thanks for the reply. It doesnt have a battery at all in it right now. I plan on fixing that soon. Do you have any idea why the VCO section is not able to be adjusted? Im sorry that im so unexperienced with all this. I just dont really know what to do and i dont just want to give up on the unit. The sounds im getting now is just a very basic analogue sound. but all the other sections seem to be adjustable. I really dont think the traces are bad. What exactly are PCB's? there is a bit of corrosion on them, but there is copper underneath.. Honestly if i can just get the VCO section functioning i would be really happy. The sounds it makes are kind of malfunctioning, but i like it. almost dont know what you are going to get sound wise. Its sort of dirty and messed up. kinda cool.
Someone talked about doing a reset adjustment and said its in the files section, but i was unable to find that. Any help with that would be much appreciated. Does any of you live in the upstate NY area?
thanks very much.
-Doyal
--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Terje Winther <terje.winther@...> wrote:
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> The reason he said it wasn´t worth fixing is because of just that:
> money. It can be fixed, but it takes a professional too much time, so
> it would be expensive. You would be better off to buy a fully working
> one on eBay for a silly prize.
> Or - you can fix it yourself. It takes time, because the battery
> leakage problems need to be addressed in full (cleaning, redoing
> traces, new battery and probably some other parts etc.).
> What you need is this:
> http://oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/repair.html
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> And then the service manual:
> http://oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/manuals/service/miniserv.html
>
> And of course: plenty of your own time :-)
> It can be done (I have done several). Look through the web pages and
> documents and decide if you want to do this.
> Good luck!
>
>
> tw. :)
>
> Den 16. nov.. 2011 kl. 05.34 skrev myndseter:
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> > Hi, my name is Doyal, im new to this board. a while back i traded an
> > old laptop for a polysix that had been sitting unused in a basement
> > i think. It didnt seem to be functioning much at all. Would turn on
> > and there was some minimal noises. There was the obvious battery
> > leakage that they all seem to get. So I took it to a local repair
> > man that specializes in music equipment. Mainly Fender amps. But he
> > does other stuff and usually a good job. He said he would look at it
> > and try to get it to work. So after over a month, he decided it
> > wasnt worth fixing, and gave it back to me and didnt charge me
> > anything (gave him a few bucks anyways). But he did repair it a bit
> > to where it makes lots more noise and i can use it a little bit. But
> > its definitely not function properly. The VCO section doesnt seem to
> > be adjustable at all. and its gets loud randomly. So i guess my main
> > question is where do i start? I have very little knowledge of
> > electronics. Should i try to find someone else? fix it myself? send
> > it some where? It really think it is worth fixing, but basically
> > this guy didnt want to charge me a ton to fix it and probably it
> > would have been a lot of work and I dont think he was up to it. I
> > apologize for the lengthy post. But i really hope someone can help.
> > I have a decent collection of gear and this would be my first real
> > analogue synth. All the rest are VA's. I was pretty let down when he
> > said it wasnt worth fixing.
> >
> > thanks much. glad to find this board!
> > -doyal
> >
> >
> >
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> Terje Winther
> terje.winther@...
> http://www.wintherstormer.no/
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