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Pitch Bend + Modulation Drift

2012-07-25 by jesseterry

Hi, New Chroma Polaris user, and I've got a problem, wondering if any of you have an idea.

I get random Pitch bend drift, like the following:

11:53:37.336 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -1408
11:53:37.359 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -1152
11:53:37.696 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -896
11:53:37.718 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -768
11:53:37.730 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -640
11:53:38.099 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -512
11:53:38.258 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -896
11:53:38.437 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -1024
11:53:38.449 From MIDISPORT 2x2 Port B Pitch Wheel 1 -1152

I've replaced the pitch bend and modulation pots, with no luck, and tried a different MIDI interface. I've recalibrated the pitch and mod levers with no luck.

It seems to go away for a bit if I reset the Polaris, but eventually starts drifting again in spurts if I use the pitch level. I can workaround by setting the Pitch Bend Lever range to zero, but then I miss out on the pedal steel pitch bend fun.

Any ideas?

Jesse

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