SergeModular

I don't suppose 'playing' the Serge with rubber mallets has anything to
do with it.....

Bill Sequeira wrote:

>Glad to hear that the panel is fixed.
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>Never heard of such a large systemic failure - what do you think was the
>reason for such situation?
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>Regards,
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>Bill
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> Bill Sequeira, Ph.D.
> Principal, Axon Hillock
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>>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 :-
>>)
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>>Kirk
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>>>Kirk Degiorgio, if I might ask, is your sad panel happy again?
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