The Yamaha AN1x Synthesizer mailing list

Sounds like different levels of severity to me. Maybe the reset simply 
postpones the pending, and inevitable, failure of the Ribbon 
Controller?

Either way - at least everybody is now aware of the possible repair :-)

regards,
Jon

--- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, -SynthLover- <synthlover@z...> wrote:
> as i said earlier in this list...
> i had the same problem
> 
> it was the ribbon controller which was broken...
> 
> it take me 15 minutes to go to a official ROLAND/KORG/YAMAHA  tech dude
> another 5 minutes to replace the ribbon controller, and about 15$...for the
> new ribboncontroller...
> my AN1x works great again
> 
> 
> i forgot...it took about 1 week to get the new ribboncontroller from Japan
> sophalicus@h... wrote:
> 
> > i had a problem with my ribbon controller about half a year ago.  i
> > hadn't been using the ribbon much in the weeks before i noticed my
> > ribbon didn't work at all.  then all of a sudden i realized it wasn't
> > working, i didn't think to do a reset nor did i talk to anyone about
> > it.  i just figured it had died prematurely(i may have told this story
> > before to the list...i dunno).  so i called my nearest yamaha service
> > center and took it over.  explained what was wrong, and there it
> > stayed for 2 weeks.  they didn't start calling me until i left a
> > message as to the progress they were making.  so la la, i finally get
> > ahold of the tech, and he tells me that it was some sort of os mess
> > up, cause after resetting it, it works fine(he gave me the
> > advice...back up...and reset, i did neither, lost a lot of original
> > patches :().  i go down there, amidst the mess of the most analog
> > equipment i've ever seen in my life in one place, my an1x lay.  it
> > works fine now, i feel embarased...since they didn't actually do any
> > physical work i got charged a holding fee of like 40 bucks...and to
> > top it off they broke off my power switch.  it glued on fine, but it
> > has made me think twice about taking things into get fixed.  so a
> > reset solved that.  recently i had the aftertouch on the an1x freak
> > out....it just kept on spitting out aftertouch messages.  a reset also
> > fixed this as well.  good luck
> >
> > ---
> >
> > christian
> >
> > --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, -SynthLover- <synthlover@z...> wrote:
> > > That don`t work...
> > > u can`t solve it  with a reset
> > >
> > >  i had the same problem....
> > > the only solution is to replace the ribbon controller...
> > > some models with a certain serial number has this problem...YAMAHA
> > know this
> > >
> > > so if u have still the warranty  (  :-)..go to ur YAMAHA dealer and
> > let them
> > > replace the ribbon controller
> > >
> > > Simon Engelhart wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hold buttons 7,8 and 9 on powering up, then press 3 and yes.
> > > >
> > > > Simon
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Richard King" <numanoid@m...>
> > > > To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:05 PM
> > > > Subject: [AN1x-list] HELP! An1x is crazy. Is t here a reset?
> > > >
> > > > > Hello all.  My an1x is going bonkers now.  I accidently turned
> > off
> > > > > local use and nothing was coming out of it.  I didn't realize I
> > had
> > > > > done this, so I started changing parameters until I found the
> > > > > culprit.  Now, the modulation/ribbon control is crazy.  If I
> > play a
> > > > > note, it sounds ok at first, then goes haywire with random
> > > > > modulation, almost as if I were going to town on the ribbon
> > > > > controller.  Velocity definitely makes a difference.  I have not
> > > > > ruled out the fact that something may be damaged, but I want to
> > know
> > > > > if there is a factory reset to being the thing back to as normal
> > as
> > > > > it can be.  I'll service it after that if the problem persists.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > >
> > > > > Rich