Hey All,

Anyone have any information on the slot machine mod? I just picked up a HUO TZ and the white light above the reels appears dead and the reels almost don't move. I haven't pulled anything apart yet, thought to check here first.

Hey all! [updated post - located the mod in question]

I have recently joined the club, made one previous post in here. Love TZ and just starting to go through to clean it up. Mainly just dirty with a few items that could use some adjustments and fixing but there quite a few mods on this pin and there is one that I could use help with.

There are two pair of wires that feed the 3D Camera mod (see pic for the very specific model of the mod, can't seem to locate who's it is) that is wired using a cat 5 cable (only 2 pair in use). 1 pair goes from the camera insert to the top light (looks purple, maybe it is a UV LED) in the mod but the other appears to go up into the back box to a z-connector to insert in-line with J4 on the 8-driver PCB. Using the schematics, as the silkscreen connector/pin numbering are different, I see that we're connected to pin#4 (Flasher#39 - GumBall mid(?)). The other wire just has an alligator clip on it but is of the same overall length so I assume that it clips to something close by. The main question here is what is the power requirement of the bottom LED(s) on this particular camera mod? The schematics show that the GB Flasher is powered by the +20V from J107-6 on the PWR DRV but I can't determine where the clip should be connected to, to get it's power.

I can't assume that the bottom light uses +20V. Can anyone speak to what the voltage wire should be connected to if they have the same mod with similar tap on their TZ.

Also, why would the camera mod's bottom LED(s) be wired to on of the GumBall flashers? (just curious)

Thanks

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Well that is one option haha! I would like to try to get it working for now but I do have to keep reminding my GF that there is a flipper 'up there'

I am really enjoying TZ but I like Lawlor and love the theme. It is interesting to me how polarized people can be on TZ, let's just keep the haters out of here

I have recently added a PinSound to mine (4th pin to have a PS now, just love them!) and am just starting to add real RS call outs and content from the original series to one of the better existing sound libraries from their website (Chris' DCS). It is quite surprising that there hasn't been more traction on this front. A really fine tuned PS is, in my opinion, superior to a colour display. Although I do love those as well, I am not always looking at the screen. The audio however can really bring it to the next dimension, maybe even the 6th!. I put 60+ hours in on my BSD, ripping from the blu-ray and the experience is incredible even with the stock speakers. Moved on to Batman Forever to start the same; easily one of the worst (annoying) sound packages in pinball and it is finally starting to get enjoyable to play with the sound up.

I digress... back to TZ!!!!

If anyone else is working on new sounds, let me know.

I had mentioned the Granner DCS (as a must have and one that I was using) but afterwards I went to increase the RS call-outs and realized that I had actually been using the TK remixed. It is the one with the cleaner guitar rifts and slap bass. So this is the library that I currently enjoy the most but plan on augmenting it. This being said my GF actually disliked the music at first but doesn't comment on it now.

Unfortunately all of the Tim Kitzrow RS call-outs, across all current libraries, are distorted. Almost all of these can't be lifted from the series as they are custom to the pin. So, who has the best RS impression here? Many would pitch in for sure. I could post something online looking for someone to do 'custom' voice over work

Indeed, this will be very interesting!

I suppose that the challenge now is that with a PS we can rework all of the original RS based call-outs and add whatever else we'd like. Rob, will you be doing the voice over work yourself?

Awesome! Yes let's say that I have been reaching out to see if 'anyone' would be interested but just crickets at this point. Understandably so but a response would have been appreciated

Are we faced with any challenges here for doing voice work 'in the style' of someone else or saying things that were authored by someone else?

Rock 'n Roll!!! (or as per Alabama: Roll On!)

I think that merccat has missed the previous thread about you taking this on this month, as time allows Let's forget the other guys on this

Just getting back to check how things went, assuming you've been able to find more time for this.

Reverb wouldn't be necessary if it means more of your time. We could always add it later from the audio files

Has anyone come up with a solution for a compatible edge/trim for the four sides of the new TZ mirrored backglass from CPR? I go through the process of ordering it only to find out that you can't reuse the original trim.

I enjoy the sound library options for my TZ but typically only use the one with the heavier Golden Earring TZ sound track. I love the bass etc...

I would say that the only thing for me that is missing is a rework of Serling's call outs. If we could chip in and have Tim Kitzrow redo these and possibly additional ones I would be in! I reached out to him over a year ago and had discussed it, we exchanged a few messages and then he stopped responding. That said, although he is the original voice and would kill it I don't care who does it if it sounds authentic, but the Serling's call outs need to be redone.

Well that explains why the conversation went dark... I would have had the 'Hey it's only pinball' response to that.

I recall that you were thinking of giving it a go. Did you attempt it?

I don't have one for sale but my TZ came with it and I find that the reels don't really spin much or well, anyone else have this issue? Easy fix?

I like the reworked original sound library for Pinsound but the Serling call outs are crap. I would gladly donate to getting a better copy of this if/when available. Just posting here in case others are on the same page.

I have the same mod and never thought about that but I too am interested if the price is right. I have just sent a PM to Peter.

I think that techically you can tie the robot into any sockets, they might just be aligator clips but I will wait for comfirmation or I will have to open up mine.

It's been a long time but has there been any progress on having someone provide new voice work for Serling's call outs in TZ to be used on PinSound? I would contribute to having someone do this.

Does anyone here know if there has been resampled Serling callouts for the Chris Ganner PinSound library set?