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Re: MD crashes

2002-05-24 by buzzard2uk

I know you don't want to hear this but i've had my MD for a couple 
of months now and it's never crashed, so i doubt it's a software 
thing. I have it hooked up to a Roland MC80 sequencer, works 
fine here.







--- In elektron-users@y..., "falabala66" <Falabala66@a...> wrote:
> Arrrrgh! Sorry to hear you're having similar machinedrum 
> problems Jason;  Elektron replied and told me to send it 
> back....My crashes are very random, too random to trust at a 
> show, or even for serious work in a studio....When midi is 
> hooked up, a crash is pretty much imminent (and I've disabled 
> sysex, turned off midi through, and turned local off) and when 
no 
> midi is hooked up, it might crash and it might not, who knows? 
>        I'm with you on feeling intolerant of crashes; The whole 
> reason I bought an MD is because I wanted the stability of 
> hardware, but it's been acting like a damned computer!
>     I do hope that they can fix the problems, because I really 
want 
> to keep it as it's an otherwise  brilliant piece of gear with no 
real 
> alternatives, but if it continues to be crashy, I'll have to take it in 
> the bathtub with me.........plugged in!
>    Anyways, you might try and contact Elektron.....I believe it is 
> under warranty for a year. Definetly mention the unnacceptable 
> noise floor, because my MD (about a month old), is pretty 
damn 
> noiseless; perhaps they've found a way to fix the noise 
> problem....
> Cheers and good luck,Jeremy

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