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Glad to see that your problem got resolved. It is my impression that calibration is rarely needed and serves mainly to correct for parallax if you are shifting the position from which you view the screen. For example sitting in a studio verses standing at a gig. I would be curious if others found th...

I got my JD-XA about a year ago. It has the slight noise when the key is released for all keys. Interestingly, it gets louder going up the scale. So I typically only notice it in the upper registers. Didn't notice it at all until I moved it up above another keyboard. Now the keys are physically clos...

The V-synth's digital technology is getting on in years. And I think even when it was designed, Roland didn't exactly use state-of-the-art technology. We are now used to data transfer rates that are orders of magnitude faster than just a few years ago. I think your V-synth is probably working exactl...

Hey Henrik, sorry to hear about your problem. I had the same problem when I got my "new" JD-Xa home. It was obviously a returned unit. Took it back and got a new sealed box. As I recall, there is not much in the box besides the keyboard. The power supply brick, which should be in sealed pl...

Hi MinorKey, You've asked such an interesting question. My first thought was, the Jupiter-80 is a great synth and has all the banks and buttons below the keys so it would be easy to get to various patches. But then when I actually sat down with it, I realized that just about everything is done from ...

That's about the weirdest thing I have ever seen. But I love it! If you hadn't explained how you did it, I would have said it was photo-shopped.

OK. I will never be a Fantom Jedi, but, Royce, you get my vote for Yoda.

To me this sounds like a mechanical problem, a connector with perhaps a bent pin or something that is not consistent when you plug or unplug it. A broken solder joint on the connector. Or maybe a broken trace on the board which causes the temperature dependence. In this case, you may now have two go...

Hi Bauwens, Starting with question 2, yes the way to do this is to get a mixer. The mixer is for more than just setting volumes, it is the gear that combines the audio signals so they can be sent as a single signal to the amp and speakers. What you have is the Korg which provides one audio out signa...

Wait, wait! Don't get out your soldering iron! Sorry. The Fantom has the option to reverse polarity to match your pedal. If your pedal doesn't have a switch, go to MENU...Sytem Setup...Pedal/DBeam There you will find the option to revers the Hold Pedal Polarity. After changing the polarity, be sure ...

That means the polarity of the pedal is the reverse of what the Fantom expects. Many pedals have a switch that reverses the polarity. If yours does, the fix is easy. Why is this even an issue? Because the polarity is not standard and depends upon the manufacturer. For that reason a lot of pedals hav...

I think most owners would say the Fantoms are very reliable. I've had mine at least 10 years but it hasn't been used for gigging. One potential problem is the four knobs to the left of the display. The potentiometers have been know to crack. They are not hard or expensive to replace, but they can gi...

Ooh, bad luck vsyn7425, but welcome to the clan. This is probably a simple two sided board. If so it is likely repairable. If you or a friend have some experience with a soldering iron, I have heard of others successfully making repairs by soldering short jumper wires across the crack for each trace...

LOL Well Bigmuz, that has to be one of the best endorsements I have ever seen, pleasure and pain. It's always been my view that nothing can give as much pleasure as something you have to work for. And both of you are telling me this is a great board, but that greatness is not free, you have to work ...

Thanks, RunningMan. Just the kind of information I was looking for. As for chords: Once many years ago, I walked into a dimly lit music store that specialized in synths and keyboards, totally intimidated by all the gear that I thought I could never afford. When no one was looking I walked up to a ke...