SS-30M

Whilst looking for some clues on the key switching problem I came across this. https://archive.org/details/synthmanual-yamaha-ic-guide-b...

Five years is long time between posts. I'm not going to try and explain that gap. Life has it's own priorities and this project wasn...

I've been wrestling with the problem of key switching again. Because the key driver circuits switch a negative voltage to ground it cre...

I'm thinking life would be much easier if the power came from an external unit, rather than having the PSU inside the chassis. Space is ...

Is it practical to get a custom made PCB built up? These UK company's do a custom service: pcbpanel.co.uk pcbtrain.co.uk They both accep...

I will need 6x SPDT, 2x DPDT and 2x SPST switches. The 4066 contains four SPSTs which can be connected as required to make SPDTs and DPSTs. ...

After looking around at switches I can see that there's alot of choice but it get's quite limited when you start narrowing down to D...

I'm going to need ten switches plus the power switch. Orchestra: Speed - SPDT Cello - DPDT Violin - DPDT Cello: Attack - SPST Cello 1 - ...

Over the years, I've been thinking I should really make this project easier to finish. The two main issues have been the awkward meachni...

I added some comments to Matrix Synth: "some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice po...

Matrix synth entry There's an eBay auction y'see So these pictures and videos may be up for only short time. "some sources des...

A spiffing demo! From Synthopia via my good friend Barker http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/03/08/yamaha-ss30-rare-string-synth/

Greetings MatrixSynth gawpers! Sorry, I've been too busy to keep this up. Don't give up hope though, I haven't.

Yeah, I'm lame. Okay, okay. Here's some red hot videos from YouTube featuring the wonder of the SS30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

As I mentioned I've been busy working on the front panel. The first fruits of this labour are now starting to show. Below is a screen gr...

Well, it been a long time since I've made an update and whilst there hasn't been much progress there has been some. Back in March I ...

Okay, I'm a bit bored of all this mechanics talk. I'm still working on the case, but I thought I'd talk about the interface for ...

Well, my comments have been added to the Vintage Synth Explorer site and perhaps even more excitingly this blog has been linked from that pa...

I haven't looked for any SS30 stuff on the web for while and there's a couples of nuggets I've unearthed. Firstly a discussion...

Here's a picture of the case! I'm now worried I won't be able to get all the original switches to fit on the front panel. I'...