<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Eric may I humbly suggest, if you're already going to all that trouble, to reflow all the joints on that board as well.<div><br></div><div>Can fix a lot of weird gremlins in vintage synths</div><div><br></div><div>A<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 18 Apr 2025, at 12:41, Eric Frampton <eric@ericframpton.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div>
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There ended up being relatively little flux happening, especially compared to the rest of the boards in this thing. So I went on and ordered a whole pile of new caps and am bracing myself for evening of cap swapping.
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The Arp OMNI had a problem where any leakage on the cap would turn the note on. Same TDA0470 circuit in that unit. Those caps are what? 45 - 50 years old? It could be that they have started
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Also, could be old dirt and contamination on the PCB. I would try washing the board with isopropyl alcohol first.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On
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<b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:40 AM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [sdiy] ARP Solina/String Ensemble help?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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On Apr 16, 2025, at 5:59 PM, Nathan <<a href="mailto:nathan@idmclassics.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">nathan@idmclassics.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></div>
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By "two highest gate ICs" do you mean the 413 and 414 (the highest octave for 4' and 8' respectively)? 413 is only used in the Violin, and 414 in the Viola. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Since you still get the bleed when only one of those is installed, and presumably if one of those switches is on and the other isn't, then the big thing they have in common are the RC trigger networks ("sustain circuits") for each note before they go to the
gate ICs. If any keys have a bad cap/resistor in the trigger path, or a bad gate IC, then the gates on the chip could stay partially open. Every time you play a key and the main VCA opens, you'll hear that droning. Issues with the sustain voltage or bad caps
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I just pulled those two IC’s as an example. There’s note bleeding for any note across the keyboard.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I'd definitely check the caps on that octave. If you check the voltage at the signal side of the 15uF cap for each of those keys, you may find that some are higher than others, or the droning disappears when you probe. <o:p></o:p></div>
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I measured voltages at the signal side of all 49 caps, and they’re all sitting right at -6.0V, +/- 0.01V. Hitting the appropriate key drops the voltage to -15V. BUT, if I hit any other key than the one I’m measuring, I can see the voltage on the one I”m measuring
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Do I have 49 bad caps?!<o:p></o:p></div>
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I’m back at my never-ending Solina project, and am down to one last (big) issue.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is a Series 33, so 1975-ish with the Gate and Trigger jacks in the back and the Chorus switch on the front.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When I play a key, I hear not only the selected waveform from the key, but also some or all (hard to tell) of the other keys droning quietly in the background. If I play multiple keys, the droning is louder. The drones follow the VCA envelope.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If I scope the output for the highest gate chip for the highest 10 notes, and play the top C and work my way downward, I get the waveform for the C down to D# (as you’d expect), then silence/no waveform, then starting at the G (G2?) that is the top of the bass/cello
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For troubleshooting, I removed and socketed the two highest gate IC's. If I remove those and do the same test, I get silence on those top 10 notes (as you’d expect), then no added waveforms at all going down the keyboard.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The added waveforms I’m hearing seem to be from the main Gate board, and not the Bass board, based on pitch. They show up in all four 4’ and 8’ sounds (viola, violin, trumpet, horn) but not in the Cello or Bass - those two seem to be fine.<o:p></o:p></div>
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i’ve got trimmer on the Gate board adjusted for 15V. If I lower it (say, to the point of voices not starting to speak), the drones are still there, they’re just lower in volume.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Here’s a link to the schematics: <a href="https://manuals.fdiskc.com/flat/ARP%20Solina%20Schematics.pdf" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">https://manuals.fdiskc.com/flat/ARP%20Solina%20Schematics.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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