Packrat's Juno-106

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Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 1 Published on Mar 27, 2013

"I don't normally do repairs for others, but this is a very special case: In this playlist I service and recondition the actual Juno-106 that was the inspiration for one of my fave Packrat comic strips by the infamous artist David C. Lovelace of UMOP dot COM fame.

Don't worry. This is the only time on the Syntegrator channel that I will read a comic out loud to you complete with character voices. That said, it's nice to know those two years I spent at acting school in my youth finally came in handy for something... ;-)"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 2 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"A quick once-over of this fairly pristine unit. The reverence shown by Packrat to his 'True Love' definitely applied to the real synthesizer behind the comic strip!"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 3 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"An overview of the Voice Board from Dave's Juno-106."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 4 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"An accelerated time video taken of me vacuum de-soldering five of the six voice filter chips from Dave's Juno-106 voice board. Actual time taken was about 10 minutes."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 5 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"Now it's time to ready the acetone dissolving tank and install sockets on Dave's voice board for the soon-to-be stripped and re-pinned voice chips."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 6 Published on Mar 27, 2013
"Checking out the socketed Voice Board: On the bench, and then back inside the Juno-106."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 7
"Backing up Packrat's Patches with Vyzor Juno-106"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 8 Published on Mar 28, 2013
"Now that Dave's Juno-106 has a new clip-mounted battery to power its CPU board's patch backup memory, it's time to restore the patch set we saved earlier using Vyzor Juno-106."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 9 Published on Mar 28, 2013
"With the patches backed up, it's time to pull the CPU board, de-solder the original battery, install a new battery clip + battery, and then reinstall the CPU board into the Juno-106. In this video, it all gets done!"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 10 Published on Mar 28, 2013
"With the help of a set of voice chips borrowed from one of my other Juno-106 units, I take Dave's newly-restored Juno-106 patches out for a spin and also test the operation of the front panel sliders and switches with some more help from the Vyzor Juno-106 editor."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 11 Published on Mar 31, 2013
"Removing the Voice chips from Dave's Juno-106 from the Acetone tank after a 5 day soak. I apologize for my camera's lack of good auto-focus during a lot of this video, but you can still see what I am doing and the audio is worth listening to also."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 12 Published on Mar 31, 2013
"The process of replacing the Voice Chip legs of Dave's Juno-106 is carefully documented here."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 13 Published on Mar 31, 2013
"A Time-Lapse video of the remaining 4 voices being 're-legged'"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 14 Published on Apr 3, 2013
"Now that I have stripped and re-legged the VCF/VCA Voice chips from Dave's Juno-106, it's time to test them out to see if the process has restored the bad chip(s) to operation.

...Fortunately, I have a few spares up my sleeve..." Analogue Renaissance replacement chip featured.

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 15 Published on Apr 3, 2013
"Removing the Juno-106 front panel, clearing off the crusty old dust covers and uninstalling the tact switch button caps for safekeeping while I recondition the panel board."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 16 Published on Apr 4, 2013
"The complete Juno-106 front panel reconditioning process - Up to the rebuilding of the faders, that is..."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 17 Published on Apr 7, 2013
"Here's the all-in-one DIY guide for reconditioning Juno-106 sliders and the 4-position HPF slider switch. It also features an original Syntegrator composition, copyright 2013 by myself (for YouTube's legal department).

I hope everyone enjoys the music - I had a blast making it on my Yamaha MX61 earlier today... I think there are more where that came from, so stay tuned for future videos... ;-)"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 18 Published on Apr 8, 2013
"Soldering the newly conditioned sliders and 4-position switch back into the Juno-106 front panel PCB."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 19 Published on Apr 9, 2013
"Hardware and software testing of the completed front panel board, followed by a quick overview of where we are going next in the complete Juno-106 reconditioning procedure."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 20 Published on Apr 17, 2013
"The sequence of operations required to cut and install replacement neoprene dust covers for the Juno-106: Private message me for the pattern PDF I created if you need it.

