Roland W-30 | A change of display and it looks brand new again!
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- Опубліковано 27 лют 2022
- My Roland W-30 is back after a whole year, waiting for a new display. About time as I'm working on my new album and I wanted to use it on one of the tracks.
Check out what it takes to change out the display. And more.
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That W-30 belongs in a museum, beautiful work Anders!🤩
You’re welcome buddy. The display is from Luxdisplay and we had a little issue with this and my original one I have in my W-30 you borrowed earlier. Some of Roland’s gear can be a bit difficult and need individual adjustments, but Stephen told me that the new display he’s got in production will be more universal and fit a lot more of brands and models. I’ll be making a tutorial on the installation of that once I get one soon. :)
Cool I watch.
Luxdisplay on ebay? some of his displays are genuine custom, some of them are just off the shelf parts at inflated prices. I bought a VFD display from him for the Waldorf XTK and it reduced the viewing angle. I left a positive review with that as comment and the idiot blocked me from buying from him again. So I had to get my friend to buy a JD990 display from him when those became available. On the day it arrived he immediately phoned up my friend asking if it worked, guy has a screw loose I think. Anyway, in the end I found out why the XTK VFD viewing angle wasn't good, a plastic cover for the LCD which is part of the synth had dropped out which probably helped the viewing angle. In the end I replaced the LCD and sold on the synth.
That’s SNAFU that sells these displays and he’s a total tool that will never get a penny from me. Look at some of the groups for vintage synths on Facebook and you’ll see this guy come up often. Not a good person and avoid. There’s other sources.
@@peterldelong Well that’s how you feel. I have nothing but good relations with him and only a few minor troubles with displays. And we sorted that out without any big trouble. Sometimes he can word himself a bit crass, but if that’s all that it takes before you guys (who seem to have made him your arch enemy) set off WW3, I can only 🤷🏼♂️.
If DIY-displays are what you want and you wanna solder everything manually, by all means, happy shopping and tinkering. :)
I had to get Reverb to block him from messaging me because he was harassing me. I left him a positive review on a display and stated the brightness pot that was soldered on was a bit wonky and I had to fix it, but no big deal. The guy went mental on me and he’s blocked me and several other people from buying his displays, I’m sure there’s more. You do what you like, but you’re supporting a bad person.
I've recently brought my W-30 back to life. I've been experimenting with different SCSI drives and booting from removable storage. Very interesting memories coming back.
Appreciate the link to luxdisplays 👌🏻
Just bought a W30 and waiting for it to arrive. Pumped because it has a new backlight and USB drive installed already (for 499 bucks total, including the sampler!). These videos assured me this was the right choice.
I just bought a Roland W-39 over a month ago. It work great. It only has one piano sound. What so I need to do to get more piano sounds on it? And where did you send yours for upgrades?
Wow ! Night and day difference on the display awesome 👍👍😎
Perfect timing. I picked a w30 up last night.
It’s like a brand new instrument 👌
Thanks for the video dear Espen! As always at the highest level!
Cheers!
Wow. Night-and-day, in both a literal and figurative sense. Will have to go check out luxdisplay's eBay store!
3:30 sounds sooo good!
3:20 This Interstellar theme gives me chills everytime I hear it. Congrats for the repair and good luck for your new album.
Cheers!
+1 for Luxdisplay ... I've replaced screens on my JD990, XV5080, and K5000s... they all now have a beautiful cool blue display that it much easier to read ... installation was simple (plug and play)... I bought mine a couple of years ago from Lux before everything went mad so I didn't know about the long wait time... My next project is to fix the dim and hard to read screen on my An1x but apparently, that's a custom screen with strange dimensions so the only option is to keep the screen and improve the backlight... oh well.
I loved my w30.
That looks beautiful Espen. I just changed the back light on mine, and it looks superb again. Those are great machines and sound spectacular
Cheers!
I just bought one because of you, I hope when it gets here I will have a lot of fun!
Awesome!
Oh wow. Now I want all of mine done!
Great, I have a W30 since 1996 and now with a SCSI2SD, no more floppy disks anymore! This video incentives me to make this upgrade the display too... I changed the foil but worked great for few weeks, and then stopped. The problem looks to be the voltage / power supply for the old system (~50Volts AC). Now back to the Display change plans... Thanks for this video!!
I love how your vids always come up just after I have been talking about or spending time on a particular bit of gear.... I especially love that Espen KNOWS about and owns THE best samplers. My producer hero Erick Sermon used this so well, as well as Liam Howlett of Prodigy. Always wanted a W30 but have not yet managed to cop one although I do have a 770 which is a beast (when operational unlike mine right now)
There's a few on eBay right now. They're weirdly awesome but total time gobblers.
Cheers!
Helo Espen, thank you for being so kind and quick to reply to my problem, it would be a shame to stop using such a beautiful keyboard that is still in excellent condition because of a light, I will give them a try and I will let you know if I have any success, thanks again for your help Kind regards Noeline
I love your vids. I don't use any hardware synths- mostly free vsts. Looks like some snobs got to you. I've noticed that a TON of people on social media have these fancy setups and just make beep boop stuff that sounds crap. You're talented and many ppl appreciate your insight. Don't let the snobs change you.
Cheers!
It's cool how old synths can be upgraded today. Definitely better with a back light.
