Hey, I'm new to this forum, so I apologize if this belongs in a better suited section. I'm also pretty new to soldering but...
I recently got a used Volca Beats, analog drum-machine, from my friend. My first thought was that it sounds great and it's very versatile, but the snare drum sound is pretty crap. I looked at some youtube videos, and it turns out a lot of people think this snare sound is crap... such a common thought that somebody decided to make a video on how to mod your Beats with a capacitor. Rumor has it that this capacitor originally belonged on the instrument and there were some manufacturing errors that caused it to go missing on every single 'Beats instrument... including mine. Well, I opened it up, and there it is, labelled C78, two pieces of solder, a white line and no capacitor gapping it. Here's an image for y'all: http://oi58.tinypic.com/30i9c2p.jpg
Now my question, can I simply just place each leg of the capacitor on the corresponding soldering points and just push down with my needle-tipped soldering iron to solder it in? Or because this solder has been used before, would the connection be less effective? If so, should I just take off this solder and go from there, or do you think placing solder on top of these points would be effective. I'm still waiting for the capacitor to come from Amazon in the mail, its labelled 104 for anyone curious.
I recently got a used Volca Beats, analog drum-machine, from my friend. My first thought was that it sounds great and it's very versatile, but the snare drum sound is pretty crap. I looked at some youtube videos, and it turns out a lot of people think this snare sound is crap... such a common thought that somebody decided to make a video on how to mod your Beats with a capacitor. Rumor has it that this capacitor originally belonged on the instrument and there were some manufacturing errors that caused it to go missing on every single 'Beats instrument... including mine. Well, I opened it up, and there it is, labelled C78, two pieces of solder, a white line and no capacitor gapping it. Here's an image for y'all: http://oi58.tinypic.com/30i9c2p.jpg
Now my question, can I simply just place each leg of the capacitor on the corresponding soldering points and just push down with my needle-tipped soldering iron to solder it in? Or because this solder has been used before, would the connection be less effective? If so, should I just take off this solder and go from there, or do you think placing solder on top of these points would be effective. I'm still waiting for the capacitor to come from Amazon in the mail, its labelled 104 for anyone curious.