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Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning procedure....

From: "Wavecomputer360" <wavecomputer360@...>
Date: 2006-05-05

I´ve been told that touching the pcbs would probably the most lethal thing
to do; any CMOS components might get fried by static electricity, even if
you´re wearing a grounding bracelet around your wrist.

Stephen

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----- Original Message -----
From: laurie <laurie@...>
To: <yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:48 AM
Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 tuning procedure....


> touch the back side of the boards with your finger in behind the 2
> foot (blue)trimpot....you will hear a fluctuation in pitch for the card
> on the key you are holding down.....forcard m8 in each bank repeat a key
> 7 times and while holding the 8th note press the 9th to tune(release the
> 8th while holding 9th to tune 9th note
>
> Quazimodo wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > OK I'm gonna tune her again, it's about time....
> >
> > I did it a few years ago and at the time I did the 'touching-the
> > screwdriver' thing to "hear" which board was active.
> >
> > Since then though, I have heard on here that this can lead to blown
> > components. I also remember one of you had an LED panel to indicate
> > the status.
> >
> > My questions is, without any special gear -(I am using a digital
> > multimeter with onboard frequency counter for tuning)- how should I
> > monitor which card/voice is active and not be in danger of blowing
> > anything please?
> >
> > Cheers
> > TOM
> >
> >
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