Picked up this old toy synth that was made in the 80s with the intention of teaching myself some stuff, but it came with no power cable. While I'm thinking of picking up an 8V adapter and Jerry-rigging the wires through the holes, I'd prefer to get something that doesn't require me to strip the wires, but if necessary I'll go ahead and snag an adapter and do that. Any help would be fantastic!

  • ComradeBeefheart [none/use name]
    hexagon
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    3 years ago

    I think it would be useful, but I haven't been able to read a circuit since a course I took in physics where we worked with circuits, and its been some years since then, the schematic is Russian, and I didn't do well in that course lol. My PIF synth actually came in its original box with a little instruction manual (all in russian, and from where that schematic pic seems to have been taken from), so I'm just trying to figure out how to power it without blowing a capacitor or something. I think I'm gonna go ahead and pick up a standard 9V adapter, strip the wire, check the polarity, cram them in their respective holes, and then maybe duct tape it. I've found only one post online about powering the PIF synth, and that seemed to be their solution. Thanks for the help anyhow!