[sdiy] numar service notes

[David G. Dixon]

> no offense but is there another synth or electronics repair list / forum
> that ha more "applied" questions and support...seems like if you want to
> discuss walsh functions and what it means to be "virtual analog" you get a
> lot of repsonses but i hardly ever get any real anwsers to my "applied"
> questions....maybe i am asking stupid questions?  please tell me if i am!

I try to answer any questions where I think I have something intelligent to
contribute (and sometimes even when I know I don't -- I've said some mighty
stupid things on this list in the past!).  I think that if you're not
getting responses to your questions, it is probably because no one knows the
answer, and/or is unwilling to look foolish by giving the wrong answer. 

> seems like when i ask questions about a circuit and how to troubleshoot
> its quiet but when ebay shill bidding comes up everyone and their cousin
> chimes in!  LOL

I don't actually own any real synthesizers myself (except a Korg MS2000B
which I've never opened up and don't intend to), so I generally delete most
"product-specific" posts without a second glance -- but that's just me.
Now, if you want to discuss the merits of different VCO cores or filter
topologies, I'm all over that (spewing out stupid answers with careless
abandon).

(And yes, that Ebay thread did get rather stale...)

> Maybe I should "mask" my tech question in an OT posting....
> 
> Why is the sky blue, oh and btw does anyone explain to me the transistor
> based voltage regulator circuit in the korg poly 800?  If a tree falls in
> the woods.....

...does it generate a Walsh function?  ;^)