Hello and happy new year!
So I bought this MIDISTUDIO 688 in kind of a shabby condition.
It is missing its left side cover.
It is missing a grill cover that used to exist in the upper right hand corner on top of the PSU.
It is missing 8-9 fader caps.
It is missing 10-15 screws that someone never cared to put back when they opened it and put it back together.
Well someone broke off some plastics holding the mixer section up in place (could be easily repaired I guess)
Also the headphone outs are not working. But the monitor out works fine and I have a headphone amp anyway.
So other than that the condition is good. No broken parts. Transport and heads and mixer section all work. In other words functionwise the midistudio seems to be fine. I tested it with a blank tape and recorded and played back all 8 tracks seperately. So it seems to work well enough.
Do you guys believe I could find the missing parts somewhere, or should I rather try DIY solutions to make up for their absence?
Since it is in working condition I would like to recondition it and have it installed in my hobby band's to record our stuff and have a unique analog sound. (After mastering its functions first)
I thought the 688 would be like a big 424 with 8 channels (used to own a 424) but it is WAY WAY more advanced. Hopefully it will sound better too.
So any ideas about bringing this in good shape once again and availability of parts?
I live in Europe btw.
So I bought this MIDISTUDIO 688 in kind of a shabby condition.
It is missing its left side cover.
It is missing a grill cover that used to exist in the upper right hand corner on top of the PSU.
It is missing 8-9 fader caps.
It is missing 10-15 screws that someone never cared to put back when they opened it and put it back together.
Well someone broke off some plastics holding the mixer section up in place (could be easily repaired I guess)
Also the headphone outs are not working. But the monitor out works fine and I have a headphone amp anyway.
So other than that the condition is good. No broken parts. Transport and heads and mixer section all work. In other words functionwise the midistudio seems to be fine. I tested it with a blank tape and recorded and played back all 8 tracks seperately. So it seems to work well enough.
Do you guys believe I could find the missing parts somewhere, or should I rather try DIY solutions to make up for their absence?
Since it is in working condition I would like to recondition it and have it installed in my hobby band's to record our stuff and have a unique analog sound. (After mastering its functions first)
I thought the 688 would be like a big 424 with 8 channels (used to own a 424) but it is WAY WAY more advanced. Hopefully it will sound better too.
So any ideas about bringing this in good shape once again and availability of parts?
I live in Europe btw.