar in construction it seems.  It would appear that the main digital board or the display/keypad board are the most likely problems at the minute. It seems to be a bit random with what it does when i switch on. sometimes nothing at all, sometimes one red light and occasionally the whole screen. at one point every time i pressed a button it printed a character to screen.
Will go back and check all the cables in more detail. Then it'll be onto checking smaller items i guess.  My worry is if its a chip thats fried it'll be a hassle finding a new board.  pity as it seems like it'd be an interesting keyboard.

Well I got round to plugging in and turning on the ensoniq ts10.  It had come from a friend, no real history to it apart from gigged hard.  But it had been out in the car and quite cold. Not sure I gave it quite enough time to adapt to heat indoors.
I turned it on, there was a brief lighting up of the flourescent display and then all went dark.  now i only get a faint green light on the disk drive and when i switch off a brief red flash above one of the buttons.

have i destroyed it? anything i should examine?

well, i got the eps16 in the end.  seems quite nice and should suit my requirements. I don't have room to set up much gear at the moment (tiny house,new baby) so the eps has the keys, sequencer,fx all in one.  told my friend that i'd got an ensoniq and he replied that he has one sitting in his parents house threatening to be chucked out and would i want it.  So i've now got a ts-10 as well!!  the wife's going to go nuts...

well, i remember reading an article in sound on sound about people mixing with compression on the master bus.  I've never actually tried it and most of the time i'd really rather leave technical compression to the pro's and i'd be weary of doing that unless it's an integral part of your sound.
when i play live i often chuck the mix through a little compressor and that works great..

seems like a reasonable price. you can still get nice sounds without the programmer, depends if you're a constant tweaker or are happy just setting a sound for your track to use.
i think midi is supposed to be quite good on those synths.

ur-final frontier

is there a  good way to sequence an ms-10? (apart from the sq-10 which seems to be pricy)

was wondering about triggering it from an mc202. i could do the ghetto cv->vco input  thing, but is there an easy way to trigger it from the 202?  guess i need a trigger inverter or something

I think the most important thing is having instruments you are happy with, whether its a nice interface, pleasant sounds or it just looks inspiring to you.  Too many folk collect synths, particularly considered 'classic' ones, that then sit there doing nothing.  Instruments are there too be played. if you don't use it, clear it out

i wouldnt worry too much about how much you're buying/selling for. i always think swapping is a much nicer way of trading. the important thing is having something you enjoy playing