Vintage Ads 5 (Keyboard Magazine 78-79)

Korg VC-10	Korg MS-20	Korg MS-10
Korg Sigma	Moog Polymoog	Moog Signal Effects
Oberheim 4-Voice	Oberheim OB-1	Oberheim OB-X & OB-1A
Roland Jupiter 4	Roland Jupiter 4	Roland RS-505
Yamaha CS-80

Changing a backup battery on a Korg S3

So, you need to replace the backup battery of your Korg S3 because every time you start it up you have to do the INIT procedure ( hold 'Stop' and S1 when switching on the machine ) to hear the drums.

After managing to remove that backplate you're faced with this vision..

Now, don't do what I did and unscrew all the black screws - roughly 17 of and remove the entire board ( ok I got to clean the switches, so not an entire waste of time ) just unscrew those two brass screws, lift back the 'tin-foil' to reveal the battery ( D'oh! )

The battery just slides in and out - standard 3v coin battery.

It's easier putting it back together by the way :)

Just these two

Et Voila!

Korg DDD-5 joins the family

So, I've managed to get hold of a Korg DDD-5 drum machine to go along with my other Korg gear. Last time I used one of these was back in the late 80's. I't a great sounding little box ( love the bass slaps.) The previous owner's taken great care of this unit as it's in excellent condition, the only issue with it is a dead battery and a missing rubber foot, but it does come with the ofter lost presets facia panel. This fella is going to sit along his big brother the DDD-1 ( still my favourite drum machine in the studio. ) Might see if I can acquire some extra sound cards for it too.
DDD-5 Rear	DDD-5 Front	Presets Panel
DDD-1 - The 5's big brother