Re: [AH] Farfisa Syntorchestra TOS weirdness

From Steve Lenham
Sent Sun, Nov 4th 2018, 19:51

On 03/11/2018 18:31, Travis Thatcher wrote:
> Thanks for thinking this through Steve! I'll try those tests this 
> afternoon or tomorrow.
> 
> Interestingly I swapped TOS chips from my working Syntorchestra and 
> things seem fine. When the F# does start to die if i squeeze the TOS 
> chip it comes back. I did replace the socket for that chip and checked 
> all the traces leading to it.  I'll report back the results of the tests 
> you suggest. Thanks again!

TBH, that is pretty conclusive - it must be the TOG/TOS. I'm just 
surprised that it manages to work fine for the other voice options, i.e. 
when running at twice the frequency.

Hope you manage to find a replacement!

Best regards,

Steve L.