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Re: EML 101 calibration--a plea

2002-05-09 by rob80b

I do agree, just borrowed a line from the original manual on 
page 38 "To obtain this division of the octave with the synthesizer 
keyboard, turn the KEYS/OCTAVE COARSE pot in the 
KEYBOARD CONTROL to 12 (fully counter clockwise)."

--- In emlsynth@y..., "hizumi.rm" <hizumi@r...> wrote:
> --- In emlsynth@y..., "rob80b" <rob80b@y...> wrote:
> > With the exception that the internal calibration has not gone 
out 
> of wack follow 
> > the procedure below* to tune the to 12 notes per octave.
> > 
> > A.
> > 1. Open the volume for Osc 2 & 3, all controllers off, sustain 
on
> > 2. turn the Keys/Oct Coarse pot all the way to the left (counter 
> clockwise)to 
> > #12
> 
> Something important that may have bearing for the original 
> poster or anyone in the future reading this. "all the way to left"
is 
> not the same thing as setting the knob to the 12 mark .  If you 
set 
> the knob all the way to the left you'll have the problem the man 
> who wants to recalibrate the unit will have, the fine knob won't 
do 
> the trick. 
> 
> You do want the course knob somewhere near the 12, not all 
the 
> way to the left-- but you may have to tweak it a bit (unless the 
unit 
> has been modified or calibrated in a non-standard way).
> 
> What the original poster doesn't say if he's overshooting or 
> undershooting 12 notes per octave.  The course knob should 
be 
> able to take you from less than 12 notes to more than 12 notes 
> over the bulk of the range. You want to find the sweet spot that 
> lets the fine knob get it on the money. Now if the poster has the 
> knob all the way down (which isn't quite right to start with), but 
> he's still getting more (not less) than 12 notes, in other words 
> the octave is too wide, then yes, there is need for a calibration. 
> With its ability to track a little under and way over there 
shouldn't 
> be a need for a user to calibrate it.

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