Hello guys
I have a big problem with my optigan and I can't find some help for this problem....no response on the optigan forum...I know that some guys here own or owned an optigan...I decided to find some help in the mellotron group.
Here's my problem:
Since last week,I heard some problem on my optigan:
when I turn on the optigan,I heard a kind of portamento/slide effect and when I played the optigan it was impossible to stay in tune,I can hear something like a cycling pop (like a scratch on a vinyl)...Today I turn on the optigan and after 5 minutes,the optigan slow down drasticaly and progressively(2 minutes) until it was impossible to play with the optigan (so slow)....I read on the net that this problem is may be an idler wheel problem ..Have you heard about the same problem before?It would be fantastic if somebody can help me because I feel alone in europe with optigan problems...and I really want to save my optigan because it's really rare here in Europe.
I know that's optigans are unreliable and looks like toy but I really love the lo-fi vibes of this machine and it works perfectly with my mellotron
Thanks so much for your help
Jean
PS:Sorry for my english spoken