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  • in reply to: Tracking issues w/ 90s MicroSynths with lower tunings? #123133
    Jimnirvana
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    Bit of noob here myself but I have a vintage micro synth (mains powered) and on the back it has a gain pot accessible through the back plate to adjust input gain. I’m assuming with the tunings you suggested you’re using some hot humbuckers too? Maybe try tweaking that pot (if there is one on the 90s version) as this helped a lot with my tracking issues. There’s a calibration guide in the original instructions that may apply?

    in reply to: Vintage polyphase calibration / alignment #123126
    Jimnirvana
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    Sorry to keep tagging things on here too but I also forgot to mention that the rate pot kind of gets to point which it goes super fast at about 3 o’clock then beyond that doesn’t phase at all? Don’t know if that helps with diagnosis?
    Just got home too and the pot is 100k and resistor in there is a 470k which actually measures at 570k!?
    The bias was a little hot at 7.6v so dialed the trim back to get the desired 6.7v. Seems to of helped with the distortion side of things but with that resistor removed it still squeals like hell beyond 2 o’clock ish?

    in reply to: Vintage polyphase calibration / alignment #123123
    Jimnirvana
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    Also would you say the distortion in the higher feedback levels is normal?

    in reply to: Triggering Super Space Drum #123122
    Jimnirvana
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    Had a play with one these weekend and can confirm a guitar plugged in the trigger jack also works haha! Wacky piece of gear and I loved every second of it!

    in reply to: Vintage polyphase calibration / alignment #123121
    Jimnirvana
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    The resistor across the feedback pot may well be original, sometimes they were added if EHX were short of a pot value as it alters the value via parallel resistance.

    As for biasing, there’s only a single trimmer on the board and the schematic gives the bias point of 6.7V, a good place to test would be on pin 3 of the 324 opamp.

    Hey Scruffie!

    Thanks for the speedy reply, I was working til late on last night and I’ve only just seen this.
    I was thinking the same about the resistor but it’s a carbon comp and I’m pretty sure (from memory as I’m at work atm) the pot is a 100k (CTS with a white shaft) which the schematic calls for?
    And thanks so much for that biasing info, I’ve only had the thing a few days and not really ventured down the rabbit hole with regards to the schematic and I’ve not had the board out of the box as of yet. I assumed there would of been a few to tweak on the populated side as per the poly chorus but with your advice/looking at the schematic I see there’s only the one which is trace side on mine.
    As soon as I get back home this evening I’ll confirm the stuff I’ve recalled from memory and I’ll make sure I’m getting 6.7v on pin three of that opamp. Is this – https://sites.google.com/site/electroconducive/EHXPolyphase-Factorylessclear.jpgschematic all accurate? I know sometimes things get changed during production and schematics don’t get updated. Only reason I’m asking is I’m also going to check all the caps that have been replaced are the right value too.

    Thanks again for the reply Scruffie, your help is greatly appreciated :)

    in reply to: Vintage polyphase calibration / alignment #123117
    Jimnirvana
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    Edit: Also forgot to mention that with that resistor in place things get quite distorted when feedback is turned up. Using a Jazzmaster too so not really that hot of an input signal

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