The musical backing for the time-lapse is once again 'Neutronium' by myself, copyright Syntegrator Music, 2013."

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 21 Published on Apr 17, 2013
"Cutting a replacement portamento switch dust shield, gluing down the neoprene dust covers and beginning the reconditioning of Dave's Juno-106 bender PCB.

This video features that original theme music 'Neutronium', copyright 2013 Syntegrator Music in the time-lapse section. I should probably consider making another theme by now... One with less mistakes in the performance! ;-)"

Packrat's Juno-106 - Part 22 Published on Apr 17, 2013
"The steps of reconditioning a Juno-106 bender block slider, including the process of building a 'FrankenFader' from dead bodies, er... parts.

I then re-solder the sliders into Dave's Juno-106 bender block PCB and glue in the new neoprene dust cover, concluding this phase of the rebuilding process."

Packrat's Juno106 - Part 23 Published on May 8, 2013
"Installation details of the completely rebuilt Juno-106 bender block."

Packrat's Juno106 - Part 24 Published on May 8, 2013
"The full process of removing the Roland 2-prong power entry module and replacing it with a modern 3-prong IEC power entry module. Dave's Juno-106 is now compatible with the standard computer power cable found everywhere."

Packrat's Juno106 - Part 25 Published on May 15, 2013
"Now it's time to install the rebuilt panel PCB assembly into the Juno-106 front panel metalwork. The results are indeed a thing of beauty... well, from my perspective anyway!"

Packrat's Juno106 - Part 26 Published on May 18, 2013
"The complete video guide to dismantling, cleaning and final reassembly of a Juno-106 keybed.

All time lapse music is called 'Neutronium', copyright Syntegrator Music 2013 - It's one of my compositions used under permission from myself as you probably already know from the earlier videos in this playlist..."

Packrat's Juno 106 - Part 27 - Published on Aug 27, 2013

"Now that Dave's Juno-106 has been completely rebuilt, let's give it a calibration to finish the game! Here's the first of three parts that document the process... although you might need a drink or two to get through them all... ;-)"

Packrat's Juno 106 Part 28 - Published on Aug 27, 2013

Packrat's Juno 106 - Part 29 - Published on Aug 28, 2013
In this video I complete the calibration of Dave's completely reconditioned and repaired Juno-106. Is this the end of the playlist? We'll have to wait and see... ;-)

Packrat's Patches: The Conversion - Published on Jan 23, 2014 Syntegrator·362 videos

"Recorded in the final hour before I packed up the gear for the 2014 NAMM show, here is the conversion process for getting Juno-106 patches into the Kiwi-106 format."

Kiwi-106: Firmware Upgrade Wizard Published on Jan 29, 2014 Syntegrator·364 videos

"Late Saturday night, down at NAMM 2014, Syntegrator and Packrat Dave forgo hanging out with the gang partying at the Hilton in order to... Upgrade the firmware of his Kiwi-106!

Hey, we did say we were nerds in the last video... Look at this video as the proof! ;-)"

Kiwi-106 Sound Demo 1 Published on Jan 29, 2014 Syntegrator·367 videos

"The long awaited, much anticipated first look at the Kiwi-106 sound capabilities. We only scratch the surface, but it's a very nice start!

More to come... Stay tuned!"

Kiwi-106: Sound Demo 2 (HD) - Published on Feb 6, 2014 Syntegrator·368 videos

"What happens when a Kiwi-106, Packrat Dave, Syntegrator and the immensely riff-tastic Andrew Colyer get together late one Sunday night after the 2014 NAMM show has finally closed? Witness the results, if you dare... ;-)"


Kiwi-106: Sound Demo 1

"A compilation of the demonstration performances by Syntegrator and David C. Lovelace. If it's wicked shredding, it's Dave, if it's simple notes held on or a particularly evil 8th note bassline, it's the Kiwi-106 Sequencer as programmed by Syntegrator.

The patches played are from the Syntegrator Sound Set, soon to be posted to kiwi-106.com."

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