Hi William,
I had a similar problem with my effects section and it was showing exactly the same symptoms as yours. I managed to obtain a replacement output/effects board from a friend of mine. This cured my problem and I was informed that it is likely to be that the board is in need of calibration.
What is clear from my experience is that when the boards are not calibrated correctly they can act unpredictably.
At least you know the fault you are experiencing in point 2 is directly related to this board. Good luck and hope you get to the bottom of it.
Regards
Tony
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On 20 Jul 2013, at 03:16, "zumdar" <wbkennedy1@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I went and bought the KiwiSix KLM-376 upgrade board and it definitely works better now...... but there are now a few very frustrating problems that weren't there before. Soooo..
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> 1. now the keyboard isnt in tune anymore, like you play an octave and it is slightly off and the amount of being out of tune gets worse as you go lower on the keyboard. Im getting this totally weird microtonal stuff when I try to play, which is cool...but that's not what I'm trying to do right now!
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> 2. Also....the effects knob is acting weird. When I go down to past about 4, all sound cuts off. No matter what effect is on or even if the effects are off. The effects still work, but just as long as it is over 4. When you get over 4 though the knob starts acting like a volume knob and when you get to 10, the keyboard is reallllly loud.
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> 3. The arpeggiator button doesnt work anymore. Maybe the button died and I need to replace it? Is there a way to engage the arp without the button?
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> 4. The poly button in the Key Assign section doesn't work anymore. When I start the keyboard up it is lit and I can pay polyphonically, but if I go to unison mode, I can't switch back to Poly mode.
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> 5. The Chord Memory LED doesn't work anymore but the button does.
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> ughhh man you fix one problem and it leads to 5 more....I guessing I should go through the calibration procedure in the service manual to at least try to fix the first problem, but I dont have an oscilloscope right now.
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> Thank you for any help you kind and generous Polysix gurus can offer a straggling one.
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> -william
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> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "zumdar" <wbkennedy1@...> wrote:
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> > I have a problem with my Korg Polysix that I really need some expertise on. I'm playing a big festival this weekend and I need it for the gig!
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> > I bought this Korg Polysix from Switched On Music in Austin, TX and shortly thereafter I started having battery leakage problems. The dudes at the store took it back and completely replaced the old KLM-367 board with the leakage on it with a completely new clone KLM-367 board. I received it back in January with the new KLM board so I don't think this new issue is due to battery corrosion.
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> > Now the P6 won't output any real sound. I turned to volume pot up all the way and get some static and messed with every single knob and button and the only thing that I get is a weird clicking noise when I switch it to PWM mode and the clicking frequency changes with the PWM SPEED knob.
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> > Other small things to note: The LFO led is completely lit now and won't respond to any adjustment made to the LFO SPEED knob.
> > Also (and this was actually a problem the last couple of times I played the synth), the effects SPEED/INTENSITY knob will effect the volume (which right now is just the clicking and static, but all last week it was effecting the total volume of the synth).
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> > Does anybody have any places I should start with troubleshooting? I do have some intermediate synth repair knowledge and I can definitely make my way around these things, I just have never really learned how to start going about troubleshooting. Any suggestions would be supersupersuper appreciated! We are leaving in a few days, and we have practice everyday until then!!!
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> > Thank you sooo much for any help you can provide, please bestow any wisdom on me o knowledgeable synth ones!
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> > (time to go pour over the schematics and see if there is some link between all these things! ahhhhh!)
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