Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

previous by date index next by date
previous in topic topic list  

Subject: Re: [PolySix] Re: Just got my polysix and problems!?!

From: klosmon <klosmon@sbcglobal.net>
Date: 2007-05-26

New SSM 2056 chips can be had from Senso, at Vintage Planet:
http://www.vintageplanet.nl/content.html

~G

At 10:13 AM 5/26/2007, you wrote:

>On 5/26/07, blacknred123
><<mailto:blacknred123%40yahoo.co.uk>blacknred123@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hi yes it seems that your spot on!! It is infact 1 dodgy ssmt 2056
> > chip and could there be possibly one ssmt 2044 above as it seems the
> > working chip even swapped for the bad still is a bit muffled on that
> > unit!! once i started removing the chips (ssmt 2056) the problem did
> > follow!! Now I'm
> > really desperate do you know where i could get the said chips from!??!
> > Many thanks for your help i would have been totally stuck without your
> > help!!
> >
> > --- In <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>PolySix@yahoogroups.com,
> "Chromatest J. Pantsmaker"
> > <chromatest@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think those chips are all socketed, so you could ∗∗∗CAREFULLY∗∗∗
> > > swap the chips around and see if the problem follows. When you open
> > > the case, you can tell which voice is sounding by the LED. Find out
> > > which one is bad, then swap it with another.. One chip at a time.
> > >
> > > Make sure the system is turned off for a couple minutes before you
> > > pull or insert a chip. The chips used are not easy to get, but
> > > possible.
> > >
> > > On 5/25/07, blacknred123 <blacknred123@...> wrote:
> > > > Hi firstly thanks for your reply secondly do you think its easily
> > > > sorted i.e. is there much chance of me picking up an EG chip for
> > > > replacement assuming that is the problem!?!?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In <mailto:PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>PolySix@yahoogroups.com,
> klosmon <klosmon@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > First impression is that one of the envelope generators is not
> > > > working.
> > > > > Possibly the EG chip itself; possibly the support circuit.
> > > > >
> > > > > ~G
> > > > >
> > > > > At 06:49 AM 5/25/2007, you wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >Hi all I just recieved my polysix aware that it had a problem it
> > > > seems
> > > > > >that every 6th note i play no mater where it is on there board it
> > > > cuts
> > > > > >out, But only in poly mode. The key does not sound when i have the
> > > > > >switch set to eg on the VCA but when switched to wave on the vca
> > > > the
> > > > > >sixth note whatever it may be is muffled. Does anyone have any
> > > > > >ideas!?! Bearing in mind that the batt has never been changed i
> > > > > >wodered if this may have something to do with it though all buttons
> > > > > >lights etc work as they should!??!......will be changing batt this
> > > > week!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > PolySix "Digiest" Page:
> <http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6>http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6
> > > > Yahoo! Groups Links
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > .sig
> > > -Chromatest J. Pantsmaker
> > > <http://www.chromatest.net>http://www.chromatest.net
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > PolySix "Digiest" Page:
> <http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6>http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>--
>.sig
>-Chromatest J. Pantsmaker
><http://www.chromatest.net>http://www.chromatest.net
>


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]