From haines@quick.net Fri Mar  1 10:51:01 1996
    1 Mar 96 13:50:47 +0500
    1 Mar 96 12:30:59 +0500
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 1996 08:58:46 -0800
From: haines@quick.net (Matt Haines)
Subject: Re: Another Odyssey back on-line
Cc: jvolanski@indy3.gstone.com

Pllllrrrppht! Kling! Klang! Snoodle! jvolanski@indy3.gstone.com (John
Volanski) Widgie! Phlupppp.....

>Problem 2:  I've never seen a pot do this.  The whole range of the pot had
>changed from a 3" throw to a 0.25" throw.  The pot worked, but it is
>impossible to reliably tune an oscillator over 0.25".  (Believe me.)  I
>removed that pot and swapped it with the pot that controls the VCA gain.
>The VCA gain is not nearly as critical (to me) as having a stable tuning on
>the VCO.  This worked, but if anyone knows where I can get an Odyssey
>slider, can they E-mail me?  Thanx.  I'd like to replace that bad VCA pot.
>


My Odyssey had the same problem, and it's because of a bad pot. Basically,
the strip of contact material in the slider has worn through somewhere in
the middle. So when it's below the break point it acts like full 'down' no
matter where it is, and when it's above the breakpoint it works
pseudo-normally. I swapped out the slider and all was well. I have the same
thing wrong with my SH101, but alas Roland doesn't have the sliders I need.
And I haven't bothered to find them elsewhere.

Anyway, you can get Odyssey sliders from

Weyer/Smith Labs 
Attn: Tim Smith
3461 Canyon Dr
Billings, MT 59102 
email: 71212.773@compuserve.com 
406-652-1564 
 
 

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