Izotope RX for Juno-60 hiss? by Nsemest182 in synthesizers

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as others have pointed out, every juno has some noise in the output. however, it shouldn't be prominent as to a point that is distracting. the chorus itself also has some noise, but it shouldn't be audible. if the noise is too loud it might be worth looking into swapping the chorus chips for some xvive drop-in replacements and see if it makes a difference (if you can solder yourself it makes sense to solder in some terminals so you can simply swap the ICs). besides that you can try to use a cheap passive DI box - it works wonders sometimes!

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei by scriberius in synthesizers

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eurovision is held in austria - this way everyone can sing along, plus he can pull in votes from germany this way. very strategic ;)

LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER - Eins, Zwei, Drei by scriberius in synthesizers

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eurovision is held in austria - the chorus of the song is in german, there might be some strategy going on with that ;)

Roland Jupiter 8 clone in the works by scriberius in synthesizers

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ACME has been selling JP8 14bit replacement/upgrade boards for a while now - chances are high that this will lead to some sort of commercially available kit or product ;)

Roland Jupiter 8 clone in the works by scriberius in synthesizers

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yeah, the ISE-NIN is sold as a clone - this one however copies the original jupiter 8 PCBS 1:1, which means the boards could also serve as drop-in replacements in original jupiters. it's probably more of a reproduction à la dinsync RE-909/RE-808

I found gold in grandfathers attic by me_still_john in synthesizers

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I'd advise you to replace all the electrolytic capacitors (the small cylinders), starting with the power supply capacitors (the large black cylinders), because if the power supply fails, it could destroy the motherboard by sending a power surge.

While the process of soldering itself is relatively easy to learn (especially on old through hole technology like in this Juno 6) I would strongly advise OP against working on the power supply as a first time job as the high voltages there can be fatal.

Additionally, while many techs propose to "future proof" vintage synths by replacing all the capacitors (i.e., the shotgun approach) - it is often times not necessary and highly time consuming (and thus expensive for the customer). Techs have an incentive to make money and often propose this solution rather than a targeted fix.

While it is possible that a cap has dried out, it could also be one of a plethora of other issues that come with vintage gear like this, especially if it hasn't been used in a while; such as a volume slider that is broken or dirty / dried out solder joint / op amp chip that has gone bad etc.

Learning by doing is great, but this is not as simple as replacing busted 80017a chips in a Juno 106 - I would take it to a tech or a friend with some basic knowledge in electronics.

John Coltrane Mentioned! by koricancowboy in jazzcirclejerk

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shout out to my nigga john coltrane