• Roland Juno-G LCD failure

    From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Moondog on Wed May 11 09:16:01 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 01:05 am

    Sounds like bad or leaky capacitors. When the caps on the power board on my 42" tv failed, the TV would take time to power up, and the colder it was, the longer it took. I had a large Zenith console TV doing the same thing.

    Interesting.. Maybe I'll open it up and look for any capacitors that look bad. I bought mine used in 2011, but I think they started making this model around 2006-2008. I seem to remember hearing stories of particularly bad capacitors around that time.

    Nightfox

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  • From Belly@VERT/BRAZINET to Moondog on Tue May 10 09:44:55 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Nightfox on Tue May 10 2022 12:21 am

    There's probably several thousand of those LCD panels sitting new in box stuffed in the back of some warehouse in Taiwan or Japan. The other day I

    My brother and I are both synthheads. I don't have a Juno-G, but he does, and I asked him last night about his. Apparently the LCD issues with those units stem from a factory defect with the original LCDs used, which was addressed by Roland later by offering free repairs. The updated LCDs were available for a while, but stocks have long been depleted. He told me that his was still original, and he managed to make the LCD work "well enough" to be usable, but I don't know the details.


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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Belly on Wed May 11 18:47:40 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Belly to Moondog on Tue May 10 2022 09:44 am

    My brother and I are both synthheads. I don't have a Juno-G, but he does, and I asked him last night about his. Apparently the LCD issues with those units stem from a factory defect with the original LCDs used, which was addressed by Roland later by offering free repairs. The updated LCDs were available for a while, but stocks have long been depleted. He told me that his was still original, and he managed to make the LCD work "well enough" to be usable, but I don't know the details.

    It's unfortunate, because other than the LCD in mine, mine still seems to be working okay otherwise. If it really is pretty much impossible to fix, I've considered buying a newer Roland, perhaps a Juno DS. Maybe I can find a deal on a used one.

    Nightfox

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Nightfox on Wed May 11 22:08:00 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Moondog on Wed May 11 2022 09:16 am

    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 01:05 am

    Sounds like bad or leaky capacitors. When the caps on the power board o my 42" tv failed, the TV would take time to power up, and the colder it was, the longer it took. I had a large Zenith console TV doing the same thing.

    Interesting.. Maybe I'll open it up and look for any capacitors that look b


    Nightfox


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  • From Belly@VERT/BRAZINET to Nightfox on Wed May 11 21:55:24 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Belly on Wed May 11 2022 06:47 pm

    It's unfortunate, because other than the LCD in mine, mine still seems to be

    I don't have any experience with newer Roland synths, except for my JD-Xi (which is a tiny powerhouse!). I do have an old Alpha Juno 1, though. Clunky interface, but nice sounds. A few years ago, I started looking at the Behringer DeepMind 12 as a way to get vintage Juno 60 sounds without the hassle (and expense!) of an aging 80s synth, but even though it begin as a Juno 60 clone, during the design process it evolved into so much more. I had one in my studio within a month. I'm a fan.

    Have ye any other synths? I'd like to hear about others' collections!

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Belly on Thu May 12 08:21:27 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Belly to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 09:55 pm

    Have ye any other synths? I'd like to hear about others' collections!

    The only other is a Zynthian (open-source kit-based synthesizer that runs on a Raspberry Pi) that I just recently got (the Zynthian kit just arrived this past Monday):
    https://www.zynthian.org

    Nightfox

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  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Belly on Thu May 12 08:48:52 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Belly on Thu May 12 2022 08:21 am

    Have ye any other synths? I'd like to hear about others'
    collections!

    The only other is a Zynthian (open-source kit-based synthesizer that runs on a Raspberry Pi) that I just recently got (the Zynthian kit just arrived this past Monday): https://www.zynthian.org

    Oh, and I also bought a used Roland MT-32 (version 2) from eBay a couple years ago.

    Nightfox

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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to Belly on Thu May 12 14:36:00 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Belly to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 09:55 pm

    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Belly on Wed May 11 2022 06:47 pm

    It's unfortunate, because other than the LCD in mine, mine still seems to

    I don't have any experience with newer Roland synths, except for my JD-Xi (which is a tiny powerhouse!). I do have an old Alpha Juno 1, though. Clunky interface, but nice sounds. A few years ago, I started looking at the Behringer DeepMind 12 as a way to get vintage Juno 60 sounds without the has (and expense!) of an aging 80s synth, but even though it begin as a Juno 60 clone, during the design process it evolved into so much more. I had one in studio within a month. I'm a fan.

    Have ye any other synths? I'd like to hear about others' collections!

    o
    (O)
    BeLLy


    Whenever I think of old synths, I don't think of DX7's or Rolands. I thnk of those cheesy little Casio portables. Here's an example https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DM-v3cvX8M4

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  • From Belly@VERT/BRAZINET to Nightfox on Thu May 12 19:29:52 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Belly on Thu May 12 2022 08:21 am

    The only other is a Zynthian (open-source kit-based synthesizer that runs on https://www.zynthian.org

    I looked that up, and it looks pretty neat. I might have to scavenge one of my Pis from its current home and try it out. The Oberheim OB-X emulation sounds quite enticing.


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  • From Belly@VERT/BRAZINET to Moondog on Thu May 12 19:33:30 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Belly on Thu May 12 2022 02:36 pm

    Whenever I think of old synths, I don't think of DX7's or Rolands. I thnk o those cheesy little Casio portables. Here's an example

    I used to have something similar when I was a kid. It might have even been a Casio :)

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Nightfox on Wed May 11 12:29:14 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Moondog on Wed May 11 2022 09:16 am

    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 01:05 am

    Sounds like bad or leaky capacitors. When the caps on the power board on my 42" tv failed, the TV would take time to power up, and the colder it was, the longer it took. I had a large Zenith console TV doing the same thing.

    Interesting.. Maybe I'll open it up and look for any capacitors that look bad. I bought mine used in 2011, but I think they started making this model around 2006-2008. I seem to remember hearing stories of particularly bad capacitors around that time.

    Nightfox

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
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  • From Moondog@VERT/CAVEBBS to MRO on Wed May 18 22:44:00 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: MRO to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 12:29 pm

    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Nightfox to Moondog on Wed May 11 2022 09:16 am

    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to Nightfox on Wed May 11 2022 01:05 am

    Sounds like bad or leaky capacitors. When the caps on the power boar on my 42" tv failed, the TV would take time to power up, and the col it was, the longer it took. I had a large Zenith console TV doing th same thing.

    Interesting.. Maybe I'll open it up and look for any capacitors that loo bad. I bought mine used in 2011, but I think they started making this mod around 2006-2008. I seem to remember hearing stories of particularly bad capacitors around that time.

    Nightfox

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

    2002-2003 was the prime plague years, but some companies kept using whatever stock they had left for the next 3 or 4 years.

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  • From MRO@VERT/BBSESINF to Moondog on Wed May 18 23:06:18 2022
    Re: Roland Juno-G LCD failure
    By: Moondog to MRO on Wed May 18 2022 10:44 pm

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague

    2002-2003 was the prime plague years, but some companies kept using whatever stock they had left for the next 3 or 4 years.


    yeah that's money. they wont dump their stock and rebuy anything unless they absolutely have to. and at my old employer the workers were real shady. when making repairs they would scavenge in the recycling area instead of pulling new parts.
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