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Sequencer Not Running

Sequencer Not Running

2004-02-16 by Steve Ball

When I fired the Evolver up the other day, I noticed that nothing happened
when I hit the Start/Stop button.  No sound; no LED's advancing through the
steps; nothing.  I had no problem with the sequencer prior to this and don't
recall changing any of the sequencer's settings.  I've checked about
everything I can think of (which may not be too much as I just bought the
Evolver from DSI about 2 weeks ago) including the Key Off/Xpose (set to OFF)
and Trigger Select (set to ALL) settings and can't come up with any reason
why the sequencer shouldn't be running.  Everything else seems to be
functioning normally.  I feel sure it's something I've unknowingly tweaked
rather than a problem with the synth, but I'm not figuring it out so far.
Any suggestions or similar experiences?  Regards.

Steve,
Cincinnati

Re: [Evolver] Sequencer Not Running

2004-02-16 by Gene Schwartz

you've probably checked this...but, just in case - have you checked the MIDI
clock setting?
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From: "Steve Ball" <sball2@...>
Reply-To: DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:19:26 -0500
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [Evolver] Sequencer Not Running


When I fired the Evolver up the other day, I noticed that nothing happened
when I hit the Start/Stop button.  No sound; no LED's advancing through the
steps; nothing.  I had no problem with the sequencer prior to this and don't
recall changing any of the sequencer's settings.  I've checked about
everything I can think of (which may not be too much as I just bought the
Evolver from DSI about 2 weeks ago) including the Key Off/Xpose (set to OFF)
and Trigger Select (set to ALL) settings and can't come up with any reason
why the sequencer shouldn't be running.  Everything else seems to be
functioning normally.  I feel sure it's something I've unknowingly tweaked
rather than a problem with the synth, but I'm not figuring it out so far.
Any suggestions or similar experiences?  Regards.

Steve,
Cincinnati



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Re: Sequencer Not Running

2004-02-16 by oldmanfury

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Ball" <sball2@c...> wrote:
> When I fired the Evolver up the other day, I noticed that nothing 
happened
> when I hit the Start/Stop button.  No sound; no LED's advancing 
through the
> steps; nothing

I had a similar problem on my week-old evolver.  I was sequencing the 
evolver with the editor program up and running, hit play on my 
sequencer and click - no sound.  Trying to edit patches showed no 
data in each patch, which proved to be wrong when I tweaked knobs 
directly.  No matter what I did - I couldn't get any sound out of it 
via midi, playing keys in the editor, or running internal sequences.  

The fix?  I couldn't find a "harware reset" mentioned in the manual, 
or in this archive, so I re-installed os 2.0 - which was really easy 
with the editor.  As it went through the process, I could hear clicks 
as the DSP reset itself.  I think this may have been a DSP crash - 
but it's weird that it wouldn't reset itself after powering down.

-gerald

Re: Sequencer Not Running

2004-02-16 by ski_ex5tech

No offense intended if you've already checked this, but are you guys 
sure that you didn't/don't simply have "MIDI Clock" set to something 
other than "OUT" or "I-O"?  If by chance you're not familiar with the 
settings, check page 15 in v2 of the owners manual.  

Having the wrong setting here would cause the symptoms you describe.  
If I'm not mistaken, reloading the OS would also appear to fix 
the "problem" too, since I think it restores default settings.  And 
for the record, I've done a lot of OS upgrades (through all the beta 
releases), and all of them caused the Evo to make clicks, bleeps, and 
bloops during the load process.  It's similar to when you load banks 
of patches.

Let us know how it goes.


Ski
www.ex5tech.com
EX5Tech Evolver forum:
http://www.ex5tech.com/ex5ubb_cgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=forum&f=23



--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "oldmanfury" <erinys@s...> wrote:
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Ball" <sball2@c...> 
wrote:
> > When I fired the Evolver up the other day, I noticed that nothing 
> happened
> > when I hit the Start/Stop button.  No sound; no LED's advancing 
> through the
> > steps; nothing
> 
> I had a similar problem on my week-old evolver.  I was sequencing 
the 
> evolver with the editor program up and running, hit play on my 
> sequencer and click - no sound.  Trying to edit patches showed no 
> data in each patch, which proved to be wrong when I tweaked knobs 
> directly.  No matter what I did - I couldn't get any sound out of 
it 
> via midi, playing keys in the editor, or running internal 
sequences.  
> 
> The fix?  I couldn't find a "harware reset" mentioned in the 
manual, 
> or in this archive, so I re-installed os 2.0 - which was really 
easy 
> with the editor.  As it went through the process, I could hear 
clicks 
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> as the DSP reset itself.  I think this may have been a DSP crash - 
> but it's weird that it wouldn't reset itself after powering down.
> 
> -gerald

Re: Sequencer Not Running

2004-02-16 by oldmanfury

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ski_ex5tech" <ex5tech@e...> 
wrote:
> No offense intended if you've already checked this, but are 
> you guys sure that you didn't/don't simply have "MIDI Clock" set
> to something other than "OUT" or "I-O

None taken.  I tried this, and it didn't seem to help.  My problem 
was beyond not being able to play sequences - I couldn't transfer 
patches either, and couldn't play with a keyboard, or the editor 
keyboard.  Weird things were afoot... It may have been something 
really simple, but???  I'll let you know if I can reproduce the 
problem in the future.

-gerald

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