Hello,
    Upon the previous suggestion, I was able to get a bit closer to the problem, but still no solution.  However, I am hoping that my new information makes the problem easier to solve.

First, I replaced all the op/amps and it did not help.  After that, I tried various combinations of cables to see if I could eliminate the noise.  I was able to significantly reduce the noise by unplugging the orange cable from the CV board to the board with the LFO knobs.  Doing this almost eliminates the noise.  A noise is still there, but it is much quieter.  However, a click is present in the audio at max res and cutofff which happens at each cycle of the LFO.

It appears as if the LFO (s) and (most importantly) the arpeggiator are bleeding into the audio and creating much of this noise.  What could cause this kind of thing to happen   Dead capacitors   There are some capacitors on this board but I'm not sure what kind they are (polypropylene ).

I believe that fixing this bleeding problem will fix it all.  Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Chase Smith

Florian Anwander <Florian.Anwander@...> wrote:

Hi Chase

> should which is creating the noise. So now I am changing the
> capacitors, op amps, and voltage regulators and if that does not work,
> then I am out of ideas.
You might try to isolate the error also by disconnecting some boards,
and measure the rest:
'+++' means switch power on
'---' means switch power off

disconnect all boards
+++
check powersupply out with oscilloscope
---
connect KLM-356 (uP board) to powersupply and keyboard to KLM-356
(perhaps also the 353 with the keyboardmode switches is required)
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 27-1 to 27-4 with oscilloscope
---
connect the VCO-board
+++
check the CVs at the connector pins 1,3, 9, and 11 of IC-7 with
oscilloscope.
check the outputs of IC-22 (opamp after Ext VCO in) with oscilloscope.
check at the four summing points for VCO-CVs
check the output of all four VCOs separately.
---
add VCF board
+++
Check again the output of the VCOs

and so on....

If the constant FM appears, the let the constellation as it is, but go
back in the measurement chain to check how far 'back' the FM can be
traced (e.g. already on VCO board, but not at the uP-board-output).

I don't remember wether the ICs originally are socketed. But if they
are, you might also remove some relevant ICs.

Florian



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