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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] Various topics

From: Ken Leonard <ken@...>
Date: 2002-11-25

> > Yes, I did the Minimoog-on-Tron thing just to do it...and just
> > once...and
> > all I could stand was about 10 seconds of looking at it. Horrors! :-)
>
>.... Oh dear... Is this set-up something of a cliche then?... Ooops!

Yawp.

>Check out picture on the "Pics" page of
>http://www.technostalgia.org

Heh...805 is a white beastie with little black feet, making it just that
much worse...

I should've taken a picture.

Maybe not.

>Mini in pic is none too healthy either.... it plays a fifth or so below
>actual pitch!

I'm assuming that all the tuning/ranging/scaling is correct on it,
right? Can't help you if it's not that simple---I can barely fix
mine! Although if I turn on osc mod in mine the pitch will drop about a
step or two, and I was told that it's a ground problem (a better ground is
needed, I think to the power supply, but I don't recall exactly).

...kl...

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