I did notice that SYNC stopped the "beats" on each individual note- the note
was in tune. But, the entire keyboard was still NOT in tune with itself.

Let me know if replacing the sample-and-hold caps solves the problem.

Thanks

-----Original Message-----
From: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com [mailto:chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com]On
Behalf Of STEVEN PISTRICH
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 6:51 PM
To: chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [chromapolaris] Out of Tune


Funny, I was almost ready to write in with virtually your same exact
question....but I had the same problem 4 months ago , but right before i
took it apart I seemed to temporarily solve it with the "retune procedure''
in the manual. Now the detune is back but a little different and the
retuning wont solve it, (sometimes the SYNC button realigns the oscilators
on some sounds) .. the answer I believe has to be surgery.

I must finally replace the orange Sample-and-Hold capacitors that keep the
sounds 'stable' . they are very visible on the motherboard ,They dont cost
a lot and are available through Digikey. All the info about this surgery
is posted on this polaris site if you research further back. I was
reluctant to dive in with the soldering iron, but others have written in
that it is the only answer to the 'odd detuning' problem, Im trying to get
psyched up to do it now. at least you dont have to touch those ribbon
wires.