Re: [AH] EEH Banana Tip :: Voices Out Of Tune

From prrz
Sent Wed, Jan 3rd 2018, 20:51

Ok, just heard that those old trimmers can cause some weird action, also 
regarding tuning stability. Will do a recap soon on mine...



Am 03.01.18 um 21:25 schrieb Kenny Balys:
>
> No, the trimmers are all oldies.
>
> I did totally re-cap mine, all tantalum gone.
>
> its stable once i get these kinks worked out.
>
> Bob Grieb (Tauntek) told me the Chroma uses the same edge connectors 
> and that they are availble still. I am going to order new ones and 
> replace them. I strongly suspect that my edge connectors are dirty.
>
>
> On 03.01.18 20:17 , xxxx@xxx.xx wrote:
>> When mine was working I did not have these problems. Did you ever
>> exchange those trimmers?
>>
>>
>> Am 03.01.18 um 20:30 schrieb Kenny Balys:
>>>
>>> This is something I run into often, the Banana has sat for a few weeks
>>> and then when I go to play, a few voices fail tune or do not respond
>>> as expected.
>>>
>>> Possible Remedy:
>>> ---------------
>>> - Press A+H simultaneously to enable voice mute mode: identify the
>>> troubled voice(s)
>>>
>>> - split the Banana openĀ  ( he he.... )
>>>
>>> - undo the wooden voice card restraint blocks' frame tops
>>>
>>> - pull the voice board out, then put it back in (( possibly squeeze
>>> chips back into sockets if loose))
>>>
>>> The Banana voice boards seem to walk out of their edge connector
>>> sockets and/or chips wiggle out of their sockets. Its really 
>>> irritating.
>>>
>>> I have found that its better to keep the wooden restraint caps off
>>> when playing. Just don't forget to put them back before moving it.
>>>
>>>
>>> ** fix assumes that everything else is otherwise working correctly
>>>
>>
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