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Re: Connectors for keybed on KLM-366

2013-01-29 by chipaudette

Hi, thanks for the heads-up about the lack of availability of the locking connector. You spoke of searching for the non-locking version. I m certainly

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Re: Connectors for keybed on KLM-366

2013-01-28 by Scott

... I ve built 3 of the KLM-376 boards and the locking versions of those connectors arent around any more. You need to buy non-locking and the pins plus

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Connectors for keybed on KLM-366

2013-01-28 by chipaudette

Hi All, I m starting down a long road to add aftertouch and velocity response to my PolySix. My plan is for the aftertouch to mirror the effect of the mod

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Re: 3.9v Zener in Jeds board

2013-01-25 by raisinbag69

GREAT! Thanks. It s a pain to have to order one part, when you have everything else on hand. Holy crap, I just read about the Kiwisix, I hadn t heard of that

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Re: [PolySix] 3.9v Zener in Jeds board

2013-01-25 by Murray

Any Zener of the correct voltage and the same or larger wattage will work. The one in the board looks to be 1/2W or less so use a 1/2W or greater replacement.

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3.9v Zener in Jeds board

2013-01-25 by raisinbag69

Hi, I am rebuilding a 367 board I got from Jed, and stuffing it right now. Going off his BOM it calls for a 3.9v Zener, specifically a BZX79-C3V9. I have a

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Re: Polysix pots not functioning.

2013-01-17 by eric.pitra

Is there anyone in this group who could help me with this issue? I guess all I really need is to be pointed in the right direction. I would love it if someone

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Re: [PolySix] Shredded Polysix Cable

2013-01-17 by Jed Jorgensen

That cable is not easily replaceable. I don t know of any off-the-shelf solutions and those connectors are pretty much impossible to find. I had badly corroded

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Shredded Polysix Cable

2013-01-17 by ammerman.sean

I have a fairly simple Polysix question and don t know where else to turn. I ve been having some power issues with my Polysix, and after opening it up to do a

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KBD Track not work on last voice

2013-01-07 by del_poolp@hotmail.com

Hi, the KBD Track rotary knob do not work on last voice on my polysix ... do you have an idea of test points for detect/repair it ? Thanks, Richard

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Re: Kiwitechnics

2013-01-07 by del_poolp@hotmail.com

Hi, Yes, i confirm, after mod, the aliasing is smoother ;)

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Re: Kiwitechnics

2013-01-07 by kiwitechnics

Some incorrect caps were used in the initial design. This has now been corrected and stepping noises have been greatly reduced. The new firmware (v1.23) also

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Re: klm 367 board and noise in the P6

2013-01-07 by kiwitechnics

I have been doing some experiments with the noises in the Polysix. I have managed to reduce the noise in my Kiwisix development P6 to almost zero by adding

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Re: Polysix pots not functioning.

2013-01-07 by eric.pitra

I actually found and fixed two more bad traces buy checking and triple checking the board, my bad. Now the battery is installed and still the same problems

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Re: Polysix oscillator problem

2013-01-02 by kiwitechnics

You could quickly find out if your problem is the SSM2044 filter chip by swapping the one on the bad channel with another voice and see if the problem moves to

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Polysix oscillator problem

2013-01-02 by revstate

It is not known if it is an oscillator problem or one of the SSM chips with it on the voice board. It was fine for a long while with only a minor volume

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Polysix pots not functioning.

2012-12-19 by eric.pitra

Hello, I recently acquired a polysix in rough shape. I tested out the battery board and the new connections for the corroded tracks seem to be all good. I have

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Re: [PolySix] iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-18 by Arp Duex

Ok. I do appologise to everyone who felt ofenced in any way but let s just consider where this is going: implementing 2 x software which is nothing compared

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Re: Kiwitechnics

2012-12-18 by kiwitechnics

Hi I do not fully understand your problem. If you are referring to controlling the filter cutoff & resonance using midi then yes there is some stepping as

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Re: [PolySix] Re: iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-18 by John Terhorst

I appreciate all of the knowledge I have gotten here about my Poly Six and apologize for somehow provoking negativity or upsetting anyone. Happy holiday to all

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Re: [PolySix] Re: iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-18 by Ben Stuyts

Hi all, I have removed the offending messages from the board. My apologies for any offence this might have caused. I have asked Arp to use more civil language

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Re: [PolySix] Re: iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-18 by magottl@comcast.net

good morning chip, thank you! i have been a silent subscriber for quite awhile and have really enjoyed reading about everyone s polysix adventures. all

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Re: iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-18 by Chip Audette

Respectfully directed at Arp Duex , sir, I did not appreciate your demeaning and curse-filled language directed toward Mr Terhorst.

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Re: [PolySix] iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-17 by John Terhorst

Hi All, I like this app and think it captures the Poly Six pretty well, certainly I was able to navagate quickly to some of my faverite sounds using it (as

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Re: Kiwitechnics

2012-12-17 by del_poolp@hotmail.com

Hi, I have installed the Kiwisix on my Polysix, it s a reel good upgrade but : You have any issue with aliasing with midi control, specially with cuttoff and

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Re: [PolySix] iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-15 by Arp Duex

personally i wouldn t let apple ruin my day (again). I belive we are all here in love with the vintage side of it which a screen will never compete no

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Re: [PolySix] iPolysix for iPad

2012-12-14 by Peter Ullrich

... Yes very nice. The Korg iMS20 is also very nice on the ipad. And until end of december for the half price... Ciao Peter http://www.ullrich.at.tt

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RE: [PolySix] Re: Slider Switch "Range"

2012-12-11 by Darijo Berkes

Thank you! I have now bought the right switch and hope I ll get it soon so that my Polysix with the newly installed Kiwitechnics KLM-367 board will be as new

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Slider Switch "Range"

2012-12-11 by Darijo Berkes

I m looking for the slider switch Range for the arpeggiator, think it s called SW1 on the KLM-371 board. Does anyone know where to find this switchor what

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Re: [PolySix] Slow Start-Up

2012-12-09 by Kristoffer Jensen

Thanks One of my batteries were dead, now I changed that, and I could actually use one of my dead mobile phones (SonyEricsson K850) battery. However, it was

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Re: [PolySix] Re: klm 367 board

2012-12-05 by Johannes Hausensteiner

Hi, I am afraid I cannot help you with the noise remotely. The Polysix is quite noisy. Most of it comes from the BBD circuits of the KLM-368 board. You might

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