Thanks for the tip Jesper. I had a PSU problem with my Novation Drumstation just as you describe. I'll check it out.
I do have a manual, but there's no mention of system resets or test routines. It's a complicated beast!
Fingers crossed!
Susie
--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> Susie skrev:
> > An update...
> > It looks like it is now saving data, as I can make changes, switch off,
> > and those changes are there when I switch on again.
> > However, I'm still getting silence (with a lot of digital noise), even
> > though it is definitely receiving data, as the channel leds light up as
> > I play.
>
> So, receiving is OK and editing too.
>
> > I've dumped the cassette to digital file and tidied it up. It makes a
> > better attempt to read it, but I still get ER after reading 9 patches.
>
> With the description above I don't think this matters. Something is
> rotten in the SDE.
>
> > I discovered that if I hold the select button while switching on, I can
> > get it to go into some sort of diagnostic mode where it chases through
> > all the leds, but I haven't found a factory reset.
>
> No manual?
>
> > I still think the problems are due to it losing its memory, but I'm not
> > sure about the ROM patches - if they were protected RAM and i've lost
> > them, how do I get them back? The voice numbers on the ROM patches all
> > appear to be set to 1, so may have been zeroed, but I'm still trying to
> > figure out the user interface, so could be wrong on that one.
>
> But if you can edit sounds the originals won't matter. But if something
> is wrong in the selecting matrix/interface it won't matter if you load
> new patches. But some skilful SDE user ought to have found their way
> onto the list.
>
> > Any ideas anyone? Not sure how many SDEs there are out there. DO we have
> > any SDE experts?
>
> Not me for sure. :) But a classic tip is to check the PSU with a volt
> meter. The digital parts are always sensitive if the juice just drops
> 10% or so...
>
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