Just the board, ma'am...

(or, Another Shameless Plug Alert...)

While we mainly handle complete restorations of whole Minis, we will, on occasion, take in just a board or two.
Here's the latest of these "just the board" repairs. In this case, a filter board:




If this service sounds intriguing to you, let me know. :)
Obviously, only repairing a Mini's circuit boards won't fix every single problem with a Mini, but it is a step in the right direction. :)

If you're gonna change caps...

... do yourself and the synth a favor and put the value of the cap face up, and make sure the lead isn't smushed up against the positive side of the cap. That way you look like you know what you're doing. ;-)

Changed some resistors today, too. That always takes me back to my early days with Synthfool, when I helped assemble Polyfusion modules. :)

Workstation pic

My setup for changing caps on circuit boards:

Been doin' the assistant thing lately...

My kitchen table has been my workbench lately. It's perfect for replacing caps on circuit boards and working on keyboard actions. Over New Year's we used said table to assemble the last of the Taurus 1 replacement boards. Lotsa stripping and crimping on my part. :)

I used solder wick for the first time in ages earlier this week. Reminded me of a dozen years ago when I was first learning this stuff. :) I used the power de-solderer today and burned my finger when my hand slipped. Ow!

Never in my wildest dreams did I think I'd do this kind of work *and* enjoy it, but it beats a whole lot of other jobs I've had! ;-)

Audity!

Ok, just some Audity boards for now, and I'll confess that I've never seen these boards in the flesh, so to speak. I've got access to pics of a lot of rare stuff--I may slip in a pic or two from the collection that I haven't seen. :)

I have two Audity pics that were taken like a decade ago, and I have seen it a couple times. It's in Canada now, I think.

This is odd. I'm only posting a picture of rare circuit boards, but I feel like a girl posting dirty pics of myself on a blog. I want to share them with others, but I don't want anyone else to back them up for posterity. Posting synth pics shouldn't feel like that, should it? I guess I just don't understand the "synth porn" mentality. Maybe it's because it's the business I'm in, and not some obsessive hobby.