Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Tips and techniques for Minimoog Analog Synthesizers
Post Reply
drxcm
Posts: 26
Joined: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:58 pm

Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by drxcm » Tue Nov 01, 2016 10:56 pm

Hi,

Just took delivery of my reissue model D

I noticed a couple of things about OSC 3 and wondered if these are "normal"?

1. When OSC 3's tuning knob is at the centre "0" position, it is a major third above Osc 1 tuning, or Osc 2 at centre. At full clockwise it's an octave higher, and and full counter clockwise its a fifth lower. Is this intended? It would seem to me it should be calibrated the same as Osc 2. It is convenient though as I can quickly dial in 5ths octaves at each end of the range.

2. The Osc Range for Osc 3 is an octave lower than the equivalent range on Osc 1 and 2 - this seems correct as the LO setting produces an appropriately slow waveform

User avatar
Rufus the Dog
Posts: 154
Joined: Wed Sep 17, 2014 8:38 am

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by Rufus the Dog » Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:38 am

hmmmm.... if I set all VCOs 1,2 and 3 to 8' and VCOs 2 and 3 to zero offset they are all in tune.

The patch on page 41 of the manual (3-square lead) works for me as intended.


R.

drxcm
Posts: 26
Joined: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:58 pm

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by drxcm » Wed Nov 02, 2016 9:35 pm

Hi - took it back to the shop and picked up the other one that was there - obviously this is just a poorly calibrated one out of the factory.
Would have done the calibration myself, but there was a brand new replacement to take instead, so I went with that.

Cheers!

ozzylator
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:25 am
Location: Germany

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by ozzylator » Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:05 am

There seems to be a problem with the final inspection. The error with the multtrigger mode was not discovered at my instrument (and also at some others). I find this in this price class very unfortunate.

User avatar
paramnesia
Posts: 126
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2015 11:35 am
Location: Asheville, NC
Contact:

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by paramnesia » Thu Nov 03, 2016 8:22 am

drxcm wrote: 1. When OSC 3's tuning knob is at the centre "0" position, it is a major third above Osc 1 tuning, or Osc 2 at centre. At full clockwise it's an octave higher, and and full counter clockwise its a fifth lower. Is this intended? It would seem to me it should be calibrated the same as Osc 2. It is convenient though as I can quickly dial in 5ths octaves at each end of the range.
you didn't mention the position of the Oscillator 3 Control switch

this switch must be in the ‘up’ position so Osc 3 will track correctly and not have an offset
Sub37TE V1.2 / 4 X CP-251, 3 x MF-104M, MF-102, MF-107, MF-108M, 4 x Mother32, MP-201
My Eurorack https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/view/2268669
My Pedal Board https://www.modulargrid.net/p/racks/view/461843

drxcm
Posts: 26
Joined: Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:58 pm

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by drxcm » Fri Nov 04, 2016 3:14 pm

yeah it was not the switch - it was simply calibrated incorrectly out of the factory - the replacement is fine

ozzylator
Posts: 6
Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2016 1:25 am
Location: Germany

Re: Reissue Osc 3 tuning

Post by ozzylator » Tue Nov 08, 2016 11:22 am

drxcm wrote:yeah it was not the switch - it was simply calibrated incorrectly out of the factory - the replacement is fine
Good that one was in stock. Then it can now go undisturbed! I wish you a lot of fun!

Post Reply