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Re: OBXa Issues - Distortion & Keyboard Questions

2006-03-07 by nelsonj_sce

As for the distortion, try panning your bad voice and see if that 
helps the problem.  Also clean the pan pot with some component 
cleaner.   

As for the "ghost" note...I have to think more about that. 

--- In oberheim@yahoogroups.com, "jringmrath" <jringmrath@...> wrote:
>
> I have an 8-voice OBXa and have a couple of nagging issues I 
haven't been able to resolve.  
> 
> First, I seem to get some slight distortion from voice board #8.  
If I move the board to 
> another location, it sounds fine.  If I move a known good voice 
board to the #8 position I 
> get the same distortion.  It is most obvious on the organ-type 
sounds.  I have been using 
> it as a 7-voice until I can track down the problem.
> 
> Second, if I play the chord "G,C and Eb" in the middle octave of 
the keyboard, it also 
> sounds the "E" below the G.  Needless to say, this can be 
annoying!  Must be something 
> having to do with the keyboard scanning, but I don't know what 
exactly.  The double mode 
> also doesn't seem to work 100%.  Maybe a related issue?
> 
> Any thoughts on what might be causing these and how to fix them?  I 
have the schematics, 
> but I don't really know what I'm looking at since I'm not a tech.
> 
> Thanks for any help or advice!
> 
> Jonathan
>

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