Polyphonic : ad a a Oberheim Electronics, Inc.TABLE OF CONTENTS CALIBRATION PROCEEDURES Control Board Calibration Voice Card Replacement and Calibration Power Supply Calbiration Mother Board Calibration DIAGRAMS Wiring Block Diagram ‘Sub-Assembly and Connector Placement Diagram Control Board and Voice Card Trimmer Placement Diagram Power Supply and Mother Board Trimmer Placement Diagram SCHEMATICS Power Supply Schematic Processor, Control, Pots and Keyboard Schematic (4 Sheets) Mother Board Schematic Voice Card Schematic Bend Assembly Schematic Rear Panel Schematic PRINTED CIRCUIT COMPOSITES Control Board Composite Processor Board Composite Mother Board Composite Power Supply and Voice Card Composites ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDERS (5 Sheets) INTERCONNECT LISTS Control Board Interconnect List Power Supply Board Interconnect List Pot Board Interconnect List Mother Board Interconnect ListCONTROL BOARD CALIBRATION This document describes the procedure for-calibrating the OB-X Control board. The following equipment is required: Digital voltmeter (4 1/2 digits minimum) Oscilloscope Audio amplifier with speaker or headphones (Note: Headphones may be plugged directly into the 0B-X providing they are wired monophonically and have an input impedance of at least 600 ohms.) This procedure makes reference to notes CO through C4. CO is low C on the keyboard, and C4 is high C. Refer to the Control Board and Voice Card Trimmer Placement Diagram for locations of trimmers to be adjusted. Set the following front panel controls as indicated: Menual ~ On Unison - On Portamento Minimum (full CCW) VCO1 Frequency - Minimum (full CCW) VCO2 Frequency - Minimum (full CCW) VC02 Detune Center (LED off) Volune - As desired All voltage measurements should be referenced to ground at con- rector pin A8. DAC CALIBRATION Using the DVM, monitor KEYCV at connector pin M9. Depress key CO and note the voltage; this is the offset voltage and it should be 0.000 v +/- 15 mv. Depress C1 and adjust trimmer T9 so that KEYCVI is 1.000 v +/- 2 mv more than the offset voltage. Repeat this procedure for each octave (C2, C3, and C4) to obtain KEYCVI voltages of 2.000 v, 3.000 v, and 4.000 v +/- 2 mv more than the offset. BEND CIRCUIT CALIBRATION Turn Unison off, and set the switches on the Bend assembly as Follows: Up Octave/Down Octave - Down Octave Narrow/Broad - Broad Ve02 Only/Both - Both Monitor the voltage at pin 1 of the 324 at location Al, and adjust trimmer T4 for 0.000 v +/- 20 mv. -l-Measure the VCO1 Frequency control voltage, VCOIF, at connector pin Nl, This voltage, which should be 0.000 v +/- 25 mv, is the Bend pot offset voltage. This offset voltage must be added to (or subtracted from) the voltages stated for the following Bend circuit adjustments; e. g., if the offset voltage is -20 mv, Tl would be adjusted for 0.980 v and 12 would be adjusted for -1.020 v. Move the Bend lever fully towards the front of the unit, and adjust trimmer Tl for 1.000 v +/- 2 av. Move the Bend lever fully towards the rear of the unit, and adjust trimmer 12 for -1.000 v +/- 2 mv. Set the Narrow/Broad switch to Narrow, move the Bend lever fully to the front, and adjust trimmer T3 to 0.167 v +/- 2 mv. Set the Octave switch to its center position, and adjust trimmer 16 for 1.000 v +/- 2 mv. Set the Octave switch to the Up position, and adjust trimmer 17 for 2.000 v +/- 2 mv. LEO RATE CALIBRATION Set the LFO Rate pot to maximum (full CH). Observe the triangle wave with an oscilloscope at pin 7 of the 324 at location All, and adjust trimmer 15 to obtain a period of 50 +/- 5 msec. PORTAMENTO CALIBRATION Set the Portamento pot to maximun (full CW). While alternately playing two keys one octave apart, adjust trimmer T8 to obtain maximum portamento; i. e., the maximum time period for the oscillators to change from one pitch to the other after a key is depressed. With TB adjusted for maximum portamento, this time period may be anywhere from 1 to 2 1/2 seconds for a one octave change, and the variation among voices may be as much as a 2 to 1 ratio between the shortest and longest periods.VOICE CARD REPLACEMENT AND CALIBRATION PROCEDURE This document describes the procedure for replacing and calibrat- ing voice cards in the 0B-X. The Following equipment is necessary for calibration: Digital voltmeter (3 1/2 digits minimum) Oscilloscope (optional) Audio amplifier with speaker or headphones (Note: Headphones may be plugged directly into the 0B-X provided they are wired monophonically and have ‘an input impedance of at least 600 ohms.) This procedure makes reference to notes CO through C4. CO is low C on the keyboard, and C4 is high C. Refer to the Control Board and Voice Card Trimmer Placement Diagram for locations of the trimmers to be adjusted. VOICE CARD REPLACEMENT AND PRELIMINARY CONTROL SETTINGS Locate the defective voice card, and replace it with a new card. CAUTION: A.C. POWER MUST BE OFF DURING CARD REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT. As an aid in determining which card in a unit is defective, it should be realized that touching the "tempco" resistors (refer to the Trimmer Placement Diagram) on a voice card which is gated on will cause a significant change in pitch of the oscillators on that card. With Unison