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Hi Jimmy,</div>
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Not familiar with these circuits, but if the corrosion traveled up the traces to other boards I’ve read that it is very difficult to remove and if I remember correctly someone made new boards to replace corrosion damaged ones.</div>
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If the 324 is an amplifying stage it could be that the noise is coming from further up and just boosted at this stage.</div>
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Best of luck, these kinds if problems are always a tricky thing requiring much patience.</div>
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I hope your aha moment comes soon!</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> on behalf of Jimmy Moore via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 27, 2026 9:50:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam (synthDIY) <synthdiy@adambaby.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> synth-diy mailing list <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [sdiy] diagnosing polysix output noise (fwd from AH)</font>
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<div dir="auto">I can't wait when I figure out where it's coming from so I can figure out how to patch it in as a reliable effect haha!
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<div dir="auto">Florian and a few others on AH said it sounded like a flaky transistor or BBD chip.
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<div dir="auto">Modifying the filter cutoff or resonance does NOT change the noise timbre. There may be a slight relationship between changing the resonance and that triggering the the noise. But only very slight. Florian called out that this out:</div>
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<div dir="auto"><i><font color="#2196f3">Does it depend on the on/off-setting of the effect section? If not then there are only a few parts that remain as suspects. </font></i></div>
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<div dir="auto"><i><font color="#2196f3">And just as remark: many people forget, that there is a VCA on the effect board that is controlled by the resonance setting. So, if the noise depends on the resonance setting, you can narrow down the source quite well.</font></i></div>
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<div dir="auto"> Curious if that helps localize things any.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I've had the synth droning this morning and it took about 20mins before the noise emerged. I can get another recording of people want, but it's more of the same. It appears independent of the effects section being engaged or not. The resonance
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 11:35 PM Adam (synthDIY) <<a href="mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">synthdiy@adambaby.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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Interesting noise!<br>
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Sounds to me like the noise is being affected by the filter - would you agree? If so, it's not coming from the Effect Board BBD<br>
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