SergeModular

Glad to hear that the panel is fixed.

Never heard of such a large systemic failure - what do you think was the
reason for such situation?

Regards,

Bill
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Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
Principal, Axon Hillock

> From: "kirkdegiorgio" <kirk.degiorgio@...>
> Reply-To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:44:06 -0000
> To: SergeModular@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SergeModular] Re: So Kirk, what was it?
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> Hi John
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> sorry - only just checked the archives...
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> yes - the panel is functioning fine now. I'm waiting for a detailed
> report of the fixes from Rex, but from my discussions with Kevin
> Fortune it seems the PCO problem was a 'chip & socket' issue. No more
> details on what that exactly means - hopefully Rex' report will
> clarify.
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> The DADSR irregular CV output was a tough one for Rex & Kevin.
> Apparently its not a fault as such but this particular module is
> designed for longer type envelopes. I was doing very short blips when
> I noticed the irregular envelopes and Kevin confirmed that these
> were 'timing errors' due to the components not being able to peform
> the very short times. Kevin & Rex changed some components and the
> timing errors have been greatly reduced but not totally eliminated,
> according to Kevin.
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> The previous problems (unstable NTO, dead Portamento IN, crackly UAP
> output) were all fixed by Tony Allgood and they were basically down
> to 3 faulty pots and 2 wires that had become unsoldered.
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> Unfortunately the Freq Shifter on my other panel is exhibiting the
> same behaviour as the PCO (inter VCO is wavering badly), so that
> panel will also have to be looked at some time soon (it seems to
> stabilise if I turn the Fine Tune fully CCW and use an external CV
> source to adjust Freq - which indicates another faulty pot).
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> Thanks to everybody who offered help & advice and also those who got
> the repair process back on an amicable track. Sincerely appreciated :-
> )
>
> Kirk
>
>> Kirk Degiorgio, if I might ask, is your sad panel happy again?
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