MOTM

So should the CEM chip sit absolutely flat on the socket?  

Mine sticks up by maybe 1/2-3/4 the thickness of a dime.  Anybody else have
to bend the legs in a little bit to get it in.  W/O doing that there was
absolutely no way it was going in by itself.

Thanks,

JP

-----Original Message-----
From: bleeped [mailto:bleep@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 3:31 PM
To: jpotter@...
Cc: motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [motm] 110 VCA/RM Troubleshooting



> 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.