Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "blixa02" <197113@...> wrote:
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> I finally just got my new machinedrum uw (from factory direct)and 
> after what seemed like a long wait,i am dissapointed, as it is 
> defective. First of all, one of the drum buttons has some sort of 
> hang up or catching problem which prevents it from functioning as 
> smoothly as the other buttons. 
> The other problem is that when i try to play the drum buttons 
> rhythmically to record a beat into live recording, they randomly will 
> double trigger the drum sounds(problem happens with all buttons). 
> This throws off the beat and is completely unacceptable for a $1700 
> drum machine! I read a couple posts from 2004 where someone asked 
> about the same issue. Somebody replied saying that it is basically 
> normal. I have to disagree with that. In all my experience with 
> hardware, it is NOT normal. Also, it is not any kind of a "bounce" 
> that is happening. When the problem occurs, what actually happens is 
> that when the button is pressed down, it triggers once. Then, when it 
> is let up, it triggers again. I once had an older roland drum machine 
> with the exact same problem, but my friend who had the exact same 
> drum machine did not have this problem. I replaced all the tactile 
> buttons on that drum machine with replacements from the factory and 
> still had the exact same problem. That whole experience made me 
> realize that it had to be an electronic problem instead of a 
> mechanical problem.
> 
> What i really need now, is for some people to PLEASE help me out by 
> playing about 12 meassures(or more)at different speeds of a beat 
> manually on your machinedrum and tell me if you have any double 
> triggering happening. I really need to find out if this is normal 
> behaviour in the machinedrum, or if i got a bad one. I do not want to 
> settle for a unit that may have worse problems in the future. I have 
> had a LOT of bad luck with buying hardware in the past. I am almost 
> ready to completely go the software/midi controller route. I mean, 
> $1700 is ALOT of money for something like a machinedrum, and it 
> should be a solid piece of gear. I just can not believe how they 
> seemed to have cut corners on the knobs and buttons(in a way, those 
> should be the most high quality parts on the machine, as they are 
> actually "USED" the most! The reason a person would spend so much on 
> just a drum machine, is for the HARDWARE interface. Thanks for your 
> time.


Just found out my MD has the exact same problem (double trgg) sine I
updated to 1.50e , along with some other issues. I'm getting the
feeling this update (1.50e) is a mess....
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