Cleaning some oxide/gunk in the instrument switches of a Roland TR-808. Initial cleanup using air duster to get anything loose out of there. Then using some IPA and finishing off with some DeOxit.
This Roland TR-808 had very noisy snare, clap and toms. The toms especially sounded very coarse. It was a bit like when you try to stop your car on a road with gravel. The claps and the snares also sounded a bit tame or muffled. The common denominator between these instruments is the white noise…
On the Yocto v1.0 there is no option to install a power switch. So in this video I show how to install it by cutting & removing a trace and connecting the switch in series with that cut. Please verify with a multimeter that there is no connection between the center pin of the connector…
