In fact I think it's a shame so many Polarises are  floating around second-hand.  I'm not ever gonna give mine up!  I just did an excellent live show with the Polaris and my ARP Odyssey in fact...  I'd recommend a Polaris to anyone who want's an ARP Omni series but can't afford it.  You can get the exact same sounds plus extra filters and stuff, so if you find one for less than $400 it's a bargan!

 

LJP

Foot And Mouth Disease

jenna_pher <jenna_pher@...> wrote:

Y'know...  Funny you should mention that, because I had that exact
problem.  You may have a bad switch (the membrane), in which case I
think you're pretty much screwed.  But one thing I did, was to take
apart my polaris, remove the plastic ribbon cables (not the
computer-type wire-in-cable cables, but the painted-on jobs that
typically crack), you should have 4.  You probably will also have to
remove the screws on the pc boards in the front panel of the synth,
and all the chrome knobs for the sliders.  Then I bought a Sharpie (r)
silver marker, and carefully repainted the traces on that cable.  I
used Sharpie because they haven't got any real dangerous solvents in
their paint marker.  There is enough aluminum in the sharpie paint to
act as a decent trace repair.  This may be your problem.  If something
goes desperately wrong you can always try acetone and a q-tip to clean
the paint off the ribbon cable, and trim it back using a nice sharp
pair of scissors.  If your membrane switch is out, you might have to
develop a repair of some sort (remembering that membrane switches are
still used).

  ummm...  THat's about all I can think of.

  Let me know if that helps at all.  I'm still a polaris novis, but
I'm really loving mine!

  Christopher
--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, "sacateca2001" <harama@v...> wrote:
>
> hi knob fiddlers,
> my old darling(100102) needs some help,
> the left down press-knob doesn't work ,-(
> (lower function). is there any possibility to remove
> it, change it or even bridge it?
> maybe someone knows any older posts about that issue,
> any quick solution?
>
> regards
> harald
>

aX

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