Elektron Musical Instruments

I've experienced that double trigger thing.  I never though of bringing
the issue up as it never affected me, although I do find it annoying...
but I sort of brushed it off as thinking my fingers are too fast, LOL.


roby
http://www.sweet-trip.net
http://www.myspace.com/sweettrip
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> --- 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.
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> 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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