So once again I found myself sifting through the underbelly of eBay looking for bargains that might pique my interest, and I came upon a Korg Minilogue XD synthesizer with my four favourite words "for parts or repair" attached. A few months ago I had actually found another one of them, also in inoperable condition, but ended up losing that auction. This one, though, had an issue that promised to be more easy to solve (some non-functional keys rather than the whole synth showing no signs of life) and was actually cheaper, so I went ahead and bought it.
The diagnosis of the issue was rather straightforward though it ended up requiring a slightly more involved fix than I had initially assumed. You can watch the adventure in this video here:
Anyway, the repair was a success, even with the unexpected twist that happened along the way, and the synth is now up and running and basically as good as new.
I decided to swap it in place of my Yamaha Reface CS. This isn't because the Minilogue XD is necessarily any better than the CS, but rather because the CS has built-in speakers and batteries, and thus it makes sense to use it as a portable couch-synth rather than just tying it down to one spot on my synth desk.
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