Date: 18 May 95 9:13:51 EDT To: analogue From: Christopher List Subject: An easy <<606>> mod for y'all... ...individual outs The middle lead on each volume pot is the "post pot" hot out for each sound which runs to a common output bus. You can connect a lead from this to the tip of a jack, and a lead from the ring of the jack to ground (lot's of stuff is connected to ground on the board, the ground line runs along the top of board above the volume pots) and you've got and individual out for that sound. Extra credit (this is what I've done)... 1. Get (5) 1/8" CLOSED CIRCUIT jacks from radio shack (1/4 won't fit inside the little 606). Closed circuit mean that a singnal will run through the jack and back to the board when nothing is plugged into it, and will stop running through when you plaug something in). Note that I've heard of people using 1/4" jacks in a "breakout box" for this, but I wanted my 606 to keep it's beautiful, compact, little batery powered self as simple as the gods made it, so I use 1/8" jacks with 1/8 - 1/4 adapters... 2. Cut the middle lead on the pot (this is a big pain in the ass, cause there's not much room to work, best way to do it is with a Dremel tool or CAREFUL power drill work with a really small bit - or removing the soldier and bendng the lead). 3. Study the closed circuit jack to figure out which binding post (there should be 3 binding posts) should go to the pot (this is the post that's always connected to the tip of the jack) and which post should be connected to the circuit board where the pot lead was disconnected - remember, just the middle lead from the pot. If you're a newbie with this stuff and it sounds confusing, remember the sound goes from the pot to the board, you want it to keep going to the board when there's no plug in the jack, and you want it to go to the tip of the jack when there's a plug in the jack. Study the mechanism on the jack and you will understand. Also, you still need to hook up the ground. to the ring of the jack. -Now when you hook up the individual out, that sound will come out of the main outs (a-la 909, etc). -Topher ps, 606 hi-hats are priceless, sooo <>. Plus, I enjoy getting strange looks from people when they see me commuting on the train with my head phones and full attention plugged into this little Coleco-vision Football-lookin' thing (something I can't do with a "man's synth").