Re: [AH] Roland SH-2 LFO bleed thru to OSC Pitch

From Florian Anwander
Sent Thu, Feb 21st 2019, 16:41

Hi

there are two possible influences:
1.) The powerconsumption of th LFOs LED might draw too much current, and 
have an influence on the supply rail.
2.) The LFO-signal itself is feeding through the potentiometer (corroded 
ground contact of the potentiometer, broken solder joint at the 
potentiometer).

To check #1: desolder one pin of the LED and check whether the 
modulations still happens.
To check #2: shorten the modulation signal coming from the potentiometer 
manually to ground. or remove R148 and R164 on the mainboard.

Florian


Am 21.02.2019 um 17:06 schrieb Nabu M:
> Hello all --
>
> I just noticed an issue on my SH-2 (supposedly common with these old 
> Rolands)
>
> When I hold a key down -- (only) the pitch will waver between -2 cents 
> and +8 cents (respecting the rate slider and wave type) -- and this 
> behavior happens even when the Pitch MOD slider is set to 0.
>
> Has anyone else had this issue?  If so, the solution?  I am wondering 
> which part / capacitor to check / replace.
>
> - I've tried copious amounts of Deoxit F5 in the PMOD slider
> - I've tried setting the PMOD to "near 0" -- nada
> - I've tried replacing the 470uf power filter capacitors for good 
> measure -- as I've read on other forum threads this was the solution 
> for 2 different people.
>
> I suck at reading circuit diagrams -- I tried tracing the LFO circuit 
> and I see maybe c16, c17 around that area, and c79 and c39 farther away?
>
> Would appreciate any kind souls who could chime in and suggest what 
> the issue could be :)


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