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Re: A-126 malfunctioning...

2008-06-26 by astroschnautzer

--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, <hardware@...> wrote:
>
> > yesterday it was still working but today when trying to feed
> > audio through it it doesnt shift it,
> > not up not down, nowhere, the audio goes throuht it and the level
> > pot works but all else is
> > dead, no shifting occurs.
> > Is this a common problem and something I can fix or is my
> > frequency shifter totally screwed?
> >
> > -Wille
> 
> I think you will have to send in the module for repair. If the original
> signal appears at the output without any shifting something is totally
> wrong. Normally the original signal does not appear at the output. There is
> no share of the original signal available at the output but only the signal
> processed by the two analog multipliers which are fed by the sine/cosine
> signals of the internal quadrature VCO. If the VCO would be dead there would
> appear no audio signal at the output. From the distance I'd suppose a
> defective multiplier (MC1496). An A-126 not connected to the A-100 bus would
> behave a bit like what you described.
> 
> Did you change anything since yesterday (e.g. moving the module, any
> modification e.g. connecting the A-143-9 quadrature LFO/VCO instead of the
> internal VCO or anything else) ?
> 
> Best wishes
> Dieter Doepfer


Thanks for the info, it was actually that it did not get  power, or it did get some cos the 
overdrive light lit up but I replaced the powercord with a newone and now it works like a 
charm, nice:)

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