MOTM

> My problem seems to be with the VCA section.  I plug audio in but
> only get faint audio out (with the Gain all the way up).  It is
> working but seems to greatly attenuate the source - if I turn the
> mixer way up and sweep the gain on the VCA counterclockwise I can
> hear it's effect.

i had the opposite problem when i built mine: the ring mod woudln't work.
after much head scratching and circuitboard-peering, i noticed the 3330
was sort of off kilter. i reseated it and ring modulated crap all through
the night... another feather in the cap of the "sockets suck" argument.

> Don't know if this is good/bad/otherwise but if I touch the very tip
> of a cord to either out on the 110 I pick up a radio station - I

ooh. can't help you there...

> PS - the CEM chip doesn't sit absolutely flat on the socket should
> it?  I had to pinch the legs in to get it to fit in the socket and
> it's slightly raised (but inserted all the way in to where the legs
> flair out).

oh... i didn't see that. this is probably definitely your problem.

bleep(probably definitely).
out.