| Roland U-20 | |
|---|---|
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| Participants | |
| Skills | Repair, Electronics, Music |
| Status | Planning |
| Niche | Music |
| Purpose | Tool |
| Tool | Yes |
| Location | Studio |
| Cost | 0 |
| Tool category | Music production |
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Intro
'This is a Roland U-20 donated by NoxiousPluK
According to Vintage Synth:
- "The U-20 is nothing special. It is a digital synthesizer that uses ROM samples of pianos, brass, strings, bass, drums, etc. However it is built for professional use and is truly a quality instrument, even though its sounds may seem like dated-eighties synth pop cheese. It's got nice piano sounds, but they're not the real thing."
Issues
The U-20 has issues with it's carbon conductive pads. It is fairly simple to clean them using alcohol but this is a short-term solution and only really works if you play it often.
A better solution is to apply a new coating. You can find a good writeup/tutorial on doing so here.
I (NoxiousPluK) cleaned this synth a few times with alcohol, and I'm happy to help repairing it again during a NURD-Inn, but I'm not willing to do it on my own :)
It also seems to have some ESD damage, but when the firmware crashes its quite easy to reset it. I'll document how to do this here asap (prolly the same NURD-Inn where it'll get fixed).
Sounds
This video is using a U-220, which has the same sounds.