I read somewhere that replacing all the ancient capacitors in old analog synths with new ones will give you a lot cleaner and more solid sound. My Roland SH-01 has been sounding a bit elderly recently and i was wondering if i should give it a go or if replacing the caps might ruin the character of the sound somehow.
Has anyone got any opinions or experience of this?
Well caps and resists do age (from the info I've read in my elec. books), so in theory, yes it could provide you with a fresher sound.
As for ruining the character of the sound - I believe that is up to you. If you like it elderly, dont touch it. But one day, as all things do, the elderly die.
Tricky one, i replaced a load of caps in an ancient guitar amp a while back and while i thought it sounded mildly better the guy i did it for decided he didn't like the 'tone'.
On the other hand some guitarists are the kind of people that will hand pick individual valves from a box of identical tubes and insist that they can hear the difference :-\