Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

Hi Chuck!

1:
If You change sounds very quickly, the fx can go crazy, yes. Especially if You are playing at the same time.

2:
I'm not sure if that's the tremolo and distortion fx You just described, or does it happen without playing any keys? In the latter case, a reseating of the (socketed) chips inside the SD-1, can sometimes do wonders.

Best,
Claus

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> Hi folks,
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> I am new to this group and this is my first post. I just got my membership activated recently, but have not had a chance to dig in until now.
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> I got a SD-1 last December. As far as I know it has the latest OS version (4.10?). I've noticed two oddities with it:
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> 1. When switching patches, the unit tends to "freak out". It "seems" like it is the effects processors that are going haywire. Is this a common issue?
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> 2. There is a ROM patch (I think), called "Organizer", that seems to have major problems, with 100% repeatability. It seems (again) like the effects for this patch have some kind of glitch - the patch goes haywire with some slow, pulsating sound (at about 0.5hz) and often just makes a lot of noise etc. Other patches seem not to have this problem, save for some other "organ"-type sounds, which makes me think that one of the effect algorithms, common to the organ sounds, has some kind of glitch.
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> Thanks for any advice,
> Chuck
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