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Subject: Re: [PolySix] Yet another battery leak victim..

From: =?utf-8?Q?Troels_J=C3=B8rgensen?= <the19thbear@gmail.com>
Date: 2012-05-12

And: how can I check if the 74L chips near the CPU/leak are still ok? Im not sure I can measure that with a normal voltmeter..

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Den 11/05/2012 kl. 22.25 skrev Peter Mörck <peterm@sunsetselection.com>:

> Just calibrate it the way you want it.
> If you want to be able to mod the PW so much that the wave will not be audible, do that.
> If you don't, then calibrate it so you always have a very narrow pulse at least.
> As long as it works, tweak it the way you want it :)
> Nice work with the repair!
>
> BR,
> Peter
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Malte Rogacki
> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 3:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [PolySix] Yet another battery leak victim..
>
> At 7:52 Uhr +0200 11.05.2012, Troels Jørgensen wrote:
> > By the Way, about the pw. I'm not sure I understood correctly, but is it
> > normal that when I turn it to about 8, the wave will go away and I will
> >get no
> > sound from the osc? I just haven't seen that on any other synths..
>
> Yes, it's normal and the way it is supposed to be.
>
> From the User Manual:
>
> "At 8 or above the pulse width becomes so narrow as to collapse, which
> produces sound and in effect shuts off the VCOs."
>
> Of course this should probably read "no sound" because otherwise it
> wouldn't make much sense, would it?
>
> --
> Malte Rogacki gacki@gacki.sax.de
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> "Don't forget to TURN ON THE SYNTHESIZER. Often this is the reason why you
> get no sound out of it." (ARP 2600 Owner's Manual)
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
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