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Re: Yamaha Voice Card for Sale

2011-05-16 by Mike

Do you have the coarse and fine tune pot?  How about the TKC board?

I need an optocoupler too, but can' remember if there is another one on the CS-50 that isn't on the PRA board.

-Mike

--- In yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com, "dzlvs8@..." <dzlvs8@...> wrote:
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> Andy, 
> So far I have sold a few sliders, two voice cards, the PRA board and a few other odds and ends.  If you are still interested in some items, let me know soon.  Also, I am pretty sure that if you are just interested in slider caps the cost of shipping wouldnt be worth the caps.  But we can talk.
> Steve
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> From: kirkbyte@...
> To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, May 15, 2011 01:01:29 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Yamaha Voice Card for Sale
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> Hi Steve,
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> I'm keen, i might also need some fader caps and other bits if you have them?
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> > steve kodnel <dzlvs8@...> wrote:
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> > If anyone wants a voice card from a Yamaha CS-50, I have one for sale. 
> > ����It works perfect. ����I'm ����not sure how much to ask for one but I am 
> > going to say $300 obo right now. ����
> > Also, if you need any other parts, please let me know, I may still have 
> > them available.Thanks,
> > Steve
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> > --- On Sat, 5/14/11, jkjelec@... <jkjelec@...> wrote:
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> > From: jkjelec@... <jkjelec@...>
> > Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] Pitch Drop When Using Sustain 1
> > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
> > Date: Saturday, May 14, 2011, 4:13 PM
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> > I was thinking that it had to be this, that I cut and saved from AH (I 
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> > "Seems the SH card collects debris over the years from being near the 
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> > as an insulator. The impedance of the input to the SH amps (CA3140T) is 
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> > the order of 1.5 T Ohms (1500 Meg Ohms!) and the SH caps are quite small 
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> > them together away from the surface of the PCB, the problem goes away. 
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> > is still a very small voltage drop but even with full Sustain 
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> > for Release) the change in pitch isn't noticeable. 
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> > I'm guessing this must be a common fault, as the CS-60 card I have 
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> > From: "lucidsound" <lucidsound@...> 
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> > To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com 
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> > Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2011 2:33:54 PM 
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> > Subject: [yamahacs80] Pitch Drop When Using Sustain 1 
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> > Has anyone else come across the quirk whereby if using long release 
> > times in Sustain Mode 1, the oscillator pitch drops slowly when the 
> > notes are released? ����Switching to Sustain II brings the notes back to 
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> > I figure this is something to do with the Keyboard SH card, and voltages 
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