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Hey Ed
I think you've got a Micro alien living in your AN1X.

Leo



Ed Edwards wrote:
> 
> Congratulations!  You've now joined the ranks of guitar synthesists by
> playing faster than the unit can track the notes.
> 
> (...maybe...Idunno...weird...uh, which .zip file of patchs is "Wacked" in?)
> 
> or -- could it be the free envelope generator
> or -- are you pressing the hold pedal (this sounds like troubleshooting
> advice in the back of anything electronic... "be sure the unit is plugged
> in", "be sure the volume knob is turned clockwise", "using 2 hands, check if
> your butt is still connected)
> 
> Yo, and I've got a bone to pick with someone who said that the LEDs blinked
> when the envelope generator is playing.  Try watching them when you are
> editing a patch name - as you scroll through the alphabet, the LEDs flash on
> certain characters.  What's that all about, special signals from Yamaha?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Wahler" <bruce@...>
> To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Keyboard overflow
> 
> >
> > >Envelope or effect decay times, no doubt.
> >
> > No, that's not it.  The reverb and echo are set to soft settings, and the
> > VCA decay is about 10, and here's the kicker:  I cannot get it to happen
> > with normal, single-hand riffs.  It requires either two hands working
> > frantically, or palm smears, a la Hammond organ.
> >
> > Here's a simple test that works every time:  If I put my right hand on
> > Middle C and gliss up to high C and back down again -- no overflow.  If I
> > put the left hand on the F below Middle C and gliss both hands up to the
> > top and back again, when I take my hands off (at around the same notes as
> > where I started), the keyboard is actually only playing High-F/high-C at
> > that moment, and about a half second later, it glisses down to the end
> > notes -- even though I'm no longer touching the keys!
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > -BW
> >
> > --
> > Bruce Wahler
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