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Title: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: basshell on April 16, 2009, 02:50:43 PM
Here are sum picts of my modified ry 30...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/37483263@N06

all mods are on ic 105  and the ic directly below ..think its ic 106 but dont quote me..

a wee jam with the moded machine can be found here


http://www.box.net/shared/mu30h6t43v

..no edits or added fx..

hope this post is of use to somone out there..

luv Gx


Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: deathbender on April 16, 2009, 04:12:40 PM
What was really cool when modding this machine was the space they left at the top of the machine, where you for example put the jacks... i put my 12 fixed-bend switches there, i thought that was sufficient and i don't need more...
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: LoneStar81 on April 19, 2009, 01:27:01 AM
Nicenice... Tell me, is the sound rom in the RY30 a standard type (i.e. EPROM, like 27Cxxxx)?

On another note, someone is desperately selling one of these on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260392188101

The auction has ended with no bids, just look at the price lol.
I can't be arsed to translate the description, but let's just say it's badly written.
And he just relistet the same thing for 299 Eur and 309 Eur buy-it-now.

Some people really seem to need money! Crisis strikes.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: pneaveill on April 19, 2009, 02:58:21 AM
What was really cool when modding this machine was the space they left at the top of the machine, where you for example put the jacks... i put my 12 fixed-bend switches there, i thought that was sufficient and i don't need more...

Any pics or advice for a newb?
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: deathbender on April 19, 2009, 06:42:29 PM
Nicenice... Tell me, is the sound rom in the RY30 a standard type (i.e. EPROM, like 27Cxxxx)?

On another note, someone is desperately selling one of these on eBay

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260392188101

The auction has ended with no bids, just look at the price lol.
I can't be arsed to translate the description, but let's just say it's badly written.
And he just relistet the same thing for 299 Eur and 309 Eur buy-it-now.

Some people really seem to need money! Crisis strikes.

I'm almost sure i've seen this one before, it must be the second time he relisted it and everytime he lowers the price a little bit... LOL  ;) :D
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: deathbender on April 19, 2009, 06:44:19 PM
Any pics or advice for a newb?

Pictures of inside the machine? Or the fixed bends? It looks like i'll have to open the thing up again...
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: pneaveill on April 20, 2009, 01:23:06 AM
Any pics or advice for a newb?

Pictures of inside the machine? Or the fixed bends? It looks like i'll have to open the thing up again...

At this point am willing to humbly take about any help that I can get.

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: basshell on April 20, 2009, 12:03:59 PM
open your ry30....  find ic 103 ...start bridging the pins on the chip..easy peasy

regarding this...
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260392188101

i dont know how sumcunts can sleep at night..

Gx
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: pneaveill on April 20, 2009, 02:51:13 PM
open your ry30....  find ic 103 ...start bridging the pins on the chip..easy peasy

Gx

Sorry, guess I misspoke earlier when asking the questions.  I don't have most of these things that I am asking questions on. Rather, am asking what to look for so when I do get some of them.

Appreciate the patience.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: deathbender on April 21, 2009, 05:19:05 PM
find ic 103

It's IC 105
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: basshell on April 21, 2009, 08:01:39 PM
yeh 105
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Mr. X on May 28, 2009, 02:04:12 PM
To the funny Kids Deathbender and Lonestar81.  Thanks that you noticed my auctions.
I don´t agree with you´re comments.
and i see here on forum you speak badly all the time over people who sale modified equipment.
Maybe you both need a girlfriend....? Or go to the "i hate circuit bend forums" LOL

And to all others:
My professional mods are worth the Price.
There a lot modified equipment from me around the world and all buyers are happy
with my Machines & service.

I´m pretty sure not everyone follows  comments of the two 15 year old kids i mentoined above.

Sorry for not perfect english ;D :D ;) ;) :)
Intelligent people know what i mean and could help Lonestar81 to translate. LOL
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Gordonjcp on May 28, 2009, 02:21:25 PM
My professional mods are worth the Price.

