Discussion about the Korg PolySix synthesizer

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, ML <f115@rocketmail.com> wrote:

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>
> Ah shoot. One of my local electronic shops was out of all but one of the
> plastic capacitors needed for the KLM clone. They had 473K polyester
> capacitors though. So, while not prefect, do you suppose this would be an ok
> substitute? Not ideal, I'm sure ...
>
>
>


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On 16/09/2010 19:29, "Jed Jorgensen" <jed.jorgensen@gmail.com> wrote:

> For the plastic film caps, I would think you'll be fine
> with polyester,polystyrene, polypropylene, PTFE, metalized, etc.
>
> As for 473K ...I assume you mean 473 "XX" farads? What is the value you are
> talking about.
>
> For the caps needed on the board:
> 0.047 microfarads = 47 nanofarads = 47,000 picofarads
>
> Take your pick.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jed
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> *
> On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, ML <f115@rocketmail.com> wrote:
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>>
>>
>> Ah shoot. One of my local electronic shops was out of all but one of the
>> plastic capacitors needed for the KLM clone. They had 473K polyester
>> capacitors though. So, while not prefect, do you suppose this would be an ok
>> substitute? Not ideal, I'm sure ...

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Andrew Jury <andy@networkjabber.com>wrote:

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> Ah yes! These are the ones used mostly for keeping transients away from the
> DC outputs of the mux. Tolerance is not critical here so the types you
> mention should suffice. BTW the 'K' ML talks about is the tolerance value,
> which in this case is 10% and yes, 4 7 3 is 47 with 3 zeros pF, which is
> 0.047uF as stated!
>
> Bye for now,
> Andy
>
>
> On 16/09/2010 19:29, "Jed Jorgensen" <jed.jorgensen@gmail.com<jed.jorgensen%40gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > For the plastic film caps, I would think you'll be fine
> > with polyester,polystyrene, polypropylene, PTFE, metalized, etc.
> >
> > As for 473K ...I assume you mean 473 "XX" farads? What is the value you
> are
> > talking about.
> >
> > For the caps needed on the board:
> > 0.047 microfarads = 47 nanofarads = 47,000 picofarads
> >
> > Take your pick.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Jed
> > *
> > *
> > On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, ML <f115@rocketmail.com<f115%40rocketmail.com>>
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Ah shoot. One of my local electronic shops was out of all but one of the
> >> plastic capacitors needed for the KLM clone. They had 473K polyester
> >> capacitors though. So, while not prefect, do you suppose this would be
> an ok
> >> substitute? Not ideal, I'm sure ...
>
>
>


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