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Subject: Re: [chromapolaris] failing Polaris autotune

From: Eric Frampton <eric@...>
Date: 2016-02-04

Hi JL -

> On Jan 27, 2016, at 8:55 AM, John Leimseider john.leimseider@... [chromapolaris] <chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>
> Do the voices glide instead of change pitch sharply? Maybe the fast/slow for the S/Hs…

They change pitch as fast as they’re supposed to.

> I still suspect a low bit bad on the DAC. The oscillators would fail, but the filters would change almost OK. They have had a bad failure rate in the Polaris and the OB8.

I had a spare DAC in my parts box that I bought for another project that is tested and known working. I dropped it in there, and nothing changed.

I’m thinking I’ll try the shotgun approach on the logic IC’s in the timer circuit next.

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