WideScreenWiz Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Please nobody laugh... I have a (obviously old) DG8 which I unwisely bought from someone. It was my 75th birthday present to myself - I'm starting to learn to play. It's in very good condition and sounds incredible, but now it's developed scratchy and crackly noises in the sound system - speakers, headphones and line outs. No technician around here wants to even look at it because you can't get schematics etc (let alone spare parts). I'm in Melbourne Australia. I wonder if anyone can help with that, or with other suggestions. I haven't yet tried cleaning the sliders, and I will do that, but it doesn't sound like that's the problem, as the noise doesn't change at all when I move them. As a last resort I'm even willing to try fixing it myself if that's the only way I can save it. I have the Reference Manual and the Service Manual, but they're obviously not enough. Also, it's an absolute monster weighing 39 kg (85 pounds) and will take 2 men just to turn it over. One technician I spoke to laughingly told me to take it to the tip (garbage dump in Aussie English). I think it'd be a terrible shame, and I really don’t want to throw out such a beautiful instrument for the sake of something that I hope could be quite simple to fix. Also, I believe that Dave Bryce is something of an expert on this machine. If someone could put me in touch with him I'd be grateful. Can't find his email address anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 15 hours ago, WideScreenWiz said: Also, I believe that Dave Bryce is something of an expert on this machine. If someone could put me in touch with him I'd be grateful. Can't find his email address anywhere. I ran Alesis’ synth marketing division about 25 years ago. Most of what I knew about the DG8 was not of a technical nature, unfortunately….and what I did know then is probably forgotten at this point. Sorry. dB Quote ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WideScreenWiz Posted February 26 Author Share Posted February 26 Thanks Dave for replying. I’ve cleaned all the faders with Deoxit Fader, and so far so good… 🤞 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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