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why the Gate LED in my a190 is always on, unconnected?

thanks
Miguel

do you have a doepfer +5 volts adapter (AD5 i think its called) connected to the same busboard as the A190?

 
Bakis 



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 From: miguel <ventrality@gmail.com>
To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:34 PM
Subject: [Doepfer_a100] an a190 question
 

  
why the Gate LED in my a190 is always on, unconnected?

thanks
Miguel


 

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> why the Gate LED in my a190 is always on, unconnected?

I never really thought about this before, but now that you mention it, the gate LED on my A-190-3 is always on *except* when the gate is actually triggered or released.  It's as if it's the "nothing's changed in the last few milliseconds" indicator or something.  I think it's normal, and nothing to worry about, anyway.

Similarly, in both my A-140s the H/L/M positions on the switch seem to be low/high/medium respectively, as if they're in the wrong order... but it works, and they match, so I assume it's meant to be like that!

All the best,
Zoë.

> > why the Gate LED in my a190 is always on, unconnected?
>
> I never really thought about this before, but now that you
> mention it, the gate LED on my A-190-3 is always on *except* when
> the gate is actually triggered or released.  It's as if it's the
> "nothing's changed in the last few milliseconds" indicator or
> something.  I think it's normal, and nothing to worry about, anyway.
>
> Similarly, in both my A-140s the H/L/M positions on the switch
> seem to be low/high/medium respectively, as if they're in the
> wrong order... but it works, and they match, so I assume it's
> meant to be like that!
>
> All the best,
> Zoë.

I'm sorry but the A-190-3 user's manual is not yet ready. That's why we
refer meanwhile to the A-190-2 user's manual as both modules are about 95%
the same.

The main difference between A-190-2 and A-190-3 is the additional USB
interface of the A-190-3 and the type of LED display. The Midi control
functions are the same for both modules (i.e. the function of note, program
change and control change messages in learn mode). In the A-190-1 and
A-190-2 the LED shows the gate function (i.e. LED = on while gate = high /
LED = off while gate = low). In the A-190-3 the LED is permanently on and
turns off only for a short time when an incoming Midi message is recognized.
It's the same type of display as used in the Dark Energy. Actually the
A-190-3 is nothing but the modular version of the Dark Energy interface.

But I think the A-140 labelling is correct. The user manual says on page 4:

This 3-position rotary switch lets you select the righttime range for your
requirements. The three positions are:

• H (high): up to minutes
• L (low): down to less than 100 µsec
• M (medium): standard mid-range


The terms H/M/L refer to the time not the rate or speed.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

That makes sense, thank you!

As some customers were asking and our supply of CEM3394 is running low we
now offer the A-111-5 synthesizer voice even without CEM3394 (100 Euro
less). Meaningful for all users who have a CEM3394 in their bargain bin or
who can get an CEM3394 at a reasonable price. The module has to be
re-adjusted by the customers because of the tolerances of the circuits.

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer

yes, Bakis, i connected an AD5, and it s working properly because the +5v LED at Bus board is on.

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--- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Bakis Sirros <synth_freak_2000@...> wrote:

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> do you have a doepfer +5 volts adapter (AD5 i think its called) connected to the same busboard as the A190?
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>  From: miguel <ventrality@...>
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:34 PM
> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] an a190 question
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> why the Gate LED in my a190 is always on, unconnected?
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> thanks
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> yes, Bakis, i connected an AD5, and it s working properly because
> the +5v LED at Bus board is on.
>
> thanks

If you still have problems with the A-190 please contact our A-190
specialist Matthias Marass (keyboards@doepfer.de).

Best wishes
Dieter Doepfer