Elektron Musical Instruments

Hi,

> Well I e-mailed Elektron's support addy and they're taking literally
> -forever- to reply, so I thought I'd ask here from people who may have
> had similar problems w/ the SIDStation.

I think they're giving absolute priority to finishing the Machinedrum.... or
their email is down.

> My SIDStation came with OS v1.11 R34, but the web page says the latest
> is OS 1.1 R33.

I just checked: mine has v1.1 R33

> ) SysEx dump of ALL PATCHES sends less than 1kb of data.  When it does
> this, the memory is corrupted (all patches in SIDStation's memory are
> gone and it locks up, have to reset)

Weird.

> All other SysEx files
> (from their webpage for example) that contain "all patches" are roughly
> 20-35kb files.

If I remember well, a patch is about 340 bytes. There are 100 patch memories
available. That makes 34kb.

> 2) When I try playing a sequence of different patches (even at slow
> speeds), it sounds muffled.  This may be to do with the SID chip, or
> not.  I try basic sequences alternating between my BD, hihat, and snare
> patches, and when it's sequenced like that and switches between patches
> the patches sound nothing like they do when you play one of them alone.

??? I don't understand how you're playing sequences of several instruments.
Remember the SidStation either has 1 voice (3oscs) or 3 voices (1osc).

> Anyone else had these problems?

Not me.

> Would downgrading to OS v1.1 R33 at
> least fix problem #1?

You could try.

> Is it even possible to downgrade the SIDStation's
> OS with a lower version?

I'm not sure, but I don't see why I wouldn't be possible.

Bye,
Joeri

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