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Subject: RE: [PolySix] Re: MG section problem

From: Paul T <sharpfish@hotmail.com>
Date: 2010-05-15

there is a blank white plastic 2 pinned connector just below a capacitor and near a VR on the rear panel mounted power board (for the 52k load) - the j1/2/7 etc are the component style 'jumpers' on this board - you put your multimeter probe against the legs of them and get the reading from there - they are marked on the board as J1/2/7 etc. I did mine just the other day as it happens.
HTHPaul

To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
From: KLBR@free.fr
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 01:44:38 +0000
Subject: [PolySix] Re: MG section problem




























HI there!



I'm really you guys crossed my thread!

Thanks again to take time to help me!



To Jed and Andy, I will undo the R09 fix tomorrow, I'd like to start as

well the Adjustment Procedure where there is some parts I don't

understand at the very beginning of the procedure I should verify the

power supply with the test point on the "J" ??? What are the J 's, are

they some diodes? or resistances? And then ON the Reset Procedure there

is something with a 52Ko resistance but I can't get to understand where

i should put the legs on ?

and for the MG "Calibration" I really need to use an Oscilloscope but I

found there was some software equivalent. What do you think about them?

I'll still look on ebay...



I still did some tests with the buttons and knobs.

Here the result:



OUTPUT SECTION



Volume : Ok

Output SW : Ok



TUNE SECTION



Tune Knb : not sure



VCO SECTION



Octave : Ok

Waveform selection : Ok

PW\PWM : hard to say

PWM Speed : hard to say too

Sub Osc SW : Ok



VCF SECTION



Cutoff : No

Resonance : No

EG Intensity : No

Keyboard Track : No



VCA SECTION



VCA Mode : Ok

Attenuation : Ok



ARPEGGIATOR SECTION



Arpeggiator SW on/off : Ok

Arpeggiator Speed : Ok

Range SW : Ok

Mode SW : Ok

Latch SW : Ok



MG SECTION



Freq Diode : Yes but not sync with the Freq Knb

Freq : No

Delay : No

Level : No

MG Mode : Ok



EG SECTION



Attack : No

Decay : No

Sustain : No

Release : No



EFFECTS SECTION



(Once again it's hard to say 'cause I hear the notes played only on the

"top" of the modulation so it's hard to define phaser ensemble or

chorus)



FX Mode : Seems Ok

Speed\Intensity : Hard to say



BEND SECTION



Bend Intensity : Ok



WHEELS



Bend Wheel : Ok

MG Wheel : Ok



KEY ASSIGN MODE SECTION



Hold : Ok

Chord Memory : Ok

Unison : Ok

Poly : Ok



PROGRAMMER SECTION



All the numbers work when pressed but can't hear the difference



By the way thanks a lot for the Manual Service I found one on a website

but yours is best!



Looking forward for your answers



Cheers!



Vincent



PS : ANDY I live in Paris where are you hiding?



--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Jed Jorgensen <jed.jorgensen@...> wrote:

>

> Man, I'm way too impatient this morning. Andy just sent me a complete

copy

> of the manual. That is now up on my website. I'm also putting a copy

in the

> file section here.

>

> J

>

> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Jed Jorgensen jed.jorgensen@...wrote:

>

> > Vincent,

> >

> > I've put a copy of the service manual on my webpage here:

> >

http://sites.google.com/site/jedjorgensen/klm367a/images/pcb-bugs-errors\

/manuals<https://sites.google.com/site/jedjorgensen/klm367a/images/pcb-b\

ugs-errors/manuals>

> >

> >

> >

<https://sites.google.com/site/jedjorgensen/klm367a/images/pcb-bugs-erro\

rs/manuals>This

> > is not a complete copy of the manual, but it has the calibration

procedure

> > that you need to follow. The calibration procedure for the 367 board

is on

> > pages 10 and 11.

> >

> > Jed

> >

> >

> > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Jed Jorgensen

jed.jorgensen@...wrote:

> >

> >> Hi Vincent,

> >>

> >> Yes, put R9 back and re-jumper the trace you cut. That modification

isn't

> >> recommended unless you have LFO noise present that can't be fixed

by another

> >> method. I've updated my website to make that clear.

> >>

> >> The calibration procedure on the VR's is necessary to make the

board and

> >> the P6 function correctly. You can begin parts of the procedure

without an

> >> oscilloscope, but as Andy noted you have to have one to do the job

> >> correctly.

> >>

> >> Do you have a copy of the service manual? I'll put one on my

website soon,

> >> but I'm pretty sure it is in the files section at the yahoo groups

page.

