[sdiy] My new ESQ-1

[Tim Parkhurst]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rainer Buchty [mailto:rainer at buchty.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 4:32 AM
> Cc: 'synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl'
> Subject: RE: [sdiy] My new ESQ-1
> 
> >Yes, and mine is giving me a "Backup battery low" warning when I
> first
> >fire it up. I know I need to replace it (pretty sure a recommended
> part
> >type is listed on Rainer's site), though I wouldn't think that this
> is
> >causing the problem I'm seeing. Then again, stranger things have
> >happened.
> 
> With the ESQ1 all sort of weirdnesses can be caused by a low battery
> leading to successive destruction of the OS-RAM contents. During
> power-up, the ESQ1 checks for a magic cookie at a certain memory
> location. If that is found, no "formatting" of the OS-RAM takes place,
> including task-switch and parameter tables. With sufficiently garbled-
> up
> tables, the machine will become quite unstable and show rather
> eccentric
> behavior.
> 
> So if you have a battery-low warning, firing up a factory reset isn't
> the worst idea to see if it cures a specific "illness"...
> 
> Rainer
> 

Excellent. I will definitely give that a shot tonight and see if it changes
anything. I'm also looking forward to upgrading the ROMs, especially if that
can give me access to the additional 'hidden' waveforms (why in the blazes
would they hide them?). The tweaks on your customized ROM page look great.
Do you know yet if you have the ability to burn ROMs?

Thanks again for the help with this synth. BTW, this thing has some great
sounds, and MIDId (MIDI'd? MIDIied?) with an M6 (or two) sounds absolutely
MASSIVE. Whoopee!


Tim (burning ROMs while Nero fiddles) Servo

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein




 

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