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Re: The Post I didn't want to make....

2016-02-08 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

okay thanks - yes that sure makes sense - and yes I even tried firing it up without the ground wire connected once (just to see) but no difference. But yeah

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Re: [PolySix] Re: C22

2016-02-08 by Bob Grieb

There are a number of different oscillator types. I believe the std MCU one is called a Pierce oscillator. If you really want to learn more about it, here

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Re: The Post I didn't want to make....

2016-02-08 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

but still... lighting everything up on the top of the polysix - no voices - and the bad voltages on the 367 board make me think something along the lines of

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Re: C22

2016-02-08 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

wonder what happens if you sub in a 22pf (?) surely each leg of the resonator needs to see a different capacitance for a reason? perhaps to get it going in the

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C22

2016-02-08 by Bob Grieb

I added a small wire to connect the Gnd end of C22, and the PolySix still works fine. Better to have the cap connected. Bob

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Jorgensen KLM367 Bug Alert - C22

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

I m not sure about the boards you guys got - but in MINE (there don t seem to be revision numbers) C22 isn t even in the circuit. In the original, C22 hits the

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Re: The Post I didn't want to make....

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

I just checked the test points on the 367 board. Looks like I m only getting juice on TP4.... so I guess there are deeper issues to resolve. The power supply

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Re: polysix still no sound

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

mpe19696 - can i ask what you meant by less lit up (as each patch loaded)? I am only asking because - after having hooked up my replacement KLM367 board,

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Re: The Post I didn't want to make....

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Okay thanks sorry I was being a bit sloppy with my language i guess. But what sort of signal is the reset pin expecting to see? That s all i m asking... should

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Re: Project PolySix

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

thanks Florian - that s great. The greyscale scanned one especially.

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Re: KLM367 STANDOFFS - WTF?

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

for Bob Grieb: ended up using the old standoffs - even though they were brittle. a few of the legs inside snapped during extraction from the old board but

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Re: POLYSIX SRAM CHIP REPLACEMENT?

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

ohhhh.... well thats quite interesting info and useful... thanks you... although in october and september of last year here in southern california it was

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Re: POLYSIX SRAM CHIP REPLACEMENT?

2016-02-07 by tlule@gmx.de

Please allow me throw in a few more words. Reading the datasheet carefully you will find that the currents so far discussed are maximum currents - maximum in

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The Post I didn't want to make....

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Well I got the Jorgensen KLM 367 transplanted back into the P6 and thought I d try to take it on a test run. I even went so far as to get all the VR pots back

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KLM367 STANDOFFS - WTF?

2016-02-07 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

hey- to any who have done the jorgensen KLM367 board... last thing I have to do on this is fit the standoffs - but the standoffs specifed in the materials list

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Re: POLYSIX SRAM CHIP REPLACEMENT?

2016-02-06 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

thanks for the additonal info Bob and Klosmon. I ll take it under advisement... I just bought 16 of the APL3s however... the litihium button cell i m using is

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Re: POLYSIX SRAM CHIP REPLACEMENT?

2016-02-06 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Thanks Bob - no that s QUITE a convincing argument/explanation... I ll get the APLs instead... anyone had any experience with cooking their SRAM chips?? or are

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New file uploaded to PolySix

2016-02-06 by PolySix@yahoogroups.com

Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the PolySix group. File : /Mods &

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POLYSIX SRAM CHIP REPLACEMENT?

2016-02-06 by jw_dewdney@yahoo.com

Hi - I m just putting the finishing touches on one of Jed s 367 boards - and in my efforts to remove the TC5514 chip with solder wick - i m a bit worried I ve

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Re: [PolySix] Poly Mode Issue

2016-01-17 by Florian Anwander

... Others may do, but I can t give any comment unless I have heard what you are trying to describe. Could you post an audio example. Please play 12 times the

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Re: Poly Mode Issue

2016-01-17 by synthmans@gmail.com

Sounds like the typical battery leakage syndrome... the leaked electrolyte shorts out various functions, takes out vias and even traces which messes up the

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Poly Mode Issue

2016-01-17 by l3en0it@yahoo.com

Every note I play whether it be C1 or C4 plays the same noise in poly mode(and its a high pitched ringing noise at that). Any thoughts? All input is greatly

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Re: KLM 376A LFO is HFO

2016-01-05 by hblomman@yahoo.com

Problem solved! R15 is resistance-net of 5 10kohm resistors. Somehow I received a 3x10 in pairs resistance-net! Took the original out of the board and now it

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Re: Polysix Overdrive Mod

2016-01-01 by chipaudette@yahoo.com

I designed my PCB for my OTA Overdrive mod. If you re interested, you can see a summary of my PCB design process (I used Fritzing for the first time) here:

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Re: KLM 376A LFO is HFO

2015-12-30 by hblomman@yahoo.com

Today I also disovered that the PWM modulation signal is affected, this is in the range of 800kHz, where it should be 20hHz.

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Re: Polysix Overdrive Mod

2015-12-30 by tlule@gmx.de

Hi Chip, Great stuff to add this overdrive possibility. In the mean time I have advanced on cloning the entire KLM-368 board. I am now cleaning up design rule

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Re: Polysix Full Clone

2015-12-30 by tlule@gmx.de

Hi Arp, I had seen your post, that your re also working on cloning on some of the boards. I want to keep you updated, on my work in parallel. As said I ve

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Re: Polysix Overdrive Mod

2015-12-28 by chipaudette@yahoo.com

In my hacking together of my Arduino-controlled OTA Overdrive mod, you may have noticed how messy it was. Tons of wires everywhere! I m thinking that, to

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Re: [PolySix] Re: Polysix Full Clone

2015-12-27 by Johannes

Hi all, Merry Christmas! Yes, the 8051 is a superset of the 8048. As far as I remember only the 8048 user flags are different and had to be emulated with the

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