off, a defective card can thus be located by stepping through the voices, using the keyboard, until the defective voice is gated on. While holding this voice on, touch the tempco resistors on each card until a pitch change is heard, thus identifying the bad card. With 2 new voice card installed, close the cover, turn on power, and wait 15 minutes to allow the unit to warm up. Plug the amplifier or headphones into the Left Output jack. Set the following switches and controls as indicated: Manual - On Unison - On Volume - As desired Master Tune - Center (dead zone) Test 1 - Down (the Test switches are located inside the unit at the bottom of Pot Board No. 2) Set the Pan pots on the Mother Board to full Left (full CCH) position for the new voice and for one known, calibrated voice to be used as a reference; set all other Pan pots to full Right. (Refer to the Power Supply & Mother Board Trimmer Placement Diagram for locations of the Pan pots.) 3.ia VCO CALIBRATION Initial Frequency Adjustment Set switches and controls as follows: veo. = On veo - OFF VCO1 Waveform Pulse VCO2 Waveform = - ‘Pulse VC02 Detune - Center (LED off) Filter Frequency - Maximum (full CH) Loudness Sustain - Center or more CW All other parameters not otherwise set - Full CCW or Off Hold note C3 and adjust trimmer T4 until the frequency of the new voice is beatless with the refernce voice. NOTE: The following two adjustments, Volt/Octave and-Hi-Track, are performed at the factory.and normally do not require readjustment upén instal- lation of the card in a unit. However, they should be performed if the voice does not sound right after the rest of the adjustment procedure has been performed. Volt/Octave Adjustment Hold note CO and adjust trimmer T8 until the voice is beatless with the reference. Hold note C3 and determine if still beatless; if not, repeat the Initial Frequency adjustment. It is sometimes necessary to repeat the Initial Frequency and Volt/Octave adjustments a few times in order to obtain proper tracking of the voice card to the keyboard. Hi-Track Adjustment Hold note C5 and adjust trimmer TS until beatless. Recheck the Initial Frequency and Volt/Octave adjustments, and repeat if necessary. Pulse Width Adjustment Set the Pulse Width pot on the front panel to full CCW, and adjust trimmer 6 for a 50% duty cyle. If an oscilloscope is available, the voice output can be monitored at connector pin G2; if the adjustment is being made by ear, adjust T6 for the most "hollow" sound. (The reference voice can be eliminated during this adjustment by turning its Pan pot fully cw.) veo2 CALIBRATION VC02 is calibrated by repeating the above procedure, with VCO1 off and VCO2 on, and adjusting the following trimmers:Initial Frequency - Tl Volt/Octave -7 Hi-Track - 12 Pulse Width - 3 FILTER CALIBRATION Set the front panel controls and switches as follows: veo. - off veo2 - OFF Noise - Full KBD Track - On Filter Frequency *- Minimum (full CCW) Modulation - Minimum (full CCW) Resonance = Maximum (Full CH) Initial Frequency Adjustment Hold note C3 and, using the Pan pots to control the audio, listen to the two voices (new card and reference) alternately. Adjust trimmer 19 to tune the card being calibrated to the same pitch as the reference. Volt/Octave Adjustment Hold note C2 and adjust trimmer T10 until the voice is the same pitch as the reference. Hold note C3 and check the Initial Frequency adjustment; repeat these two adjustments as necessary. Hold note C4 and again adjust trimmer T10 until the two voices have the same pitch. Recheck the Initial Frequency at C3 and readjust as necessary. (Note: the filter will track the keyboard over only an approximately three octave range.) VCA OFFSET With both oscillators off, gate the voice on (depress any key)- Measure the voltage at pin 6 of the TLOB] at location Al7 with a DVM, and adjust trimmer T1l for 0.000 v +/- 10 mv. CAUTION: AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS PROCEDURE BE SURE TO 00 THE FOLLOWING: TURN OFF THE TEST 1 SWITCH (SET TO THE UP POSITION) RETURN THE PAN POTS TO THEIR ORIGINAL POSITIONS ON 6- AND 8-VOICE UNITS, RECONNECT THE CABLES TO MOTHER BOARD NO. 2 AND REINSTALL THE RETAINING SCREWSThis docunent describes Power Supply board. The only two voltages requiring calibration are +19 v and -19 v all other voltages are developed by 3-terminal regu- Jators having no adjustment capability. POWER SUPPLY CALIBRATION the procedure for calibrating the 0B-x Using connector pin F2 as the ground reference, monitor the voltage on pin Fl and adjust trimmer 1102 for +19.0 v +/- 200 mv. Monitor the voltage at pin F4 and adjust trimmer T101 for -19.0 v +/~ 200 mv. The other voltages generated on the Power Supply board should also be checked to assure that EL - eae) Ea £6 -e7 9 a 1 + ++ GGuriw 1 they are within tolerance, as follows: +/- 250 mw = - S.05 4/- 600m = 0.4 +/- 250 mv dug +/~ 250 mv ee +/- 750m yg 750 Sy Note: Pin E4 should measure a minimum of 2.3 v with power off (this is the backup battery voltage for the program memory). - 40 0.04MOTHER BOARD CALIBRATION This document describes the procedure for calibrating the OB-X Mother board. Calibration consists of adjusting the two distortion trimmers, T201 and 1202. 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