Tuning problems

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EwaldK
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Tuning problems

Post by EwaldK » Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:08 am

Hi
last week i picked up my new Voyager Fire red edition. As i noticed the tuning was flat with the tuning pot set to 12 o clock. I did some tests with the default patch in the G bank and routed the audio into logic with the tuner plug in inserted. It was ca 25 cents off when i started warming up the Voyager for half an hour. This remained practically the same for tests i did later that day. I had to switch the tuning pot to 11 o clock to get in pitch. I also read on the forum about the pitch bender calibration that showed to me 127 - 6 - 115. I am a bit unsure what to do now. Should i return it to the shop, should i live with this : is this normal. I am not to eager about calibrating myself on a new piece of equipment. Thanks for your input.
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Re: Tuning problems

Post by Acid Mitch » Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:31 am

EwaldK wrote:Hi
last week i picked up my new Voyager Fire red edition. As i noticed the tuning was flat with the tuning pot set to 12 o clock.
This is normal.The tuning will change depending on the heat/humidity in your enviroment.
My tuning knob is never set to 12 o'clock and varies a bit from day to day.
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Re: Tuning problems

Post by RL » Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:07 am

EwaldK wrote:I also read on the forum about the pitch bender calibration that showed to me 127 - 6 - 115.
This is not normal. Please contact Amos (amos dot moogmusic dot com).

Rudi
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Post by Subtronik » Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:12 am

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Post by EwaldK » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:02 am

True 8)
Anyway I will contact Amos. If the middle level of the pitch bender is calibrated at 0, will that mean that I the fine tuning will get closer to 12 o'clock position?
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Post by RL » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:19 am

EwaldK wrote:True 8)
Anyway I will contact Amos. If the middle level of the pitch bender is calibrated at 0, will that mean that I the fine tuning will get closer to 12 o'clock position?
If the rest of the calibrations is OK, yes!
Have fun,
Rudi
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Post by EwaldK » Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:30 pm

RL wrote:
EwaldK wrote:True 8)
Anyway I will contact Amos. If the middle level of the pitch bender is calibrated at 0, will that mean that I the fine tuning will get closer to 12 o'clock position?
If the rest of the calibrations is OK, yes!
Have fun,
Rudi
I just disconnected the LHC and by adjusting the VR3 switch I could bring back the pitch bender resting position to 0, although it seems to drift a bit sometimes it comes back to +1 or -1. Indeed I can now set the fine tune pot almost to it's 12 o'clock position...
Only thing now is that the pitch bender down setting still does not go further than -115 so I'll guess I'll have to adjust the potentiometer a bit...
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