<div dir="auto">I'd suggest that LED is used as part of the power supply regulation. <div dir="auto">It probably had the forward turn-on voltage that the designers were looking for.</div><div dir="auto">I've only ever seen this used one other time in 50 years : in a Japanese radio in the 80's</div><div dir="auto">Gerry</div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 23 May 2023, 11:09 Adam (synthDIY), <<a href="mailto:synthdiy@adambaby.com">synthdiy@adambaby.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
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> On 23 May 2023, at 5:52 pm, Roman Sowa <<a href="mailto:modular@go2.pl" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">modular@go2.pl</a>> wrote:<br>
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> If it glows, it is LED.<br>
> Those kind of early LEDs were used at least in one of the Korgs, Maybe Poly6 or Poly61, can't recall now, to indicate active voice.<br>
> I was shocked too when I saw them first.<br>
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Actually, my Jupiter 8 has internal LEDs which are activated by throwing the "test mode" switch. As you say, they indicate which voice board is sounding with each key press.<br>
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