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Re: VS: [elektron] OS 1.12b crashes or not ?

2003-05-08 by simon leclerc

Good to hear, thanks.

on 08/05/03 4:20 AM, amos luyk at amosluyk@hotmail.com wrote:

> Just to add my voice.....
> 
> I had hardware problems when I first got the MD, but since then it is
> stable, solid and still the sexiest piece of gear I have ever owned =0)  If
> I could afford two of them I might even dump Cubase and just run Ableton
> Live  and some hardware (oh if only the MD did triplets... or they made the
> send to the delay pre-fader so we could fake it).
> 
> thinking happy thoughts
> amos
> 
> 
>> From: Toni Ahvenainen <tahvenaine@...>
>> Reply-To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>> To: "'elektron-users@yahoogroups.com'" <elektron-users@yahoogroups.com>
>> Subject: VS: [elektron] OS 1.12b crashes or not ?
>> Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 11:14:22 +0300
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I decided to pop-in as nobody gives positive info on 1.12b OS. I've played
>> a
>> lot with my MD with 1.11, 1.12 and 1.12b (the MD is number 44). I did get
>> two or three crashes with 1.11, but after then none. Absolutely not a
>> single
>> crash. I works as it should. On a live situtation I would trust it. Seems
>> that you have somekind of hardware problem. Try to contact Elektron and ask
>> them to change it. If you live somewhere like US, it should be ok to send
>> it
>> back as a warranty-repair and you don't have to worry about taxes. And yes,
>> it happens, people get broken new machines from time to time with any
>> company. Send it back and get a new one. You won't be disappointed.
>> 
>> Toni.
>> 
>> ps. the only time MD has worked oddly, was when I had a midi feedback loop
>> in MD, then it would stuck. So check that also.
>> 
>> -----Alkuperäinen viesti-----
>> Lähettäjä: simon leclerc
>> Vast.ott: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com
>> Lähet.: 8.5.2003 10:52
>> Aihe: Re: [elektron] OS 1.12b crashes or not ?
>> 
>> I intended to use the MD live.
>> I spend a lot more money  because
>> i prefer hardware and they are *usually*
>> more stable.
>> The more i dive in to the MD adventure,
>> the more Waldorf Attack, Ableton Live and
>> a laptop look attractive.
>> 
>> I so wish i'm wrong on this one...
>> 
>> on 08/05/03 3:43 AM, endlessnessisticman at
>> endlessnessisticman@...
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I have turned my MD on only last night, but I don't spend hours on it.
>> Usually about three hours every ohter day on average.  I don't get a
>> total crash but sometimes things like the 16 buttons on the bottom
>> dont work.
>> Once I tried to go to mute mode and it wouldn't.  But I could trigger
>> the sounds with the buttons.  The mute lights didn't go on.  Other
>> times I couldn't change between patterns.  I'd press the bank letter
>> and the bank lights wouldn't light and it couldn't change to another
>> bank.  So it seems to be with the bank letters and the 16 lights some
>> kind of system miscommunication.
>> Maybe it's a buffer thing.  It has happened after alot of live
>> programming and alot of action on the MD as of sequencing.  This is
>> while using all types of machines from the drums to inputs to midi
>> machines.  Really pushing the limits.
>> I have not installed the b version.  By the way, I went to the
>> elektron site and didn't see the b version there last night.
>> 
>> 
>> --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "Janne G:son Berg"
>> <d3berg@d...> wrote:
>>> On Thu May 08 2003, Simon  <Simonvolt@v...> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Meanwhile, i'd like to know if  MD owners
>>>> are still experiencing crashes with
>>>> OS 1.12b. If so, how often and how
>>>> does it happen ? And  on start up,
>>>> do you  see the letter *F* in the left corner ?
>>> 
>>> I am ashamed to say that I haven't switched on my MD since last Friday
>>> when it got upgraded to 1.12b, so I can't say anything about it.
>>> 
>>>> I spent around 10-12 hours on mine and it has
>>>> crashed at least 15 times. That's not what i call
>>>> stable. Maybe there is a problem with the
>>>> hardware, who knows.
>>> 
>>> Weirdness. In what way does it crash? Locks up totally? Some of the
>>> sounds gone silent?
>>> 
>>> /Janne
>> 
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