Hello, I'm new here and I'm glad this mailing lists exists. I hope someone is reading. :) I had bought a Polysix from a friend who had it standing around for a...
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mhoehn303
Aug 21, 2005 10:57 am
Here's a little update on my Polysick: The out-of-tune oscillator even plays lower notes when set to 4'. But even when set to 8', with LFO on the VCO, on...
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mike thompson
tubmyk2
Aug 21, 2005 1:02 pm
When you replaced the battery did you also go through all the trace repairs too? I didn¹t and think that¹s why I still have an issue with mine, though my ...
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seekwhensir
Aug 21, 2005 3:11 pm
Hello my newly founded Polysix fam, My first P6 I resentfully flipped on ebay a few months back..It was all banged up. Battery leakage, out of tune engine,...
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Mike Höhn
mhoehn303
Aug 21, 2005 7:51 pm
... I replaced one of the IC's near the battery, which had black legs. Apart from that the whole board really looks ok, even the the traces. And I checked...
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Mike Thompson
tubmyk2
Aug 21, 2005 9:04 pm
My P6 self-modulates (if that’s the right term)… Basically it was fine until I literally moved it to another room and then turned it on (something...
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gil_we
Aug 24, 2005 9:02 pm
I basically am looking for a SSM2056, I do have one SSM2044 if anyone is interested to trade. gilwein(at)walla.co.il...
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akira honda
oxygeno1313
Sep 2, 2005 2:47 am
i have 5 SSM2056 if you want i can sell it for 40 dlls including S&H to your country .. i'm from mexico city... or if you have other parts for synth maybe we...
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gil_we
Sep 2, 2005 11:48 am
How many of them for the 40$ ? ... S&H to your country .. i'm from mexico city... or if you have other parts for synth maybe we can trade.. i don't accept the...
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akira honda
oxygeno1313
Sep 2, 2005 6:47 pm
just one gil_we <gil_we@...> wrote:How many of them for the 40$ ? ... S&H to your country .. i'm from mexico city... or if you have other parts for synth...
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makefrench
Sep 3, 2005 1:02 am
Hi everyone, I just recently found this group and I think its great. I have had my Polysix for about six months and have had nothing but problems, such as...
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wildjamin
Sep 5, 2005 11:24 am
excuse me, this is probably asked all the time.. I just checked the ricard/johannes hausensteiner thing. (it sounds really cool, but some links broken - it...
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darke_one666
Sep 13, 2005 3:04 pm
I have an old P6 that I'm restoring. I've manged to get every part working but the damn thing will not tune. I substituted the voice board and CPU board over...
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Ian Bradshaw
darke_one666
Sep 13, 2005 3:22 pm
I have an old P6 that I'm restoring. I've manged to get every part working but the damn thing will not tune. I substituted the voice board and CPU board over...
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darke_one666
Sep 14, 2005 9:08 pm
... If the battery leaked then it is likely that IC30 & IC31 on KLM367 will need replacing. You may have some tracks that have corroded too that will need...
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darke_one666
Sep 14, 2005 9:30 pm
The side panels are part of the lower wooden case and are not available seperately. You will have to do some woodwork or get a chippy to sort this for you ;---...
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darke_one666
Sep 21, 2005 10:54 am
Hi all again, Just to let you know that it was in fact the opto on the oscillator board. I have several of these boards with the same problem and this has been...
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lnz2166
Oct 2, 2005 3:59 pm
Hello PS6ers. Just got one of these babys which looks great with my Sigma. I bought this thing knowing it didn't work hoping it was a battery problem but I...
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lnz2166
Oct 2, 2005 4:00 pm
... that my power supply -15v and -5v were shot. I'm still trying to figure out why but check those voltage via the test point on the power supply board to see...
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lnz2166
Oct 5, 2005 5:22 am
I back again. I was able to track and find the problems with the power supply. Replaced the Regulator and transistor and my outputs are good and stable....
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Mike Höhn
mhoehn303
Oct 5, 2005 12:10 pm
... Has the battery leaked? Have you already fixed it? Without the battery and with all parts around the battery ok, the Polysix functions 100%, it only can't...
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meezy78
Oct 5, 2005 2:14 pm
Hi, I am trying to reset the factory sounds on my polysix. I have downloaded the data (.wav of the original tape) from http://analog.no/ and have followed...
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David Davis
feline1973
Oct 5, 2005 2:18 pm
using these old machines liked you to tweak the "tone control" on your little cassette recorder - turning it towards the treble - computer soundcards tend not...
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Seppo Sipilä
dr_luny
Oct 6, 2005 11:35 am
... The battery leak on my Polysix was very hard to see, but it damaged the memory circuit board and the nearest chip underneath so that I had complete sound...
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Seppo Sipilä
dr_luny
Oct 6, 2005 11:40 am
... It's possible - have someone with knowledge of electronics open the thing up and check that the "tape in" wires are connected at both ends and the socket...
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lnz2166
Oct 6, 2005 5:03 pm
... that if the traces to the processor or IC31 are damaged you possibly will not get any sound? Does this also hold true if you try to play it in "manual...
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klosmon
cavernosum7
Oct 6, 2005 5:13 pm
Correct -- even in Manual mode, it won't work. The Polysix (& other "memory" synths) runs ALL of its control voltages thru the CPU -- any problem on the data...
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lnz2166
Oct 6, 2005 6:22 pm
... narrow diagnosing time for me. Looks like I'll better get my soldering iron and a wire out. ... voltages thru ... reflected in ... trace ... tracing ... in...
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Mike Höhn
mhoehn303
Oct 7, 2005 1:15 pm
... So is this what makes the Polysix have DCO's? Today I checked the resonance voltage at CN05-7 and found out it's rastered, because I couldn't set it to...
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klosmon
cavernosum7
Oct 7, 2005 2:46 pm
... Eh, not exactly... ... OK, I was giving a simplified answer. To be more exact, on a memory type synth, all CVs are multiplexed & turned into digital...
