I've just listed my finished/working Polysix on eBay (I was given two
to check/repair/rehome by a friend after her partner passed away) -
I've done everything I can do with the information in the service
guide, and only one thing bugs me now.
When I switch it on, and first play a tone, it is flat/out of tune.
It comes up to tune as the synth 'warms up' - very quickly, say a
couple of seconds at most.
Is this normal? There's no mention of this behaviour anywhere.
Everything else works exactly as it should.
The Polysix is listed on eBay in the UK - if this behaviour is a
problem, I will revise my listing. Both Polysixes did it, but one has
now developed a fault with the programmer with only a few LEDs
illuminating, patch storage and programming messed up, so it's harder
to detect over all the other bugs ;)
To my mind, it's acceptable and normal behaviour for an analogue
polysynth, but if there is a failed capacitor or component causing
whatever generates a reference frequency (for example) to come up to
speed, I'd like to be able to replace it if needed
It is in tune when played, and doesn't go out of tune - my Akai
AX73 has to have the autotune button pressed when first switched on!
Richard
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G.A.S.
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