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LFO Resonating Acoustically?

LFO Resonating Acoustically?

2004-07-09 by Mike Walters

I was repairing a Yamaha CS-10 recently, and I noticed I could hear 
the LFO inside the circuit, without the synthesizer plugged into an 
amp. It was a faint ticking hum, similar to what you can hear 
sometimes inside the transformer. But it wasn't 60Hz, it was whatever 
frequency the LFO rate was set, and would change whenever I turned 
the knob. What would cause this to become acoustic?

Just curious,

-Mike

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