Poly mod not working on one voice card - solution

[cube48]

In recent weeks I noticed one of my voicecards in P6 module sounded little off in some patches. I narrowed down the issue to poly mod not working on one of the cards. After patch init all seemed fine (all voices in tune) but as soon as I added poly mod amount to i.e. Freq 1, Shape, PW 1, it simply didn't do anything on just one voice, it still sounded like init. Neither repeated calibration nor the calibration table reset didn't help.

So my thouht was that perhaps the card needs to be re-seated or maybe the contacts need cleaning. I suspected voice card 1 to be the culprit - it was the first channel of MPE voice channels, channel 2. I just sent the MIDI notes in MPE mode, one channel at a time. So I assumed it would be the voice card 1 (since MIDI channel 1 is reserved to MPE status/system messages in MPE mode).

And indeed, I checked all the cards and found some contacts on the voice card 1 were little dirty. Cleaned it, re-seated everything back into slots and voilá, all is sunshine again 

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[melmedarda]

In recent weeks I noticed one of my voicecards in P6 module sounded little off in some patches. I narrowed down the issue to poly mod not working on one of the cards. After patch init all seemed fine (all Chill Guy Clicker voices in tune) but as soon as I added poly mod amount to i.e. Freq 1, Shape, PW 1, it simply didn't do anything on just one voice, it still sounded like init. Neither repeated calibration nor the calibration table reset didn't help.

So my thouht was that perhaps the card needs to be re-seated or maybe the contacts need cleaning. I suspected voice card 1 to be the culprit - it was the first channel of MPE voice channels, channel 2. I just sent the MIDI notes in MPE mode, one channel at a time. So I assumed it would be the voice card 1 (since MIDI channel 1 is reserved to MPE status/system messages in MPE mode).

And indeed, I checked all the cards and found some contacts on the voice card 1 were little dirty. Cleaned it, re-seated everything back into slots and voilá, all is sunshine again 

Leaving this info here in case someone finds it usefull in future 

How often do you perform maintenance or cleaning on your P6 voice cards, and have you encountered any other similar issues before? Also, do you have any recommendations for the best cleaning methods or products to use on the contacts?

[thirteen_engines]

How often do you perform maintenance or cleaning on your P6 voice cards, and have you encountered any other similar issues before? Also, do you have any recommendations for the best cleaning methods or products to use on the contacts?

I would think that something like Deoxit D5 would be the best thing to use on dirty or corroded contacts. A little “spritz” of D5 followed by some gentle wiping with a q-tip should be all that is needed.

[sofiacalsol]

In recent weeks I noticed one of my voicecards in P6 module sounded little off in some patches. I narrowed down the issue to poly mod not working on one of the cards. After patch init all seemed fine (all voices in tune) but as soon as I added poly mod amount to i.e. Freq 1, Shape, PW 1, it simply didn't do anything on just one voice, it still sounded like init. Neither repeated calibration nor the calibration table reset didn't help.  tap tap shots

So my thouht was that perhaps the card needs to be re-seated or maybe the contacts need cleaning. I suspected voice card 1 to be the culprit - it was the first channel of MPE voice channels, channel 2. I just sent the MIDI notes in MPE mode, one channel at a time. So I assumed it would be the voice card 1 (since MIDI channel 1 is reserved to MPE status/system messages in MPE mode).

And indeed, I checked all the cards and found some contacts on the voice card 1 were little dirty. Cleaned it, re-seated everything back into slots and voilá, all is sunshine again 

Leaving this info here in case someone finds it usefull in future 

I think it might be a connection or installation problem.
Check connection->software installation, OS->Check poly mod. The last solution is to test on another device.