Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

Seems a few folks have had Evolver die on them. The last two died during a 
OS upgrade, one user said he had plugged it back in and it was dead (the 
other didn't mention if there was plugging/unplugging power). Well, here's the 
thing, I had my Evolver die on me just during normal use (I wasn't upgrading). 
I was however trying to un-stick a midi note, my midi interface just wouldn't 
clear the note, so I unplugged my Evolver and plugged it back in -- oh, ho, 
dead Evolver. 

So, this is what I thinking (wondering); might the power supply accidental 
touch the metal body and create a short or something like that? I'm certainly 
not going to try some experiments, but maybe if others can recall what 
happened when their Evolvers died, we can save the lives of other Evolvers.

B.T.W. DSI was very helpful in sending a new PIC and replacing it was a no 
brainer.


Todd_Leben

yea i tried to update my evolver on tuesday night. i first used cubase to play the file but it would get stuck on 17. then i downloaded a 
sysex editor and sent it that way it counted down from 32 hit 0 then went back to the patch i was on before i started, and froze up..i 
knew right when it froze that it would zap the PIC chip if i unplugged it. so i waited like a half hour then just unplugged it and 
plugged it back in. well its not working now, but i get lights 2 and 5 to light up. Dave Smith took care of everything REAL quick and i 
get my chip today.I know that unplugging killed it but what else was i suppose to do just let it sit there frozen for ever. so i am not 
sure what happened but as long as the chip goes in smoothly then this whole thing should be done soon enough, and i will get back to 
thrashing sound ASAP.

the deepsea dweller....






todd_leben@y...> wrote:

> Seems a few folks have had Evolver die on them. The last two died during a 
> OS upgrade, one user said he had plugged it back in and it was dead (the 
> other didn't mention if there was plugging/unplugging power). Well, here's the 
> thing, I had my Evolver die on me just during normal use (I wasn't upgrading). 
> I was however trying to un-stick a midi note, my midi interface just wouldn't 
> clear the note, so I unplugged my Evolver and plugged it back in -- oh, ho, 
> dead Evolver. 
> 
> So, this is what I thinking (wondering); might the power supply accidental 
> touch the metal body and create a short or something like that? I'm certainly 
> not going to try some experiments, but maybe if others can recall what 
> happened when their Evolvers died, we can save the lives of other Evolvers.
> 
> B.T.W. DSI was very helpful in sending a new PIC and replacing it was a no 
> brainer.
> 
> 
> Todd_Leben

>    Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 17:01:34 -0000
>    From: "todd_leben" <todd_leben@...>
> Subject: Dead Evolvers

Not intending to make light, but would you call this
"natural selection?"

Mark

P.S. Happy Halloween!


__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears
http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/