[sdiy] MFOS Soundlab Oscillators not oscillating

James R. Coplin james at ticalun.net
Mon Jun 1 22:15:56 CEST 2009


I'm having serious problems with a Soundlab here I'm assembling.  Everything
works perfectly except the oscillators.  Both oscillators are not
oscillating.  I've been pulling my hair out for about a month on this before
posting to try to minimize the chances that it's me doing something dumb.
I've checked the components dozens of times (really) and did a continuity
check between all the points in the circuit and all the points check and
supplies and grounds are all connected.  I can't find any bridges anywhere.
I had originally built it with TL072 and TL074 ICs but replaced those with
the LF444 chips as specified in the schematic as I heard some folks had
trouble with the TLxxx series.  I had hoped this would solve the problem but
still no luck.  Here are the voltages for each of the pins for IC5 on the
schematic, a LF444.  Does anyone have any thoughts on what might be causing
this fail?

Pin / Voltage:
1 / -0.66v 
2 / 0v
3 / 0v
4 / 9.25v
5 / 0v
6 / 0v
7 / .02v
8 / -7.62v
9 / 2.9v
10 / -.63v
11 / -9.13v
12 / 0
13 / 0
14  / .05v

Any help would be greatly appreciated!  Thanks!

James R. Coplin




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