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Originally Posted by
exel
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New MM owner with Lintronics mod checking in. Came with one crushed op-amp and some gunky buttons, got that fixed by a local tech in .nl.
My problem with Lintronics is he (Rudi) is an island, installing proprietary software while claiming his way is the only way to achieve tuning stability in a Memorymoog and it simply isn't true.
He doesn't use the new power supply that's available and documented in my below post and that power supply makes all the difference in stability. He recaps the stock supply which yet leaves the high heat which is bad for the synth.
His midi implementation is the best feature of his software but when he retires there is no way to replace his software with new proms. Those proms are vulnerable with the stock MM supply because the reset circuit in the MM was poorly designed and the stock supply does not adequately protect them in event of supply failure. If I were you I would consider having those proms imaged so you have a way back should anything bad ever happen since you now have proprietary software no one else has access to but Rudi.
I modified each of the voice cards by first replacing the cheap stock sockets with gold precision for the CV path along with new gold connectors for the S11 S12 chain(which the LAMM mod does not do) and recapped on each voice card. Some of this can be seen on my instagram photos. The further voice card mod which dramatically improves VCO tuning was designed by my friend Heinz who sells the supply he designed and builds. He plans on selling a voice card mod kit at some point in future, should such come to be in demand. Rudi does recap the voice cards in the LAMM mod but that can be done locally.
Respectfully, you should consider the new supply as this is the best protection for your synth because the new supply actively controls the reset and fully protects the Digital board even if the supply fails. Protection is built in. My opinion regarding the stock MM supply is even recapped it remains failure prone. The new supply ends the heat problem in the synth as the new supply runs hand warm, eliminating the need for the fan and heat sink.
I also think after shipping your synth to Germany for that expensive Lamm mod, your described buttons should not have come back, as you put it, "gunky".