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I hear ya, I payed a guitar player Artem (from band called Boor)from there to do a track for me, he was awesome, many many prayers for them. Had America not be trying to induct Ukraine into NATO this probably wouldn't have happened. Like why don't we just make Russia a member of NATO, why do we alwa...

I fix my own gear all the time, buttons fortunately are easy to replace. I would watch a video on how to solder and order the parts from https://www.digikey.com/, the buttons are called tactile buttons, I repaired my mc 909 and sp 808 buttons , the newer buttons have a longer life span(cuz Roland us...

google is your friend, would be nice to know if you had any update on this?

You can still get Zip Drives on Ebay. I also want to point out that not all zip drives are problematic, I have 3 808's and all of them (knocks on wood) have been fine as far as the zip drive goes. I also researched getting away from Zip Drives , it can be done but the adapter to switch to smart card...

I have been playing with this quite a bit. As someone mentioned the UI is horrible but I am getting a lil used to it kinda. Its very aggravating to play the synth part and then try to use the step sequencer, the way its layed out is not logical at all. What is really nice is the filters, kicks but a...

No but it's nice to know there is a solution just in case :-)

the sp808 can do this, and is a cheaper alternative

You can also order the parts from https://www.digikey.com/, the buttons are called tactile buttons, I repaired my mc 909 and sp 808 buttons , the newer buttons have a loger life span(cuz Roland used the cheapest). Sorry I am trying to find a link to the exact correct buttons but if you search throug...

John u should start a thread on this, is there any names of presets when you start it up and maybe just no sound?

would love to know if ya unbricked it !!!!

Instead of using liquid graphite , spend a little extra and use silver, it will last waaay longer and silver conducts electricity waay better than graphite, Roland should have used silver from the get go Link https://www.amazon.com/CircuitWriter-Conductive-Ink-silver-based-4g/dp/B00B88B9KI/ref=asc_d...

don't forget to try different usb cables, too many china crap cables out there

Even though you replaced the pads if the board where the pads make contact was not cleaned then the pads is making contact when it shouldn't. The original pads have a layer of graphite on them , after awhile this graphite comes off the pads and sometimes settles on the contact area. On mine I cleane...

Well, I still have it. I actually love the sound I criticized earlier. It without a doubt has the best filter and mean dirty sounding filter. The effects are eh, when I run it through my Lexicon mpx500 sounds even more awesome. I have not even touched the sampler part yet. And I strongly recommend e...

I am praying that deep in the vaults of Roland they are going to unveil the ultimate sampler. Complete with Pads like the sp-808 where you can loop to your hearts delight Touch the wave on the fly sound manipulation like the ios app called SAMPLR wifi ..the hell with cards, straight in from the home...