50 year old color organ

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daveone23

Joined Sep 29, 2026
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Trying to restore and repair this 50 year old color organ. Worked awesome back in the day. Dont want to find another circuit.
Its missing some parts and circuits. Maybe some theory on how scrs fire off on sound input could help.
 

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dl324

Joined Mar 30, 2015
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Maybe some theory on how scrs fire off on sound input could help.
There is no connection shown to the input signal. Is the input signal from a speaker?

The Rs and Cs likely form passive low pass, band pass, and high pass filters that trigger the gates of the SCRs. But I don't see how the SCRs can be turned off.
 

Pyrex

Joined Feb 16, 2022
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They say that almost any low-power transformer works, for example 230/24V.
The transformer is connected backwards, that is, the Audio Input is connected to the low voltage winding.
 
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