Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

Yeah, it sounds more like the or *a* LFO gone haywire, but at a 
frequency where it sounds more like distortion.  

The only other conclusion I can come to is that I fried IC30 when 
installing the new chip.  The electronics store I go to didn't have 
any 14 pin IC sockets.  Maybe I'll stop by Radio Shack to see if they 
do.  That and the initial I repairs I made weren't robust enough or 
didn't catch everything breaking down.

Fortunately I have five more 74LS08's left!

One thing I noticed while checking traces and other connections on 
the board is that not all of the connections read the same value, 
though they all fall within certain value groups, as it were.  Would 
anyone mind telling me what I should be seeing?

Also, can anyone tell me what R17 is?  On the schem it's called "RKC 
1/8 88 10k".  What does it do?  Can I get a new one readily?  

The reason I ask is because I'm thinking about starting from scratch; 
removing the jumps I made before; replacing ICs 30 & 31 and possibly 
R17.  Since I've had my Polysix and have seen pictures of others' 
KLM367s it looks as though mine was/is in pretty rough shape.  A lot 
of the solder points above the battery area are dull, and some have 
visibly corroded.  I've checked them all, include a lot of what-are-
they-called? vias? (the areas where the path switches from the bottom 
to the top and vice-versa) and all check out, but some look "bad."

Anyway, that's my story.  I really prefer to be playing instead of 
fixing, but nothing sounds like a *real* Polysix and thus I'm 
addicted.  Any input is appreciated.


--- In PolySix@yahoogroups.com, "BrainSlayer" <brainslayer@c...> 
wrote:
> sounds like a lfo problem
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: reidar@j... 
>   To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 1:47 AM
>   Subject: Re: [PolySix] Son of a b****
> 
> 
> 
>   That sounds like what my P6 is doing too - like the mod wheel is 
fully on.
>   Everything is 'bubbling'.  I have found that the PWM width 
control seems to
>   have the best effect on it, but also, if I leave the P6 switched 
on for an
>   hour or so, it goes away.  I'm not an electronics-type, so I 
really don't
>   have a clue, but the fact that it goes away (usually) after a 
long warm-up
>   might mean something to some of you?
> 
>   Reidar
>