Hi David,
These adjustments might well be the very same ones I tried a while ago using an oscilloscope - and for the life of me I couldn't get those waveforms shown in the service manual, to show on my scope!
In the end I gave up... maybe now we can get to the bottom of what needs sorting there? I think Kent might know? We could all do with an updated 'filter envelope set-up procedure' page I think...;c)
Cheers,
TOM
--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, rj krohn <r_j_d_2.phila@...> wrote:
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> wish i could help. i tried to do some very minute EG calibrations by ear once on my 80. wasnt working. (luckily got it close enough to be not noticable). best of luck!
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> --- On Tue, 2/1/11, David Rogoff <david@...> wrote:
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> From: David Rogoff <david@...>
> Subject: [yamahacs80] Need help calibrating envelope generators on CS80!
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2011, 12:06 AM
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> I've been working on a CS80 for a bit now and finally have it all
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> CS-60 and the EG times, filter cutoffs, and levels are really whacked
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> excellent iStrobesoft strobe tuner app from Peterson. It's $10, but well
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