Pretty much essential for any synth with an EL backlight, electro luminescent foil backlight. They hum as well.
@@6581punk My W-30 has always had a very loud, high pitch hum. Is that coming from the display?
@@sinewaymusic no it is the Inverter humming, if you have replaced the Display to a new one, you can deacticate it. And btw replace some of the capacitators.
@@6581punk no it is the Inverter humming, if you have replaced the Display to a new one, you can deacticate it. And btw replace some of the capacitators.
@@texacomann OK, no I'm talking about my original, unaltered W-30. It has this distinct, bright hiss/hum sound that is loud enough that has always been there ever since I bought it in 1995.
I change sooo many displays in industrial equipment it drives me crazy.
W30 in C64 look (y) cool
Nice. Just replaced the display on my Kawai K5m. Had similar delays. Looks so good now, though. Well worth it for you too. Groovy.
Cheers!
My D70 is getting a new display - yellow I think. A dull orange would have been ideal, but I didn’t get to choose. No more whine hopefully!
I just found out the sequencer of the W30 can record poly AT which is very important to me nowadays! It's so old I never bothered to check. Since it's the best hardware sequencer I ever used and feels like coming home to an old friend. I now want to reintroduce it to my main setup. The other advantage will be that I can again use old the user samples I put so much time and effort into. So I tried it for for the first time in years and it still runs like clockwork! :-)
Looks Beautiful 👍I have to do the same with my JD-990 ….
I owned a W-30 when it was new, but I always thought the S-50 was cooler, with the CRT output and mouse. The ROM sounds (which the S-50 does not have) made a huge difference in usability for me, though.
Done that mod on Wavestation (along with the EX mod, fitting new ROMs), Two Kawai K5000 (rack and keyboard, I sold the rack), an SY99 and two SY77s and finally a Kawai K5. They all pretty much use the same display type. It's just a matter of where to get the backlight power and adapting the contrast adjustment.
But in many cases, new displays are thicker so there is often a need to adapt it to the chassis/mounting bracket properly. Not always a straight forward job for the lay man, so sometimes a prepared display is worth the extra cost. :)
Should note that in every case I have used a stock part, cost of about £40ukp. I used a nice white and black one on the Wavestation as I think it is nicer than the blue ones which I find a bit sluggish to refresh.
I bought one a few days ago, from a pawnshop.
I’ve upgraded the displays (white on blue) on my Roland XV-5080 and Korg Wavestation A/D… what a difference for readability. I bought mine from supplier in UK, but don’t know if the same one for this W-30 display upgrade
Very nice but personally I like to juat replace the EL strip behind the display as for me it has a special glow
Great sounds. But with which gear did you record the closing music ? Where is the whole piece ? It's beautiful !!
Thanks! It's called "I'm like Ronaldo" and can be found on Spotify and Apple music. I also have a video about how it was made.
@@EspenKraft Thanks ! Beautiful piece ! I'll look into it. I see that you really into 80's sound but with the clarity and power of 2000's DAWs - that's very cool... I'll probably be hearing many tracks there - thanks !!
two years ago I fixed the EL backlight on my Korg X3R, it seems that upgrading to LCD would be a better choice
Yes it is much better
Hi Espen,
great video - again!
I just bought an Ensoniq VFX with broken buttons and fixed it up (sort of). Are you going to use a VFX on your new album?
Anyway, if you have time, could you do a video about the VFX...I think you have one, right?
Thanks again!
I don't have a VFX. Cheers
Unlike JD990, W30 use standard T6963 compatible 240 x 64 graphic LCD with 8bit parallel interface. So, with customizing resistor or two for LED backlite and contrast voltage, any 30ish$ LCD from ebay will work. Cheers! S
I need to do this with a Roland A80
I replaced the light panel strip in my Yamaha QS300 in July 2021. The full display unit would have cost approx £100, but the light panel strip cost me £15 and my own time to fit it. I chose to keep it white rather than go blue. It's the exact same model of display as in things like the Yamaha TG77 and possibly W30?
Anyone know of any reliable replacements for the notorious Juno-G display failure?
It's impossible now for me to think about W30's without also thinking about the first 2 Prodigy albums!
Hi Espen, I am desperate to find a replacement LCD display for my Roland G 1000 I don’t know if you know of someone who can help in finding one or if there is a generic that would do the job, await your reply kind regards Noeline
Check the video description to this video on where I got the display for my W-30.
I have a w30, but it doesn’t seem to be working properly.. I don’t know anything about how to repair it sadly.. the cursor seems to jump about randomly.
I really need to do this on my Akai S300XL
It’s so dim I can hardly read it LOL
DJ Paul of 3-6 brought me here
Displays are the weak link in most modern synths. They have a service life that isn’t very long and many, if not most, are custom and once the inventory is gone the only place to get one is from a donor synth.
Haha ! Its a lot of manipulations but great work.
To much imge speed.
You can play back at 0.25x you know… 😂
These Displays are to expensive, they are usually very easy to replace, if you have a little bit knowledge of how to deal with electronics you can save really a lot of money. So for me, I say that These displays are to expensive.
For any other W30 owners out there, feel free to join our Facebook community for modding and upgrading your workstation. facebook.com/groups/2838261826501352/?ref=share