Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Hey,
   Which chips do you need?  The CEM3374's ?    They are pretty tough to
find now.  I think I saw some sources for them a while back but can't recall
who it was right now.  Do a search if you already haven't on google or
something. -Bob
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From: hdk2000hdk <harvey_d@...>
To: <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: [chromapolaris] Re: First mail


> Hey there,
>
> Fuse, thanks for setting this up. I'm sure this will benefit all of
> us.
>
> Here's a link that has a bit of information about the Polaris:
> http://machines.hyperreal.org/manufacturers/Rhodes/Chroma-Polaris/
>
> I've had my Polaris for a couple of years now, but haven't done too
> much with it lately, because of moves and other priorities. Two of the
> voices are bad (fortunately, you can turn them off), so I have four
> part polyphony. I'm not a great keyboard player, so usually four is
> plenty :) . I've had to swap a few ICs in the "voice" section to get
> the four to work. The problem with the other two is that the ICs that
> are broken are "out of print", so they're difficult to find and
> expensive. Oh well.
>
> My membrane keypad has a few problems with it. I tried once or twice
> to fix it, with limited success. Therefore, I'm very interested in
> trying to find the original patch tape(s), or a wav or mp3 file of the
> tape(s). Anyone have the tape(s)? Alternately, I'd like to be able to
> send a patch from my computer, via MIDI and Cakewalk or some other
> utility.
>
> That'll do for now,
> Talk to you later,
> 5-11under
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