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orbit-3 diagnostic mode?

2010-04-12 by Atom Smasher

slightly off topic, but i'm sure there are some orbit experts on the 
list...

in the next day or so i'll be picking up an orbit-3. before i hand over 
the $$$ is there a diagnostic mode, like the XL-7? is there a quick way to 
check what ROMs are installed, without a screwdriver?

thanks...!


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Re: [xl7] orbit-3 diagnostic mode?

2010-04-12 by tom johnson

On the Orbit 3, and the like, hold down the left and right curser buttons and turn on the power. This will get you to diagnostics mode, there are a few that you can cycle through but when you get to the midi loop test you need to connect the midi in to the midi out. If not it will fail. When finished turn off then back on, to check for the roms curser to the "user" and turn the data wheel, you should see "Tecno" and "Beat", the 2 that come with, they take up two of the four slots. Hope you enjoy it as much as I have.

Good luck.

TOMTEL

--- On Mon, 4/12/10, Atom Smasher wrote:

From: Atom Smasher
Subject: [xl7] orbit-3 diagnostic mode?
To: xl7@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, April 12, 2010, 8:11 AM

slightly off topic, but i'm sure there are some orbit experts on the
list...

in the next day or so i'll be picking up an orbit-3. before i hand over
the $$$ is there a diagnostic mode, like the XL-7? is there a quick way to
check what ROMs are installed, without a screwdriver?

thanks...!

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Re: orbit-3 diagnostic mode?

2010-04-12 by bobsvitilla

yes, you can page through the presets/roms just like on an XX-7.

You can download an orbit manual here: http://www.emu.com/support/welcome.asp?rd=download

--- In xl7@yahoogroups.com, Atom Smasher <atom@...> wrote:
>
> slightly off topic, but i'm sure there are some orbit experts on the 
> list...
> 
> in the next day or so i'll be picking up an orbit-3. before i hand over 
> the $$$ is there a diagnostic mode, like the XL-7? is there a quick way to 
> check what ROMs are installed, without a screwdriver?
> 
> thanks...!
> 
> 
> -- 
>          ...atom
> 
>   ________________________
>   http://atom.smasher.org/
>   762A 3B98 A3C3 96C9 C6B7 582A B88D 52E4 D9F5 7808
>   -------------------------------------------------
> 
>  	"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous
>  	 to our liberties than standing armies."
>  		-- Thomas Jefferson
>

w00t! brand new orbit-3!!

2010-04-14 by Atom Smasher

i just picked up a brand new orbit-3!

in the box, original manual, plastic-cling is still on the display. and i 
think i got it cheaper than the ROMs are worth...

am i correct in understanding that the synth engine is *identical* to the 
XL7? the only difference is the interface?

at some point i'll study the beat-garden ROM, and think about how a 1U 
yellow proteus-2k might compare against an XD-5...

for now, i think i may put the ROMs into the XL7 and hang on to the 
chassis and hope that jack comes along with the sampling-hack... then i'll 
turn in into a 1U yellow sampler (or sample-player?).


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