I finally got some more "orange S+H caps" and went back at my bad #5 and 6 voices with the soldering iron ....and now # 5 works fine..yea!... But #6 is still distorted and raspy and sounds like 2 out of sync oscillators in chorus but TUNE ALL wont fix it , it just shuts off voice #6. I can play #6 alone and it is not like the others.(it always sounded a little worse than #5 when both were bad) and it doesnt go away when i hit the sync button. (that made the other bad voice #5 sound better 'temporarily' before i replaced the s+h caps) So i tried switching the two 4105 chips with another voice and that didnt solve it. Now i did damage 2 of the board traces around the .33mfd caps on #6 (it was the first one i did...got better at it) but i carefully established continuity with solder and a tiny piece of fine wire and it looks like its ok. Particularly the 3/8" long trace that joins one leg the 2 smaller .33 caps. cause the short trace ripped out of the board when i pulled the old cap out. THESE 2 SMALLER CAPS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONNECTED ---RIGHT? [Ive done that sort of pc board trace repair before on a Korg polysix and it worked ] So im wondering if THe voice problem might be elsewhere, but where? another chip? I would like to think that I didnt damage the Caps again when soldering... and my other big question is WHAT DO I LOOSE IN PERFORMANCE AND SOUND QUALITY IF I JUST KEEP VOICE #6 TURNED OFF AND FORGET ABOUT IT FOR NOW?
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polaris semi-successful surgery
2007-09-19 by spistrich
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