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Re: No doubt..the most insane repair of all time...

2007-02-09 by Robert Weigel

--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. DeRocco" <pderocco@...>
wrote:
>
> > From: Robert Weigel
> > 
> > I'm dealing with my own polaris here.  I was going to do the 
> > routine of repairing the left side switch failures.  got it 
> > working perfect!..well..after the most extensive repair of 
> > that i've ever seen. Both ribbons were just totally ruined.  
> > ANyway it developed problems after the repair. Now it 
> > occasionally when a note is struck OR I find a slider is 
> > moved to edit a vco aspect or whatever...it would..well....quack.
> 
> The quack is probably the "error honk". Dunno why it's firing--it
usually
> indicates an invalid switch press, or memory full--but you can turn its
> volume down with LOWER FUNCTION, ADJUSTMENTS, 5.
> 
> -- 
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@...
>
I vaguely remember that now.  I was amazed that it only comes out of
the op amp, not the vca.  So it must feed back in somehow through that
return line or something.  THe schemos are a little hard to piece
together as to where various wires go so I was focusing on the other
problems.  Whatever the problem with the osc 1 not showing up on one
of the assigned notes then... that's probably causing the honk.

Meanwhile...anybody know of a right panel source at all? I see no hope
for that one. -Bob

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