Korg Poly800/EX800 Users

Hi Mike!

>I have another favor to ask of people. If any of you have a frequency counter I would like to know 
>what the frequency of the RES7.5 clock is on your Poly. You can measure the signal at IC36 pin 7. 
>This is the clock that determines the rate of the envelope generators.
>The circuit description documentation says that this clock can be anywhere from 2,400 to 3,600 hz. 
>Now that is a huge variation. If the variation is that big then alot of Poly 800 envelope generators are 
>going to have faster or slower envelopes. Since I'm trying to implement velocity sensitivity, I really 
>need to know what the clock is more likely to be. I know most of you don't have frequency counters 
>but even a reading from a CRO would be enough.
>Any and all help is much appreciated.

I opened my Poly800  Mk I and measured the frequency on Pin 7 of IC36 (TL072). 

As both of my frequency counter are defect at the moment I had to measure the frequency with my DSOs built in
measurement routines: It is 2,94kHz
I crosschecked with the period time and its OK.

Ciao
Peter

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