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minimoog pitch center detent

2011-02-23 by Terje Winther

Hi all,
I have a minimoog in for minor service/calibration from a  
professional. Low serial number, and in very good shape.
The owner wants to have a larger center detent on the pitchbend wheel,  
and playing the mini I kind of agree: it is a bit hard to fint the  
exact center spot.
The center detent "click" is there, and careful playing in the studio  
is fine, but on the fly live I can imagine some strange off-tune  
unwanted sideeffects.
I think I remember seeing some mod to augment the center of the  
pitchwheel, but I can´t seem to find this. Anyone heard of this?
It is the standard, early thin white pitch and mod wheels with smooth  
surface.
Also, applying large amounts of pitchbend causes the VCOs to bend  
apart in pitch. I don´t think there is an individual calibration for  
this, so I will have to dig into the CV-summer and see what is wrong,  
I think.


Terje Winther
terje.winther@...
http://www.wintherstormer.no/

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