Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

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> I'm having this problem with combos on the PEK: normally, I'm able to have
> control over any parameter to adjust globally when no parts are selected
> simply by grabbing a control (let's say Filter Cutoff) and turning, and it
> applies to all parts at once, as noted in the manual. But now (lately more
> often) when I do this, it applies to all parts, but refuses to change the
> value. What happens as a result is that all parts are affected let's say by
> a filter cutoff of 5, but the filter cutoff knob then becomes useless, and
> all parts are now stuck at that value. When this happens, every knob also
> works the same way, and nothing can be done about it except to reload the
> combo. Other combos seem to work fine, so I am thinking there's something
> set in some of my combos that isn't in the others, but until I can figure it
> out, I am lost. Man, I love the sound of this thing so much, but the bugs
> freakin' kill me! I can never work the way I want to - there's always some
> workaround, or worse, a dead end in the OS.
> I will live, for now, but I am formulating a bug list / wanted features list
> to send to Dave in hopes there will someday be a revision past 1.0 for the
> PEK. In addition to any possibly helpful responses to my question, feel free
> to post what makes you lose it at the PEK, and maybe the users can have an
> impact.
> 
> Sorry for anyone getting cross-posted on this too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

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> I'm having this problem with combos on the PEK: normally, I'm able to have
> control over any parameter to adjust globally when no parts are selected
> simply by grabbing a control (let's say Filter Cutoff) and turning, and it
> applies to all parts at once, as noted in the manual. But now (lately more
> often) when I do this, it applies to all parts, but refuses to change the
> value. What happens as a result is that all parts are affected let's say by
> a filter cutoff of 5, but the filter cutoff knob then becomes useless, and
> all parts are now stuck at that value. When this happens, every knob also
> works the same way, and nothing can be done about it except to reload the
> combo. Other combos seem to work fine, so I am thinking there's something
> set in some of my combos that isn't in the others, but until I can figure it
> out, I am lost. Man, I love the sound of this thing so much, but the bugs
> freakin' kill me! I can never work the way I want to - there's always some
> workaround, or worse, a dead end in the OS.
> I will live, for now, but I am formulating a bug list / wanted features list
> to send to Dave in hopes there will someday be a revision past 1.0 for the
> PEK. In addition to any possibly helpful responses to my question, feel free
> to post what makes you lose it at the PEK, and maybe the users can have an
> impact.
> 
> Sorry for anyone getting cross-posted on this too.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
>

> I let Dave Smith know of this problem and he said he will make an update
> available that 
> fixes this by sometimes next week (its available now but he will be out of
> town). i am sure 
> it will show up on the DSI site.
> 
> brett
> 
> --- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Mark Spano <spano@...> wrote:
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>> I'm having this problem with combos on the PEK: normally, I'm able to have
>> control over any parameter to adjust globally when no parts are selected
>> simply by grabbing a control (let's say Filter Cutoff) and turning, and it
>> applies to all parts at once, as noted in the manual. But now (lately more
>> often) when I do this, it applies to all parts, but refuses to change the
>> value. What happens as a result is that all parts are affected let's say by
>> a filter cutoff of 5, but the filter cutoff knob then becomes useless, and
>> all parts are now stuck at that value. When this happens, every knob also
>> works the same way, and nothing can be done about it except to reload the
>> combo. Other combos seem to work fine, so I am thinking there's something
>> set in some of my combos that isn't in the others, but until I can figure it
>> out, I am lost. Man, I love the sound of this thing so much, but the bugs
>> freakin' kill me! I can never work the way I want to - there's always some
>> workaround, or worse, a dead end in the OS.
>> I will live, for now, but I am formulating a bug list / wanted features list
>> to send to Dave in hopes there will someday be a revision past 1.0 for the
>> PEK. In addition to any possibly helpful responses to my question, feel free
>> to post what makes you lose it at the PEK, and maybe the users can have an
>> impact.
>> 
>> Sorry for anyone getting cross-posted on this too.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>> 
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