How does drilling a dozen holes in the case and tacking some banana sockets on justify slapping an extra 300EUR on the price of a crappy drum machine?
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Circuitbenders on May 28, 2009, 03:30:31 PM
and i see here on forum you speak badly all the time over people who sale modified equipment.

No, plenty of people on this forum sell modified equipment, myself included. I think you will find that people only 'speak badly' or just plain laugh at those who try and sell things for absolutely absurd amounts of money when it would take most people on this forum a maximum of about 30 minutes to do the same mods. Someone tried to sell me an unmodified Casio RZ1 for £300 the other day, i laughed at him because it was absurdly overpriced. Is that wrong?

Maybe you both need a girlfriend....? Or go to the "i hate circuit bend forums" LOL

I wasn't aware that having a girlfriend make your mods worth more money or your opinions on circuitbending more valid. Does it help?
And you're accusing other people of acting like 15 year old school kids!  :o ;D

And to all others:
My professional mods are worth the Price.
There a lot modified equipment from me around the world and all buyers are happy
with my Machines & service.

If people want to pay absurdly high prices for stuff you build then thats up to them and i wouldn't argue with that. Just don't expect other circuitbenders not to laugh at your attempts to rape peoples bank accounts  ;)

I can't help noticing your feedback on ebay which includes very low star ratings, negative feedback for a bent VSS30 and 2 neutral feedbacks for sending people broken equipment. That seems rather odd to me if 'all buyers are happy' as you say.

You could have just come on here and calmly explained your opinions and view on things, but instead you came on here and started abusing people. Now everyone on this board thinks you are an idiot, think about that.


Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Mr. X on May 28, 2009, 04:56:08 PM
Hi crustypaul. You´re rigth in some case.....

Sure,.. my first reaction to these Kiddy coments was to overdriven& Kiddy, too.  LOL;D

I´ve posted  because my first thougth was  that people start absurd comments about my auctions.

Already i understand why here some problems  between "sale your mods" and " you can do it by yourself in 30 minutes"
but everyone should be respected and also my auctions ( if there Hi or Lo priced).
That´s what i missed here a bit (without noticed my Post was on the same Level as other idiots here) ;D

I know also some  guys who started auctions with 500,-EURO for a modded RY30. LOL
Maybe you found one for free you could sale it with mods. for a ultra-fair price?

I´m pretty sure especally you should know the Price for an modified Machine depends on how much would be paid for the machine itself (without mods).   

I don´t  wan´t more than 99,- Euro for this Banana Patchbay mod. (included Patchcables) 
That is a similar price that you can also find on yours or most other seriously Pages over the internet. :D

No matter if somone start speak so bad about me......
The important thing for me is everyone  who wan´t to buy my Machines should know that my
modifications are definitly NOT over-priced.
They are professional and sounds better than many crappy shit you can find somwhere. 
I know what i´m doing especally with Electronic and sound.

And pretty sure most people Here know such things, too  8)


Free Tibeth.....!
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Mr. X on May 28, 2009, 05:12:41 PM
i don`t wan´t to start endless discussion about good or negative feedbacks.

But i also should say you (CrustyPaul)
from Circuit-benders.co-uk  have sent modified equipment that won`t work at the end.

Maybe you have done all rigth & the shippment damage the Package or anything? LOL

But that is what happen in the Past. Just one negative feedback for you that i should say,too.

Funny that espacally you remembered me........

  ;D 
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Circuitbenders on May 28, 2009, 05:20:44 PM
err....................... What?

No, actually forget it.

