Vintage Synth Repair

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From: Brian Andrew Marek <bmarek@...>

>Okay, so I got the Prophet 600 working (changed out the Z-80 - easy!),
>but now I'm finding another problem.  Apparently one or more of the
>oscillators are out of tune, even after doing the auto-tune thingie on
>the board.  What could be causing this, and how would one remedy it?

Perhaps the capacitors associated with an oscillator's pitch have gone bad.
Replace 'em on one oscillator and see if that helps.

Cheers,

Bill        billfox@...           http://wdiyfm.org/programs/emusic
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