Strange tuning problem

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Hi,

Last week I received my RME V3.2. First day it worked fine and all was fun, but the next the day the third oscillator was out of tune :frowning:

On key C3 it is in tune with osc 1 and 2, but as the key that is played is higher, the oscillator gradually detunes. I have to manually tune it higher to be in tune again. The same when I play a lower key than C3, but then I have to manually tune it lower. The higher (and lower) I play, the more detuned it gets. I already checked that ‘3 KB Control’ is on. Oscillator 1 and 2 are stable and don’t have this problem.

Sometimes the problem disappears after a while, but then it comes back again. I already reinstalled V3.2 and installed V3.1, but this didn’t help. Is it a hardware failure, or has it to do with the room temperature, or maybe software related?

Thanks for helping!

Laurens

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Hello Laurens,

I don’t think that the problems concerning the tuning of the third oscillator of your Voyager RME are due to changes in the temperature. I had the same kind of problem with oscillator 3 (performer edition) and it was caused by a bad capacitator. So there was no relation with the software or the temperature, it was hardware related.

I think you should contact your dealer or distributor.

dth

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Thanks for the reply dth. I’ll contact my dealer as soon as possible.

Laurens

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Allright, don’t hesitate to call upon your dealer. It took me some time to realise and accept that the even the Moog-firm makes mistakes (using a faulty batch of capacitators)…

dth