Yamaha RX17

the_zombiest · August 24, 2006, 02:11:06 AM

I've just finished my preliminary bends and this door-wedge is a beauty!

I would be happy to never have to make a patchbay ever again, at least not with banana sockets!

The only downfall is 4 combos reset the machine... but that's almost easily remedied.

Huspaz!

andy_wheels · August 24, 2006, 06:52:14 AM

Quote from: the_zombiest on August 24, 2006, 02:11:06 AM
I would be happy to never have to make a patchbay ever again, at least not with banana sockets!

what issues did you have with banana sockets? is it not just an issue of drill, secure, solder?

the_zombiest · August 24, 2006, 09:05:15 AM

It was the securing that was a pain.

I bought the cheap and cheerful non-rohs cross-threading sockets of doom.

Fitting 28 of them resulted in cramped up digits... but i think it was of valuable experience because I'm only ever going to use mini-jack sockets from now on!

the_zombiest · August 24, 2006, 11:02:02 AM

when i posted first, i didn't notice that I have the *illegal ptn* error message on start up. also it's not playing the patterns right when NOT patched... any suggestions on what i've done wrong?

Signal:Noise · August 24, 2006, 01:30:02 PM

My RX17 always seems to flash that message at start up, doesn't really affect the funcionality for me as I sequence patterns via midi.

Signal:Noise · September 22, 2006, 10:55:07 PM

I've just got a new un-bent RX17 and had a poke around and found the same problem when shorting connections on the 28 pin chip next to the stupidly hardcore looking chip. However I took apart my other RX17 to have a look at how the guy I bought it off bent it and he shorted connections on the two chips next ti the 90 degree bit of aluminium.

the_zombiest · September 23, 2006, 11:25:41 AM

Yeah, i done the same but still get the odd crash-induced reset if i hook up certain points on the patchbay. It's no big deal though because i know which points to avoid. I may just make a switch based break-out box so I can find the best sounding stable bends... unless you fancy pointing me in the right direction.......

Circuitbenders · September 23, 2006, 01:58:53 PM

I'd be a bit careful with wiring up chip pins that cause crashes to a patchbay. In my experience they tend to be the power inputs to the chip and you'll probably notice sparks when you make the connection. Sonner or later you'll get a patching comination that will fry the circuit.

Bends that cause sparks are never healthy.

Signal:Noise · September 23, 2006, 08:58:44 PM

I've not had more than a poke around, but I found a screaming hi freq distortion.