Thanks for letting me know, Florian, and again for your assistance in my previous technical questions.
Kyle, you make some valid points, and lord knows I can be impatient sometimes, but speaking from someone who's been a part of the vintage synth DIY community since the early 2000's, back in the heyday when folks would generously take the time to explain every possible option and approach to resolving? technical problems, I've noticed a marked decline in support. Nowadays, it seems, and like I said, I posted this question on several other forums, it seems things have changed, and I'm wondering if I should either just drop this CS80 off at a service center and pay the $1000's to get it fixed, or just sell it as is and get a Prophet 6. I am a dedicated composer and feel blessed to even have a CS-80 in my possession, and my frustration doesn't just lie in the fact that having to deal with these technical issues is hampering my productivity, but with the egotism I've seen in the musical world in general. One forum in particular (not this group, but one that starts with an 'm' and rhymes with 'uffwiggler') have a few CS-80 owners that will sometimes respond at first, but if they receive a response that in some minuscule way could be misconstrued know-it-all-ish they seemed to get their technical panties in a bunch and just drop off. I don't think it'd take more than 5 minutes to do this test with a DMM, and it can probably done without raising the card riser if you can get a probe to the rail, and this thing was designed to have the main panel raised and lowered and it shouldn't damage anything doing so unless someone is half lit on Moscow Mules beforehand. I would gladly do the same for another CS-80 user, and if one were to do so for me, or even respond with something like 'hey, that sucks, wish I could help, good luck' I always try to offer a clear and concise thank you from my ethereal space.
