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Re: no sound

2009-08-28 by imbuedblue

It's the keyboard. I'll clean everything up with some denatured alcohol. Any other suggestions?

--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, Malte Rogacki <gacki@...> wrote:
>
> A good idea at this point would probably be to see if the problem is with
> the keyboard or with the key assigner section.
> 
> But first I would check if the KLM-366 gets all the correct voltages from
> the power supply. Even if the voltages were correct at the supply this
> doesn't guarantee that there isn't a problem with a connector.
> 
> The key contacts for the Polysix and related instruments can occasionally
> get to the point that very few keys work at all. Remove one or two keys so
> that you can press the rubber strip directly. Does that make a difference?
> 
> If that doesn't help as well I would try the following:
> 
> - remove the keyborad connector from the KLM-366
> - use a small wire to repeatedly short the second pin from the right and
> the second pin from the left in the KLM-366 connector (there are of course
> more combinations)
> 
> Does that result in the voices being activated?
> 
> -- 
> Malte Rogacki
>

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