[sdiy] Re: Noisy Kawai K3!

Roy J. Tellason rtellason at blazenet.net
Sun Jun 19 03:26:01 CEST 2005


On Saturday 18 June 2005 01:52 pm, Jonathan Lutz wrote:
> Just to specify, my K3 is the module version (K3m). ;)
>
> On 6/18/05, Jonathan Lutz <jonathan.lutz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have a K3 that's been nearly unusable since I purchased it due to some
> > serious noise/hum. Where would one start in troubleshooting this thing? I
> > noticed the K3 (along with my SCI Sixtrak, also noisy!) doesn't use a
> > wallwart like some more modern synths.. could the cause be power-supply
> > related or........?
> >
> > JON

That'd be the first place I'd look...

Always check power supplies first when you're trying to troubleshoot 
something.  With a scope,  because just using a meter isn't going to show you 
a lot of problems.










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