Rhodes Chroma Polaris

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Begin forwarded message:

> From: Michael DeAngelis <mikedcrc@...>
> Date: December 15, 2013 at 10:41:27 AM CST
> To: "chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com" <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [chromapolaris] New front panels!
> 
> Hi Paul,
> Thank you for replying. I have answered your questions below. Hopefully my answers reveal something to you. Last night I let my Polaris sit for an hour or so powered up and I got it to tune all voices. I had a great and long night with a functional front panel!
> 
>> On Dec 14, 2013, at 5:32 PM, "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...> wrote:
>> 
>> > From: Michael DeAngelis
>> > 
>> > As it turns out, I still have an issue with getting my 
>> > voices to sound when pressing "lower function/tune all." 
>> > While doing that should result in the Master LED flashing 
>> > each time a voice is tuned, I get no flashing and therefore 
>> > no sound at all. Occasionally after letting it sit for a 
>> > while it will tune all six voices and I'm back 100%. Could 
>> > this be a power supply issue? Any insight as to how to get 
>> > this fixed would be greatly appreciated. 
>> 
>> Questions:
>> 
>> 1) When it does appear to tune all voices, does it sound in tune?
> Yes, perfectly.
>> 
>> 2) When it fails to tune, do the switches and LEDs continue to work, or
>> has the computer crashed?
> Everything continues to work. When I press Lower Function - Tune All both LEDs are lit right after I press Tune All and then they both turn off resulting in no sound.
>> 
>> 3) When it fails to tune, have you powered off and on and retried it
>> multiple times, to see if it's just a matter of chance, rather than a
>> matter of waiting a while?
> Yes. Not sure if that worked or not or just a coincidence but it did seem to work a handful of times. I usually end up waiting an hour or more before it works. Sometimes it never does.
>> 
>> 4) Does it ever tune some of the voices but not all?
> Yes. Sometimes I'll get four or five voices tuned on the first successful tuning. When I hit Tune All again all six voices tune usually after a few more attempts.
>> 
>> -- 
>> 
>> Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
>> Paul mailto:pderocco@... 
>> 
>>