Yamaha FB-01 Repairs? Not totally Amiga related...

[Iggy]

I had a quick look at the specs for the Yamaha FB-01, thinking it might be something simple like a volume slider distorting what should be otherwise pure digital sound.
And...there aren't any analog controls on this thing what so ever.
Are there Chris?

Good luck with this one.
Oh, if you ever take it apart, let me know what's inside.
I still get a kick out of old Yamaha FM synthesis components.

[Iggy]

http://manuals.fdiskc.com/tree/Yamaha/Yamaha%20FB-01%20Service%20Manual.pdf

Man, that was very nice of you.

"no knobs, she's flat chested"
Ah, but she's beautiful just the way she  is, Chris.
I would have thought it would be more complex, but I only see one or two ICs that could be responsible for the actual FM synthesis.

The rest appears to be memory and buffer ICs.

You know, your original post about building something like this from parts looks far more practical than I originally thought.
I'm surprised that no one builds copies of these things.

[Iggy]

You're right, it's all in the personality, not the knobs anyhow, though at the moment, her personality is a little lop sided. I'm hoping I can get this fixed. From what I've heard out of her so far, I'm in love!

 Would love to see a clone with knobs come about! Or something like this with a SID or two inside.

Funny you should mention SID chips, since I'm sitting in front of a stack of print outs I made after discussing  the Kiwi SBC with Nicholas (the Kiwi uses two SID chips).
I'm going to have to research your synthesizer a little more, but I don't see why stuff like this couldn't be built.

[Iggy]

Uh oh.
I spoke too soon.

http://manuals.fdiskc.com/tree/Yamah...e%20Manual.pdf

Huh?

That takes me nowhere.

Yo, Mongo!
You sure that's the right address?

[Iggy]

While we are talking about unrelated Amiga Yamaha's check out this f**ker

I always like the model, but the one you've pictured actually looks nice.
The early models look the the bast*rd progeny of a muscle bike that was raped by a steam calliope.

Oh, and I downloaded the FB-01's service manual if anyone has trouble finding it.