Vintage Synth Repair

Hey..

i have the same problem... is this is correct ?

I have an ARP AXXE MK1.

regards,


--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, John Wieczorek 
<evening@...> wrote:
>
> 
> Any Axxe owners on the list?
> 
> I just got around to repairing an Axxe that i've had on the shelf 
for  
> a bit.
> The main issue was a broken trace in the cv memory circuit.
> The keyboard now tracks correctly and the portamento works too.
> 
> The s/h circuit seems odd though
> According to the service manual, when you engage the the s/h 
switch  
> the noise source is connected to the memory circuit and key cv 
buss  
> is routed directly to the vco mod in. all of the has the effect 
that  
> while key presses do offset the vco pitch, that offset isn't held 
or  
> memorized upon key release.  So when the key is released the vco 
then  
> returns to it's base pitch which is determined by the tune knob 
and  
> the transpose switch.
> 
> This seems so weird that I just wanted to ask if anyone else had  
> noticed this.
> 
> Portamento in s/h mode doesn't behave as expected either, so maybe  
> something else is broken or shorted...
> 
> jmw
>