Hi,
It sounds very likely to battery damage, but there may be a different
problem, which only can be solved when the board is cured from the
"battery desease".
What to do depends on where you are living. Maybe you have a friend
who is technician and can restore the KLM-367 board. If you are living
in the US you can send your KLM-367 for repair to Scott Rider; if
you are in continental Europe you may send it to me, if you are in the
UK there is a synth repair center mentioned in a different post.
Good luck!
Johannes
PolySix@yahoogroups.com wrote:
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> Alright, I'm really a bassist (so please, bear with me), but over
> the past few years I've gotten into analog synths. To consumate this
> lust, I purchased an old polysix a while back and didn't know what I
> was getting myself into...
> It was only AFTER I bought it that I found out about the battery
> leakage problem. I've opened it, and yeah, she leaked pretty bad. The
> memory was messed up before, but I'm not sure if some of these other
> problems can be totally caused by the battery-
>
> Manual switch won't work - Switches back to initial sound when I
> flip a select switch or two - Once an effect is on (chorus is the
> only one I can get), It won't change or turn off - 16' 8' 4' knob
> doesn't work (in fact, I think that whole section may be a little
> messed) - The only modulation I can get is vibrato, anything else
> just decreases the volume - Any movement of the attenuator silences
> the instrument...
>
> These, however, are just the things I can remember. Recently, after
> not using it for a few months, I fired it up and horrible noises came
> out of it when I pressed a key. The note is still in the background,
> but in the fore is, well... if a synth could fart, that's what it
> would sound like.
> Can anybody give me a clue as to if it's the battery alone doing
> this or what? Besides getting the battery/board replaced, what else
> can be done?
>
> Scott Frenchek
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