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Dark Energy I behaving strangely. CEM3394 defective? If so, replace it myself?

2015-02-15 by manhaterde@yahoo.de

Today I noticed a strange behavior in my Dark Energy I. I noticed a constant modulation of the cutoff frequency. It sounds like the cutoff is being modulated by an audio-rate square wave. Of course I ruled out any bleed by whatever internal CV sources are available. The modulation won't go away.

Maybe the CEM3394 has turned bad? If so, I have a Simmons SDS-800 which I don't use which has 4x CEM3394 chips inside. Is there anything I have to consider when swapping the chip myself (apart from the obvious need to re-calibrate various parameters in the Dark Energy)?


kind regards

Frank

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