[sdiy] Fatman question - stuck notes?

[Scott Gravenhorst]

sasami at hotkey.net.au (Ken Stone) wrote:
>It sounds like you need to reseat the chips.  Pop it open, and push the
>chips back into their sockets.

This is a good idea.  

I had something like that happen once while I was developing an additional
VCO for mine.  The load on the power supply was too much and the +5 supply
would dip too far below 5 volts, crashing the firmware.  Using a separate
supply fixed it.  You might be wise to check +5 at the power pins of the
firmware chips to make sure it's all there.


>Ken
>
>>Hi folks,
>>
>>I dusted off my Paia Fatman after moving, and tried to use it in
>>cubase but every 4 measures or so it gets a stuck note!  It seems to stick
>>on a pitch that I didn't play - very odd.
>>
>>I tried playing a basic sequence (no timecode / sync) and it still
>>chokes.  Does anyone else experience this?  Any suggestions?
>>
>>Btw, this rom release is circa 95.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Phil
>>
>>
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