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Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Horrendous rasping noise

From: Peter Korsten <peterk@...>
Date: 2000-12-12

Jerry A shared with us:
>
> This morning I turned my An1x on and started going through some
> patches. I hit upon one which had both scenes turned on (so you could
> morph between them). There was a loud intermittent rasping noise, the
> kind you get when your speaker connection is hitting and missing. So
> I thought maybe I had tweaked the patch into some weirdness(sounded
> like a S&H LFO modulating the osc sync) and went to something else,
> but every patch that had both scenes on had this. The sound is loud
> enough that the synth sounds soft by comparison.
>
> Has anybody run into this? Any advice about how to cure it (short of
> sending it to synth hospital)? What are the options for a synth
> hospital other than yamaha?

There are a few bugs in the AN1x that only surface after a long
period. I've noticed that the right channel goes off, crackling,
after the unit has been turned on for some time.

At one point, my AN1x became virtually unusable. I had to reset
it to factory defaults, which solved the problem. So, if all else
fails, save your patches and reset the AN1x.

- Peter