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Re: Oberheim Matrix 1000 issues

2007-02-05 by Quazimodo

Thanks for your reply Fabio.

The IC sockets..? Really..?
Do you have previous experince of these sockets actually being the fault?

Cheers.
TOM




--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, fabio delben
<memestudio@...> wrote:
>
> Try to replace the CEM IC's sockets, they are really poor quality
sockets.
>    
>   Ciao
>   Fabio 
> 
> Quazimodo <noddyspuncture@...> ha scritto:
>           Hi Guys,
> 
> Hope someone here can help.
> 
> I have a Matrix 1000. It started missing notes - so I got a few
> CEM3396 chips and replaced a couple of them. The missing notes
> returned but now it is behaving strangely on different patches. Most
> patches sound right and I'm getting all 6 voices but now and then on
> certain patches it behaves very wierdly. For example on a patch that
> should be "Monophonic" and FAT I am getting POLYphonic and weedy
> sounds - and then playing the six notes in succession within that
> weedy patch (105) they jump octaves on certain ones.
> 
> Anyone any ideas - I don't think it's the CEM chips now.
> What else could/should I be looking at replacing?
> 
> Cheers in advance.
> Tom
> 
> 
> 
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> 
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