When you replaced the battery did you also go through all the trace repairs too? I didn¹t and think that¹s why I still have an issue with mine, though my traces all looked good. On 8/21/05 4:21 AM, "mhoehn303" <mhoehn303@yahoo.de> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > > > PolySix "Digiest" Page: http://www.acc.umu.se/~amber/Poly6 > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > > Music sampler > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Music+sampler&w1=Music+sampler&w2=Hints&w > 3=Sampler&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synthesizer&c > =6&s=116&.sig=gZRv7OA9lpwu5DZdTJIhiw> Hints > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Hints&w1=Music+sampler&w2=Hints&w3=Sample > r&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synthesizer&c=6&s=116 > &.sig=td4I0f0-zXDrQyFlDhX2cQ> Sampler > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Sampler&w1=Music+sampler&w2=Hints&w3=Samp > ler&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synthesizer&c=6&s=1 > 16&.sig=nfnh_f6kLGihHk2vZbgKUA> > Frequency synthesizer > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Frequency+synthesizer&w1=Music+sampler&w2 > =Hints&w3=Sampler&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synth > esizer&c=6&s=116&.sig=Q3A_ZlOIdVmvfZ3V4vvyew> Guitar synthesizer > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Guitar+synthesizer&w1=Music+sampler&w2=Hi > nts&w3=Sampler&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synthesi > zer&c=6&s=116&.sig=17R0aIANqwLvc8ZN3TzLrw> Moog synthesizer > <http://groups.yahoo.com/gads?t=ms&k=Moog+synthesizer&w1=Music+sampler&w2=Hint > s&w3=Sampler&w4=Frequency+synthesizer&w5=Guitar+synthesizer&w6=Moog+synthesize > r&c=6&s=116&.sig=-D31b_RY3iYSPMb7c-BrVA> > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > * Visit your group "PolySix <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PolySix> " on the > web. > * > * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > * PolySix-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:PolySix-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> > * > * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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Re: [PolySix] Broken Oscillator (update)?
2005-08-21 by mike thompson
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