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Pedals and footswitches

2005-04-11 by colmaouno

Hello all, Does anybody know where I can get the footswitches for my CP. Can I use any type of footswitch or does the Polaris only work with its own? Anybody

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Re: Midi and Manual?

2005-04-06 by colmaouno

... that the sequencer has midi echo turned on (allowing the Polaris output to be sent right back to itself - causing a midi loop)? I am recording with

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Re: [chromapolaris] Re: Midi?

2005-04-06 by David Clarke

... I have a ... have to turn ... Is the midi being recorded into a sequencer program? If so - is it possible that the sequencer has midi echo turned on

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Re: Midi?

2005-04-05 by colmaouno

Thanks for your help Byron. Its recording midi now but the notes stay stuck. I have a edirol um880 8x8 midi patch bay. In order to make the Polaris stop

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Re: [chromapolaris] Midi?

2005-04-05 by ByronIV

If you press Lower Function and then B, is button number 10 lit up? If not, turn 10 on, and then try it again, thats the main midi out function button. ByronIV

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Midi?

2005-04-04 by colmaouno

Hello all, So yea I recently aquired a WORKING polaris as of today. I hooked it up to my midi patch bay edirol um880. Tried to record some midi in Logic 7

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Re: Polaris Not Working At All

2005-03-24 by bkuris

Probably a power issue / power-up glitching. You could try adjusting the DC OK control (see http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polaris for documentation). You

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Polaris Not Working At All

2005-03-23 by colmaouno

Hi all, Recently acquired a Polaris. To my dismay when I switched it on, not working! The LEDs light up (dont blink just light up) and when I turn it off and

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Re: Panel repair

2005-03-05 by bkuris

I ve done my share of repairing/patching/cutting back the ribbon interconnect, but is there any way to repair a switch element that has failed within the

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Re: [chromapolaris] Panel repair

2005-03-04 by spamtemp@charter.net

Oh dear, I hope everyone realizes that the vast majority of Polaris membrane switch panels can be repaired. Replacing a membrane panel with an array of

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Panel repair

2005-03-04 by bkuris

I wanted to report that I sucessfully replaced the membrane buttons on one of my CPs with panel mounted push buttons. I expect that keyboard (which also has

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Re: CP strange behaviour DAC

2005-02-26 by bkuris

You need to scope the output of the DAC / input to the S/H buffers to check if the DAC is working. You should see a waveform that looks like a

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Re: CP strange behaviour

2005-02-26 by atuzzi

Hello CPs! I ve still no luch with my polaris. I ve completely redone the power supply, Voltages are correct and precise. And I started againg and again

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keyboard and MIDI problems

2005-02-25 by kdw102458

A problem has just started where every sixth white key does not produce any sound. Also, for some time my MIDI in and out haven t worked. Any suggestions on

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Re: [chromapolaris] CP strange behaviour

2005-02-23 by spamtemp@charter.net

Perhaps, you might have disconnected the battery backup power during your repair? If you did, you should reset and recalibrate everything, and also reload all

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Re: [chromapolaris] CP strange behaviour

2005-02-22 by David Clarke

... Terrific! That s great news. ... As the power supply had been worked on, it would probably also be good to double-check the other voltages coming from the

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Re: [chromapolaris] CP strange behaviour

2005-02-22 by Antonio Tuzzi

Hello polarized friends, Hi David, Ok I changed all the caps and no result, at the end I changed the lm305k (the incoming voltage was correct) and bingo! now

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CP strange behaviour

2005-02-16 by atuzzi

Hello polarized guys, I m trying to understand why my CP is acting strange. At startup, sometimes about 90 % of all leds are on, but is not possible to change

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Re: Looking For Copy of SoundDiver

2005-01-23 by mclilith2

... It would be absolutely terrific to have a Chroma Polaris patch editor or librarian that worked in Windows! Sound Diver is no longer available in a Windows

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Rhodes Chroma Site v3.0: Polaris Pages

2005-01-23 by Chris Ryan

I ve launched a complete revamp of my Rhodes Chroma site, which includes a section of Polaris resources: http://www.rhodeschroma.com/?id=polaris My site has

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Re: [chromapolaris] cem3374

2005-01-20 by duane trower

I have a Chroma Polaris parts board that might have some.Shoot me an email@ enaudrewort@hotmail.com Duane.

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Re: [chromapolaris] cem3374

2005-01-20 by spamtemp@charter.net

... You might want to contact SynthTech: http://www.synthtech.com/cem/cemsynth.html They don t show any CEM3374 s in stock, but maybe they have one or two left

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cem3374

2005-01-20 by jonas

Hi Folks Just want to know if some one knows where i can get one cem3374 chip? Thanks Jonas

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Polaris on eBay

2005-01-20 by Chris Ryan

(Not mine.) No bids, first bid US$400, ends January 24. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3777112537 Chris

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New file uploaded to chromapolaris

2005-01-12 by chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the chromapolaris group. File :

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Re: Looking For Copy of SoundDiver

2005-01-12 by daemocrito

Hi there, lovers of Chroma Polaris!!! stop hassles and take a look on the files section of this newsgroup I m starting to work for this Patch Editor for Win

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Re: Dead batteries and Firmware death

2005-01-07 by fux0r666

That sounds promising. Chris from redrooffs sent me links to the manuals. I ll have to print them out, brew a pot of coffee and get down to business. Thanks

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Dead batteries and Firmware death

2005-01-06 by fux0r666

I recently received a Polaris as a gift. It had not been powerd up in quite some time, and the batteries were dead. I think it has lost its firmware. It

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Another boad w/bad s/h caps

2004-12-30 by bkuris

I just had to replace the sample/hold caps on my 2nd polaris. If you are experiencing detuning, inconsistant PWM or poor pitch tracking on certain voices, you

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