Fizmo: top synth en onderschat IMHO
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FIZMOs were produced with a big flaw: The wrong internal voltage regulator on the main circuit board. One of my bandmates is a savvy electronic engineer and he replaced the factory regulator with a different one (supplied by E-mu - thanks !). Now my FIZMO is up and running again and has performed very stably so far. I still wouldn't use the supplied external power supply.
My verdict, if you get this mod done, you will have a fantastic powerful unique synthesizer to play with. One that easily rates a 5-mark score. Here is a link with instructions to perform this fix:
http://www.nvogel.com/fizmo/regulator.html.
Now you should go out there and buy a FIZMO while they're so cheap and under-rated and have someone fix the design flaw.
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JoeKa's problem was using the original power supply in the first place, which weakened it's circuitry, Preparing it for an early death. You really have to trust who you buy these from! 500 bucks isn't worth a years use of fizmo...if you think of all the frustration and withdrawls. Otherwise, besides all the risk involved with buying one, mine has seen 2 years of usage and works great. It has its edit quirks, but is quite easy to figure out with a basic knowledge of its synthesis. Most demonstrations you...well "I've" hear online aren't very intresting to ME. I personally believe it's most valued by ambient and experimental electronic artists, and probably wouldn't go over real well with 4-on-the-floor house, but who am i to judge it's character? Here's a taste of some of its splender:
http://stations.mp3s.com/stations/86/fizmo_users_group.html viva-la-our-fizmos
2dehands prijs: tussen 400 en 500 Euros.
Alleszins zou ik een schriftelijke waarborg vragen van de verkoper, voor deze eventueel "verborgen"gebreken.
De Rackversie is ook verkrijgbaar, en is een mindere risico
En vergeet niet: ruilen doet soms huilen.
Succes
Take care
EF
