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Subject: Re: [motm] MOTM 650

From: Ti_ <shari_en_jin@...>
Date: 2010-02-16

So...I've mentioned my plight a few times and never heard anyone else with the same problem so one last time...
Does anyone else have problems using their 650 for 4 separate voices on 4 different MIDI channels?  i.e. 1 voice controlled by MIDI channel 1, voice 2 on MIDI channel 2, etc.?
On mine voice 1 and 2 work fine, but 3 and 4 are all sorts of screwed up with weird interactions between them and only about 1 octave of usable scale before they start going bizarrely microtonal.
I've got a more thorough discription of my woes if necessary, but i've yet to hear anyone complain of anything remotely like my issues.
~Tim

From: James Elliott <johans121@...>
To: jdm@...; motm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 10:55:31 AM
Subject: [motm] MOTM 650

 

Jeffrey, are there any plans on releasing an update for the MOTM650? There are several bugs that should really be addressed. It kinda sucks that I paid $500 for a product that doesn't work as advertised. It was mentioned last fall that some of the bugs were already taken care of and that the new OS was in some kind of beta stage. What's the hold up? If it's a matter of time, there are a number of developers on this board who I'm sure would be willing to take over the responsibility of getting this crap fixed.

-Jim


From: James Elliott <johans121@yahoo. com>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups. com>; jdm@synthcom. com
Sent: Tue, January 26, 2010 1:23:49 AM
Subject: Re: [motm] MOTM-650 bug reporting time

Jeffrey, anything we can do to get this thing fixed? Can we buy the code from you for a couple cases of beer or something?

-Jim

From: James Elliott <johans121@yahoo. com>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Mon, January 25, 2010 10:15:49 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] MOTM-650 bug reporting time

 

Paul, any news on the 650 bug fixes? If I'm not mistaken you mentioned that some of the fixes were already implemented back in August....

-Jim

From: James Elliott <johans121@yahoo. com>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Sat, September 19, 2009 2:31:31 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] MOTM-650 bug reporting time

Need anymore beta testers?

From: James Elliott <johans121@yahoo. com>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 6:04:03 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] MOTM-650 bug reporting time

 

Damn it! I would volunteer to be a beta tester for this as I've been bitching about these bugs either privately to Paul or openly to this list over the last two years, however I'll be traveling over the next month so I won't be able to provide any input :(

Anyway, it looks like the two issues I've run into are being addressed:
1) Assert errors when sending CC's to the Aux outputs
2) Hosed error when receiving on the external clock input

I'm really looking forward to this release, Paul & Jeffrey. Other than the frustrations associated with the various bug's I've reported, I really do like the 650. The only reason why I haven't returned it was because I had faith that you two would try to get these issues ironed out :)

Also, I understand that this is bug fixing time, however I had a thought (a 'feature' wet dream) and wanted to throw this out there....
Would it be possible for the 650 to be able to transmit a clock pulse from the "ext clock" jack and have the pulses controlled by midi start/stop messages? I'm imaging a configuration where that jack could be configured to send or receive clock via a menu option. This would allow the 650 to gate a sequencer without sacrificing any of the other outputs (as well as syncing LFO's). That would be super duper handy; and not only that but also a gold medal to those who have remained faithful to the cause......

-Jim

From: Paul Schreiber <synth1@airmail. net>
To: MOTM List <motm@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 9:27:17 PM
Subject: [motm] MOTM-650 bug reporting time

 

I have collected MOTM-650 bug reports over the years and sent them in as a
whole to Jeffrey so he can address them. In many cases, he is unable to
reproduce the error. The exception is CC message assignments to the AUX
outputs, that is currently fixed and he is testing that code right now.

Things that people have reported in the past include:

a) running a high rate clock into EXT CLK for the arpeggiators (like into
the audio range) will cause a lock-up

b) scrolling the menus while receiving MIDI data will lock up

c) external MIDI clock seems to run the arpeggiators at 1/2 speed

The current firmware release is V1.3 that shows up when you power up the
device. If you re NOT on V1.3 (there should be nothing else, like RC1 or
V127) email me. There will be a new beta firmware version available in ~ 2
weeks. If you want to be a beta tester email me. Right now, the firmware
updater is XP only, Jeffrey thinks he has a Mac solution that will be ready
in time.

So, I'm asking people with '650s to really pound on them this weekend/next
week, watch for any strange lockups and ∗write down∗ what happened and then
repeat it several times so he can also see it.

Fixing the CC messages is a big plus, but I want to get everything quashed
in this release.

Paul S.