Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

wiggle the connectors. 
Then dL the schematics and learn the thing inside out. that is what Im
doing.  

Isnt working on these beast fun ;-\

I almost forgot I bought this thing to make music on, not to get my
electronics degree again ;-)

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "scottboardway" <scottboardway@...> wrote:
>
> Any help would be more than greatly appreciated. I recently bought a 
> non working Polysix figuring the obvious.  I opened it up and removed 
> the varta battery and cleaned any noticeable corrosion with isopropyl 
> alc. 70%.  I closed it up for now to play around with it for a bit.  
> Nearly every key was dead but the two or three that did work allowed 
> me to test things out.  Aside from sounding scratchy and 
> unpredictable i.e. random sounds, sporadic led changes, the sound 
> responded to ALL knob movements.  Every single one.  I figured that 
> maybe the battery damage wasnt that bad.  So I opened it back up the 
> following day to clean all key contacts, (now all keys work 100%), 
> and picked up some 90% isopropyl and clean the board a little more.  
> I fear I went wrong here as my next step was using a deoxit pen to 
> further clean the battery area as well as spraying some contact 
> cleaner on the panel boards underneath the front panel KLM-370.  I 
> was obviously trying to clean out the pots and figured that was the 
> most effective way at getting at them.  I closed it back up and it 
> sounded perfect.  Everything works except VCF and ADSR.  The 
> programmer even seems to work although I have yet to put a new 
> battery in.  Im wondering if I shorted something with either the 
> deoxit or the contact cleaner and if so what? Or if it is just a bad 
> traced that worked for a minute and now has gone bad? Again I would 
> really appreciate any help.  Ive scoured this group as well as 
> analogue heaven, old crow's etc and can't find anyone with the same 
> problem of just those two funcions not working.
>