This topic is about the RY30. If you want to have a discussion about something else not involving circuitbending start a topic in the Banter section or where i just moved the topic you just started with an identical post from this topic
http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=1111.0

Now, back to the RY30...............
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Mr. X on May 28, 2009, 05:25:25 PM
 :-*
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: LoFi-Ninja on May 28, 2009, 10:39:56 PM
Aha your going to find yourself hated by everyone here in a few days.... KLUGSCHEISSER... So your mods are top grade and super professional because you know what your doing ? If so everybody who just knows a tiny bit about electronics does the same thing.. It's not very hard to look up a datasheet just to make sure to stay away from power and clock signals on some freaking ram chip... And yes your mods are insanely overpriced, no wonder no one buys it.. Try to start you auction on   0 €  and so how high it's going.. Then that's how much your stuff is worth...



YOUR THE NEW S-CAT !

Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Circuitbenders on May 28, 2009, 11:03:12 PM
NOW, BACK TO THE RY30...................   >:( ::)
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: LoFi-Ninja on May 29, 2009, 08:40:31 AM
Oooops.. Sorry..
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: LoneStar81 on May 29, 2009, 04:10:03 PM
Yes yes yes,
I'm still waiting for some info about the type of ROMs used in the RY30 since I can't seem to find a service manual online.
I've been making new soundsets for a few machines lately, including Alesis HR-16, Korg DDD-5 and Casio RZ-1.
The RY30 looks like a good candidate for that too.
Any ideas everyone?
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: deathbender on May 29, 2009, 04:42:33 PM
To change the sounds in the RY30 you just need a compatible waveform RAM card and someone with a synth (SY99) which can sample and write onto this card.  ;)
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Circuitbenders on May 29, 2009, 05:22:30 PM
Presumably the waveform card slot is linked directly to the sound ROM and therefore can be bent using the connections already in place?
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Gordonjcp on May 29, 2009, 07:09:16 PM
Yes yes yes,
I'm still waiting for some info about the type of ROMs used in the RY30 since I can't seem to find a service manual online.
I've been making new soundsets for a few machines lately, including Alesis HR-16, Korg DDD-5 and Casio RZ-1.
The RY30 looks like a good candidate for that too.
Any ideas everyone?
Got a list of the chips in it?  A couple of good clear photos of both sides of the board would help too.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: LoneStar81 on May 30, 2009, 03:02:01 AM
Got a list of the chips in it?  A couple of good clear photos of both sides of the board would help too.

I don't have an RY30 :)
Just wanted to know if it's worth getting one, as the manual suggests it has a more or less complete synth structure.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: pneaveill on May 30, 2009, 08:52:39 PM
To change the sounds in the RY30 you just need a compatible waveform RAM card and someone with a synth (SY99) which can sample and write onto this card.  ;)

Pardon the newbish question here and even more so if I somehow missed it in this thread or elsewhere on this forum, but how do you do the RAM card/synth sample write thing?  That seems so cool.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: Gordonjcp on May 31, 2009, 01:15:21 AM
The RY30 shares the sound engine with some of the other Yamaha synths.  So, you can put samples intended for an SY99 into an RY30.  Kind of.


In general, samples are held in ROM and you can remove that ROM and change it for one with different sounds.  Quite often you need to change the synth firmware too, so it knows that the samples are different.
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: basshell on June 20, 2009, 02:13:41 PM
just noticed that the audio file of my ry30 i uploaded to box .net has been downloaded 28 times so far...if anyone has done anything with it i would love to hear your stuff...
Now that i think about it  these forums must be a great place for people to acquire that circuit bent sound without doing the soldering......
Gx
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: nochtanseenspecht on February 11, 2010, 03:38:05 AM
Presumably the waveform card slot is linked directly to the sound ROM and therefore can be bent using the connections already in place?
i wonder if there's any new info on this machine.. i'm about to receive one with a card.. nice machine i guess..
would be super to go with the adsr and filter etc over the bends  :)
Title: Re: modified yamaha RY30
Post by: basshell on February 11, 2012, 07:42:36 PM
was thinking about moding this machine a little more..dose anyone know if i can fit a LTC1799 based oscillator for pitch mods..?