Here's a little update on my Polysick: The out-of-tune oscillator even plays lower notes when set to 4'. But even when set to 8', with LFO on the VCO, on certain notes one can clearly hear the upper part of the LFO wave. So this oscillator might be just horribly out of tune, with the lower notes being too low to actually play (at least at 16' and 8'). I just found Old Crow's "Tips for repairing vintage synthesizers" (never seen this page before, altough I've used his really great battery replacement guide) at hhttp://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/tips.txt. And this made me want to replace all the old capacitors with new ones. Perhaps an insane job, because that would be a LOT of work. But on the other hand the Polysix should be less prone to errors in the future, if done properly. And with a little luck it might even help my dodgy oscillator. I think I will start with the power supply and the voice board. Oh and I have found the problem with the battery replacement. It works now. Big thanks to Old Crow! :) Mike
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Broken Oscillator (update)?
2005-08-21 by mhoehn303
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