[sdiy] Oberheim 4-voice issues (SEM, keyboard)

ChristianH chris at chrismusic.de
Thu Apr 21 10:22:08 CEST 2011


On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:19:48 +0100 Oakley Sound <oakleylist at btinternet.com> wrote:

> The most common cause of SEM VCOs going high frequency that I have found 
> is, in order of likelihood:
> 
> 1. Dead 3086 (we know it's not that though)
> 2. Dead timing cap
> 3. Dead temp co
> 
> Although, since both VCOs are dead this does seem to indicate another 
> possibility. Having two dead temp cos (or dead polystyrene caps) does 
> seem somewhat unlucky.

Isn't the 3086 shared between both oscillators in the SEM...?

Christian




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