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A Turkish company called Carol Technologies is selling clones of the FL1024M flash memory on Reverb for $240. 

Anybody have experience with this? Finding real Yamaha FL512M or FL1024M has become very difficult and expensive when they turn up.

 
Posted : 21/05/2025 2:08 pm
Jason
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The only clone board I have heard that people have had success with is the Mutec FMC-05 -06 or -07 for 512M, 1024M, or 2048M respectively.   This is new info to me.  I see someone with a video on Youtube who shows installing it and formatting it and at least that far the board seems to work.   I'm guessing these will work although I don't see a lot of information about the Carol Technologies boards.

Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R

 
Posted : 21/05/2025 5:53 pm
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Thx for the reply Jason. 

I remember the Mutec boards, those are even scarcer than the Yamaha boards. 

At current prices on used MOXF6s (I don’t want an 8) adding in another $240 brings the total cost pretty close to used MODX6s. So I guess I'll scratch the MOXF off the list for good.

 
Posted : 22/05/2025 12:05 am
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Sometimes on the used market you'll get lucky and find a MOXF with a card installed and a seller who's not trying to upsell.

 

I'm looking at these now and I'm reminded that I actually bought a MOXF (I think it was a MOXF and not a MOX) since my MO6 took a nosedive.  After realizing the faders (I mean, sliders in Yamaha speak) got replaced by knobs I just couldn't do it and returned it.  Ended up repairing my MO6.   In order to bring in different sounds I would ride the faders and push one up while pulling one down.  I came up with a technique for the MOX(F) but just couldn't see doing this every gig if there was an alternative.   These days I don't use the sliders so much anymore since now I use scenes to bring in/out sounds (Parts).   

 

That's really my biggest/personal-may-not-apply-to-you critique of the MOX(F) units.

Current Yamaha Synthesizers: Montage Classic 7, Motif XF6, S90XS, MO6, EX5R

 
Posted : 22/05/2025 5:19 am
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