> >>

> >> Jed

> >>

> >> On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:22 AM, kluberrrrr KLBR@... wrote:

> >>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> Hi Jed,

> >>>

> >>> first I'd like to thank you for what you did for the P6 itself and

of

> >>> course its users! Even if my P6 doesn't work yet I remain positive

:)

> >>> I also appreciate you fast answer! thanks!

> >>>

> >>> I fixed the R52 and R98 issues. I was hesitating by doing the last

one (

> >>> lift the resistance 9 and cut the trace) I did it : unsoldering

one leg of

> >>> the R9 cut the trace and put a jumper between the CN 06 pin 02 and

the

> >>> unsoldered leg of the R09.

> >>>

> >>> No more sound at all !Well, I can hear on the background the

modulation

> >>> if i put the gain very high of the audio amp. The knobs on the MG

panel

> >>> remain unusable

> >>>

> >>> Before to did the fix, I was able to hear the notes played through

the

> >>> modulation generator which went in and out very slowly in any MG

mod ( vca

> >>> vcf )with a very normal volume. I'm sure that the sound is

modulate because

> >>> I can follow the MG led with the fade of the sound

> >>>

> >>> I don't have done the VR adjustments yet because I don't have any

access

> >>> to an oscilloscope. But I'm not sure it will change a lot. My

first target

> >>> is to have the sound back without the modulation on it .

> >>>

> >>> Should I put the R09 back and remove the jumper? and try something

else?

> >>> Or should I try to do the Don B. fix on the 368 board?

> >>>

> >>> Could the problem on my P6 come from another part?

> >>>

> >>> Cheers!

> >>>

> >>> Vincent

> >>>

> >>> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com <PolySix%40yahoogroups.com>, Jed

> >>> Jorgensen jed.jorgensen@ wrote:

> >>> >

> >>> > Hi Vincent,

> >>> >

> >>> > Did you fix the two PCB errors noted here (#1 & #3):

> >>> >

> >>>

https://sites.google.com/site/jedjorgensen/klm367a/images/pcb-bugs-error\

s

> >>> >

> >>> > <

> >>>

https://sites.google.com/site/jedjorgensen/klm367a/images/pcb-bugs-error\

s

> >>> >Also,

> >>> > did you calibrate the board following the build as per the

service

> >>> manual?

> >>> >

> >>> > Jed

> >>> >

> >>> > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 3:07 PM, kluberrrrr KLBR@ wrote:

> >>> >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Hi everybody,

> >>> > >

> >>> > > I'm quite desperate here, so I hope someone could help me a

bit

> >>> especially

> >>> > > because I'm not very good in English and I'm not an electronic

guy!

> >>> > > A couple of years ago I found a polysix which had the famous

leak

> >>> battery

> >>> > > problem, so impossible to play on it.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > I tried to repair the KLM 367 but with no success.

> >>> > > Then i discovered the Jed's project

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Today I've just finished to solder all the parts on the

KLM-367A

> >>> clone

> >>> > > board.

> >>> > > I put the board back on my P6. Then I turned it on.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > First, the programmer panel seems to work fine, Led button

repond

> >>> when I

> >>> > > push them

> >>> > >

> >>> > > BUT there is no sound at all. Just some attack sound, some

'blops'.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > When I hold a key down, I can hear the note coming very slowly

and

> >>> fade

> >>> > > out. Just like the LEd of the MG panel fading In and Out very

slowly.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > The Mg frequency, delay and level's knobs don't affect the

> >>> modulation. Even

> >>> > > if the modulation level is at 0, the sound is fully modulated

> >>> > >

> >>> > > So I guess it's the MG section which seems to not work

properly. It

> >>> looks

> >>> > > like it is stuck on a very slow frequency and there is no way

to cut

> >>> the

> >>> > > modulation.

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Also cutoff, resonance, eg int, keyboard track knobs don't

seem to

> >>> change

> >>> > > the sound.

> >>> > >

> >>> > > When I built the new Jed's PCB, I used from the old board the

mask

> >>> rom IC,

> >>> > > the TC5514APL-3 IC, the two LM13600 ICs and the 2SA798

> >>> > >

> >>> > > What do you think? Is it possible that one of the Ic is dead?

Or does

> >>> it

> >>> > > look like the problem is deeper?

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Please excuse my poor english !

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Cheers!

> >>> > >

> >>> > > Vincent

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> > >

> >>> >

> >>> >

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> >>> >

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>

> >>

> >

>

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