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2x voices out of tune in varying degrees across the keyboard.

2x voices out of tune in varying degrees across the keyboard.

2011-06-03 by Carden Kent

Hello,

I purchased an acid damaged polysix from ebay back in march, Its repair was left in the hands of a very reputable synthnerd, in Dublin.

I would say its 99% there, with one problem, 2 of the voices have varying tunings across the keyboard.

The repair man in question has changed many parts across the various boards, aswell as re-cleaning the boards themselves.

In fact he's even got a detailed blog on the P6's repair at:
http://www.retroactivesynth.com/index.php/blog/march-2011
Scroll down slightly.

The next part he is planning to replace is the multiplex, hes not very happy about this as he has tuned, and retuned extensively.

If you have had to deal with something like this before, and have any suggestions we would love to hear them,
Thanks,

Carden

Re: [PolySix] 2x voices out of tune in varying degrees across the keyboard.

2011-06-04 by Andrew Jury

Have had a couple in like this. Check C54, Q8, Q9, Q11. In fact the last one
in was so unstable that evening blowing the on the area around these
components would change the pitch. Q9 was the culprit in the end. A quick
squirt of Œfreeze it¹ should wheedle these ones out. If you have have
scaling problems with keyboard in any way make sure you check the
opto-coupler in the anti-log circuit.

Cheers,
Andy


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On 03/06/2011 22:43, "Carden Kent" <cardenk@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Hello,
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> I purchased an acid damaged polysix from ebay back in march, Its repair was
> left in the hands of a very reputable synthnerd, in Dublin.
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> I would say its 99% there, with one problem, 2 of the voices have varying
> tunings across the keyboard.
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> The repair man in question has changed many parts across the various boards,
> aswell as re-cleaning the boards themselves.
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> In fact he's even got a detailed blog on the P6's repair at:
> http://www.retroactivesynth.com/index.php/blog/march-2011
> Scroll down slightly.
>
> The next part he is planning to replace is the multiplex, hes not very happy
> about this as he has tuned, and retuned extensively.
>
> If you have had to deal with something like this before, and have any
> suggestions we would love to hear them,
> Thanks,
>
> Carden
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