[sdiy] Re-CAP a minimoog

[ziembicki jaroslaw]

That's right. A Minimoog just likes to be used.
Otherwise the potentiometers and key contacts
start to make problems. Just like a Stradivarius
violine: the sound becomes worse if you don't play
it for a long time.
When I bought my Mini, I had to change one dead
electrolytic cap (in the filter envelope circuit).
And some potentiometers were crackling, but after
operating them during a month or two, they have
"cured" themselves. This ability seems to be a well-
-known property of the Minimoog.

Regards,
Jarek



----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Zacherl" <sdiy-mz01 at bluemole.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Cc: <dug at dugdesign.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:54 AM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Re-CAP a minimoog


> That's just the potentiometer - that's quite normal in an such old device.
> They pretty much get better when they are just used (as long as nobody
> messed around with them). At least my original Minimoog does that.
> So give them some dozens of full turns - on mine it got better.