[sdiy] Re-CAP a minimoog

[The D.U.G.]

I have found that scratchy pots are usually due to a dc bias cause by a 
leaky cap.
Perhaps those pots were just "dirty". DeOxit usually cures that!

d./

ziembicki jaroslaw wrote:

>That's right. A Minimoog just likes to be used.
>Otherwise the potentiometers and key contacts
>start to make problems. Just like a Stradivarius
>violine: the sound becomes worse if you don't play
>it for a long time.
>When I bought my Mini, I had to change one dead
>electrolytic cap (in the filter envelope circuit).
>And some potentiometers were crackling, but after
>operating them during a month or two, they have
>"cured" themselves. This ability seems to be a well-
>-known property of the Minimoog.
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>Regards,
>Jarek
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Michael Zacherl" <sdiy-mz01 at bluemole.com>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Cc: <dug at dugdesign.com>
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 9:54 AM
>Subject: RE: [sdiy] Re-CAP a minimoog
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>>That's just the potentiometer - that's quite normal in an such old device.
>>They pretty much get better when they are just used (as long as nobody
>>messed around with them). At least my original Minimoog does that.
>>So give them some dozens of full turns - on mine it got better.
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