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Subject: Poly-800 Tape Dump

From: "cyllall" <cyllall@...>
Date: 2011-03-13

Hi Everyone,

The tape out on my Poly-800 is very quiet. Why is it every tape out, on every vintage synth is a whisper?
It took me about 30 mins to find the circuit section on the schematics. I can't see any pots that I could maybe adjust to increase the gain. I've cleaned the socket and enable switch. No difference.

I have boosted the output 40db with a pre amp, and then normalized the file with software, and can get a signal strong enough to play back in, so I have a work around.
Why is it so quiet?
Thanks
Martin