Hello everyone;
I'm currently trying to fix two Polysix (including
fittin a new processor
board) and both show similar behaviour. I am not sure
if this is actually
normal (since the oscillators are true VCO's and not
DCO's) or if there is
something wrong with those units.
All calibrations
went very well and the unit is good in tune. However it
displays a very
slight irregular "trembling" or "wavering" in the tuning -
sort of like a
very small random modulation. It's a bit as if the pitch
jumps a little bit
to the side and is immediately pulled back to the
regular pitch. When playing
a chord or using the modulation effect it
becomes practically inaudible; the
pitch deviation is perhaps 1 cent (when
it happens).
First I thought that
this could come from some instability in the power
supply. However when
making the filter self-oscillate the generated tone is
completely stable
without the "trembling" phenomenom hence I don't think
this is a power supply
issue.
Since it's been some time since I last worked on a Polysix: Is
that perhaps
even normal and in the nature of the VCO's? Or is this a known
problem?
Thanks,
Malte
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Re: [PolySix] tuning instability?
2016-06-28 by <backshall1@bellsouth.net>
I’ve only heard symptoms like this after severe battery leak damage. The
VCO pitch modulation control voltage coming from the KLM-367 was picking up some
unwanted signals in damaged areas. With an oscilloscope I could see that the
pitch voltage looked strangely fuzzy compared to other DC signals. However, this
should not happen with a new processor board. It could be a bad ground
connection.
Don B.
Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2016 11:19 AM
Subject: [PolySix] tuning instability?
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