I'll learn how to program it and get back to you, although I do think there's something wrong with the output stage.
I bid £25 on the hihat module, btw
Hexceptionally yours
Susie
http://www.myspace.com/susangardener --- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, jesper <jesper@...> wrote:
>
> Susie skrev:
> > I picked it up for £20 a while back, knowing that it was broken,
> > although the guy had had it working previously. I've only just got round
> > to rebuilding the power supply.
>
> You're going to give the single men on the list a heart attack by saying
> such things. ∗haha∗
>
> > Whereas it was silent when I got it, it now produces some very faint
> > organ/synth/bass sounds on channels 1-3. 4-6 are still dead. Headphones
> > have the same faint sound that appears on the outs, so it's not just
> > dirty contacts.
>
> The output amplifiers? Volume settings?
>
> > I'm not sure my PSU rebuild was responsible for this murmur of life as
> > it appears random as to whether you get a noise from it. Switch it off
> > and on and it might be dead. Recycle it again and you might get some sound.
>
> Sounds like the battery would be a good start. A dead one often gives
> random patches. (this _can_ be good, I've thought about a mod for my
> OSCar to do the same - it can create the most outworldly effects.)
>
> > It appears to program OK - the OS boots and all the switches and knobs
> > seem OK, but as it's so quiet it's hard to tell.
> >
> > Anyone any ideas? It would seem that the tricky digital stuff is
> > working, so I'm hoping it's just the output stages that maybe have a
> > duff capacitor or three.
> >
> > Or is that the battery has died and zeroed the volume on the channels?
> > (I haven't figured out the programming yet)
>
> I'd start with the software. Learn to programmed a lame sound with
> maximum volume before you keep searching for problems that might not
> even be problems. That is what I'd do...
>
> > Oh what fun!
>
> Well, I can think of funnier things to do. Playing it for example. :)
>
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