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Re: Pitch bend producing silence and strange frequencies.

2008-02-03 by adktzzz

I just bought a CZ-1000 (same thing as the 101, just bigger keys), and
I had the exact same problem. After a few days of using the keyboard
(and the wheel a lot) it just stopped doing it and havent had a
problem for the past two weeks.


--- In CZsynth@yahoogroups.com, "torsig1967" <torsig1967@...> wrote:
>
> Just got a used CZ101.
> It's all fine but the bendwheel.
> 
> Halfway up and halfway down it stops bending and turns silent (down)
or jumps to an 
> extremely high frequency (up).
> 
> Took out the potentiometer and tested it. It seems fine but it's
quite far from its printed value 
> of 50k. It's something like 42k.
> 
> I guess it could help if I change it to one closer to 50k. Anyone
who's tried this?
> 
> But I also though maybe there's a way to adjust the bend balance
inside the CZ101. I notice 
> there are at least four trim pots inside the machine. But I have no
idea what they do so i 
> don't want to adjust them at this stage.
> 
> Is any of these trims involved in adjusting the pitch bend
range/balance?
>

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