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electronics repair questions for synths/grooveboxes.

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electronics repair questions for synths/grooveboxes. - waveform.social

where (vaugely) do you live? where do you take your equipment for repair? how much did you pay? … and what did you have done? just curioous… thanks! many years ago, i took a MC303 to the local shop that works on synths… I said “it wont turn on and the power suppy is OK and the power connection to the board is OK, can you help me?” they said… “sure, we can take a look at it” when i went back, they brought it out and said “it wont turn on but the power suppy is OK and the power connection to the board is OK too, so we cannot help you, you will have to send it back to Roland???” this expert opinion cost me $60 20 years ago.

podcasts / audio books / lectures regarding electronic music

https://waveform.social/post/5240

podcasts / audio books / lectures regarding electronic music - waveform.social

I would love to hear about any podcasts / audio books / lectures regarding electronic music / synthesis / audio you may like/ know of. I found this one recently, art+music+technology podcast… various guests from far and wide corners of electronic music and synthesizer circles from present back to the beginning. https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/ [https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/] sadly the host passed away lat year, but the archive remains.

A resource for those new-to and learning Pure Data...

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A resource for those new-to and learning Pure Data... - waveform.social

I had tried to learn Pd several times since the late 90s but it finally clicked and i have been obsessed. some of the things that have really helped me this time are YouTube tutorials… Dr Andrew Brown’s 65-part tutorial series is excellent for newbies, highly recommended… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLx7kjuFheY&list=PLuxj2jXSuTvvqYcDLJ-poN-JxvqX0wq-m [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLx7kjuFheY&list=PLuxj2jXSuTvvqYcDLJ-poN-JxvqX0wq-m] following these left me with the knowledge, and something of a toolkit, to be able to get satisfying-enough results to keep me motivated and excited, and the gears turning