Elektron Musical Instruments

well, I\ufffdve noticed some leds on top of each key of the keyboard, and I 
thought that they might be used to make "chord locks". That would be 
extremely cool for the non keyboard players here ;) (me included)
So, the keyboard inclusion may not be a bad idea afterall. I doubt that a 
small company like Elektron would risk to put a keyboard in just for design 
issues. Keybeds are the ones that give problems most of the times, and 
really increase the costs... but we\ufffdll have to wait and see....

Rui

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If I remember well, the leds are feedback from what the sequencer plays on
the currently selected track. But I am not sure...

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Subject: Re: [elektron] Digest Number 943


> well, I\ufffdve noticed some leds on top of each key of the keyboard, and I
> thought that they might be used to make "chord locks". That would be
> extremely cool for the non keyboard players here ;) (me included)
> So, the keyboard inclusion may not be a bad idea afterall. I doubt that a
> small company like Elektron would risk to put a keyboard in just for
design

> issues. Keybeds are the ones that give problems most of the times, and
> really increase the costs... but we\ufffdll have to wait and see....
>
> Rui
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:19:51PM +0000, Rui Peixoto wrote:
> well, I?ve noticed some leds on top of each key of the keyboard, and I 
> thought that they might be used to make "chord locks". That would be 
> extremely cool for the non keyboard players here ;) (me included)
> So, the keyboard inclusion may not be a bad idea afterall. I doubt that a 
> small company like Elektron would risk to put a keyboard in just for design 
> issues. Keybeds are the ones that give problems most of the times, and 
> really increase the costs... but we?ll have to wait and see....

I don't know what the little leds are for.  But again, according to
what Elektron has told me when I asked them this directly, the function
of the keyboard is not different than with any other synth/sequencer: to
play sounds and program sequences as well as to trigger sequences.

Joe

Hello folks,
I just bought a used Sidstation.

It is running OS 1.1.
I am using a Macintosh and my sequencer is Digital Performer.

When I start up the Sidstation I have blinking brackets around the word 
[Patch]

If I press Enter to try to go to the patches the brackets stop blinking 
and the sid is frozen and will not respond to any other buttons.

When I power on if I go to [System] and push enter it seems to respond 
normally.

The previous owner says all was working right up until he shipped it to 
me. He thought maybe I should try reloading the patches, but so far I 
cannot figure out how to do that. This is my first synth of this type.

Is it possible the data got corrupted in shipping?
The unit seems to be functional but seems to crash if I try to get into 
the patches...

Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do?

Thanks
-V

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 05:25:15PM -0700, V Silly wrote:
>    Hello folks,
>    I just bought a used Sidstation.
>    It is running OS 1.1.

1.1 or 1.11?  mine reads "OS1.11 R32 (C)2001" so maybe your OS is old?
but I don't think that would cause the problem you're encountering.

>    The  unit  seems  to  be functional but seems to crash if I try to get
>    into
>    the patches...
>    Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do?

you should have blinking brackets around the "Patch" menu.  you should
also be able to access it though :-(

have you tried accessing the Patch menu with all MIDI cables unplugged?
you might be sending a MIDI message to the SID that's messing things up.

if you get the same problem with all MIDI cables unplugged then I would
suggest:
1) reload all patches and see if that helps (probably not); then
2) contact Elektron to see if you need an OS update; it sounds like
your memory is corrupt and an OS update should solve that problem (I think)

I feel your pain, though.  I purchased mine used and immediately lost
all patches because the power connection was kind of loose.  The seller
said he never experienced this; but who knows.

<crossing my fingers for you>
Joe.

--Original Message Text---
> From: V Silly
> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 17:25:15 -0700
> If I press Enter to try to go to the patches the brackets stop blinking 
> and the sid is frozen and will not respond to any other buttons.

> When I power on if I go to [System] and push enter it seems to respond 
> normally.
> Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do?

I had this problem: The first power supply I got for my Sidstation was a 
variable-voltage type. One day I turned on the SS with the voltage at the 
wrong setting. It must have put some impossible settings into the preset 
memory, because (after I fixed the voltage and rebooted it) when I tried to 
go to the patches, the machine would lock up (just like yours). 

I cleared this up by going to the system menu->Mem->Reset/Erase. I had no 
patches after that, but it booted up again ok, and I could restore patches 
from a SysEx patch dump. I am running OS 1.10 R33.

-Andrew Denyes

Hey Joe,
Thanks for your thoughts! Happily the problem is now solved! the 
previous owner called me back with directions for how to reset to the 
factory defaults, which cleaned out the memory, and then I was able to 
upload patches to the Sid. This is one wild and crazy synth.
:-)

!!!
Thanks!!!
-V

On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:39:23PM -0700, V Silly wrote:
>    Hey Joe,
>    Thanks for your thoughts! Happily the problem is now solved! the
>    previous owner called me back with directions for how to reset to the
>    factory defaults, which cleaned out the memory, and then I was able to
>    upload patches to the Sid. This is one wild and crazy synth.
>    :-)

Excellent!  I'm glad to hear that it worked out for you.  Now prepare
for many sleepless nights :-)

Joe

ya know, the first one i bought did the same thing and it was new.  got it 
home and it just crashed and lost all the patches.  Have you contacted elektron 
yet?

sean
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>The unit seems to be functional but seems to crash if I try to get into
>
>the patches...
>
>Does anyone have a suggestion of what to do?
>
>Thanks
>-V
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the sidchip sometimes do something on it´s own.. if i remember right 
there something like a reset.. .. or just reinstall the os again.. 
don´t remember at all.... have a look at the messege archived..there 
will be full answer about this..


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got it 
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