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I just got my MKS-80 and programmer today. Needless to say I
immediately started playing with it and I think I've found some
problems. I notice that when using the programmer, the edits aren't
smooth. If I sweep, say the filter freq or LFO rate, I get very
noticable stepping. I can see the values jumping around as I move ANY
knob or slider. I can start at 0 and slide up about 1/4 of the length
before it will finally jump to about 17 or so, etc etc...

The cable the person sent to me seems to be makeshift. It's a radioshack
cat5 cable with 6 pin connectors on the ends, wrapped with
electrical tape. Since I never owned one, I dunno if this is the norm
or not.

So, is this the normal function of the programmer, or is it possible I
have a bad cable, or maybe even a bad MKS-80??

Is there somewhere I can get a working cable if that is the issue?
Please help... thanks.

Robert