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Sounds like the sample and hold is loosing charge on the capacitor. Look for a high quality capacitor - probably something in the range 2.2nF to 47nF with an opamp nearby - fed from the keyboard and first clean the PCB spotlessly around it, and if that doesn't
work change it.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Synth-diy <synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org> on behalf of Luís Marka via Synth-diy <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 December 2024 13:50<br>
<b>To:</b> synth-diy@synth-diy.org <synth-diy@synth-diy.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [sdiy] Korg Minikorg 700S issue</font>
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<p>Hey gang!</p>
I am finishing a restoration on my good old Korg Minikorg 700S. I got it some 30 years ago and in fact, I think some of the front panel switches never worked properly before... now that I opened and cleaned every switch and slider, it indeed works so much better.
However, two issues still remain: one, engaging the "Bender" switch takes it ou of tune: pressed keys never reach their intended frequencies; not sure if this is by design or not. Actually, holding a note and engaging Bender takes its frequency down. And two,
releasing a key when Sustain (in fact, Release) is turned on makes the pitch slooowly slide down, almost like a pitch bend being applied to the note. Holding a key maintains the pitch, but soon as it is released, the pitch decays.<br style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:"Lucida Grande","Trebuchet MS",Verdana,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:13px; font-style:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; orphans:2; text-align:start; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; widows:2; word-spacing:0px; white-space:normal; background-color:rgb(225,235,242); text-decoration-style:initial; text-decoration-color:initial">
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<p>I already checked all resistors and replaced every capacitor around the Keio VCO module, but it made no difference. Has anyone ran into such issues before?</p>
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