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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Minimoog Pitch Shift

2009-07-03 by John Henson

Hi Mike,
from the description you gave, I would suspect a FET in the Keyboard control circuit. This circuitry is on the Contour board which lives behind the Oscillator board.
Looking from the back of the synth, the keyboard circuitry is on the left hand side of the PCB.
Regards
John
----- Original Message -----
From: mgrossm1
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:38 PM
Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Minimoog Pitch Shift

When I play a low note followed by a high note with decay the pitch slides up after the key is released. It does not occur when playing keys in the same range of the keyboard. The tone shift affects all the oscillators equally with or without glide. Interesting when I reverse the order (i.e. high note followed by low note) the low note's pitch falls. The amount of shift decreases the longer the key is held.

Any guess as to what is wrong?

Thanks,
Mike

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