Elektron Musical Instruments

--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, "analogback" <gehayman@h...> wrote:
>after using the audio inputs sometimes an input will remain 
> active when
> there are
> > no INPUT MACHINES currently in use.

this one has happened to me before; both when I have an input machine
in the kit (but it hasn't been trigged yet) and when I do not. very
strange.
 
> > 4   the machine occasionly goes into a strange mode whereby certain 
> parameter
> values remain
> > on the screen for a longer than usual period. when this happens the 
> machine
> dosent seem to
> > function as usual and it generally means i must restart it.

never this one. but occasionally, parameter values will "wrap" from
127 to 0 again. this usually occurs in the LFO menu, if I remember
correctly.
    
> > 5   occasionly the 16 step buttons will act like a midi keyboard 
> and send note
> on messages
> > to external synthesizers as well as triggering the MDs internal 
> drum sounds.

that's a feature, not a bug. :-) check out the manual, it's supposed
to do that. I normally don't notice, because I set the MD MIDI
channels up to not conflict with anything in the MIDI chain (the MD's
base channel is the channel that the buttons transmit on).

> > 7   the SID STATION and nordlead 2 crashes repeatedly when its 
> being triggered with the
> MACHINEDRUM.

this happens to me as well. the nord2 is pretty picky, it seems. I
have to hit "panic" pretty often (whether the MD is sequencing it or
not). I think that's a case of the wrong MIDI pointers or lack of
note-off messages being sent. at least it seems to occur at such times
as these things are relevant. the SID, I really don't know; weird
things seem to randomly occur with it occasionally. so I don't know
which machine's fault that is.

I have one to add, though: very often, if I enter song mode after
playing in pattern mode for awhile, I am unable to mute or unmute
anything in the song steps and a soft reset is required. I haven't
found the exact scenario required for this (or any of the other bugs
listed above), so I can't really submit anything to Elektron yet.

still, this machine is incredible... and one should keep in mind that
these bugs are pretty minor, rarely occur and will probably be fixed
with future OS updates. but it's good to report them here, since then
others can help to recreate them and track down the conditions under
which they occur. which in turn will help Elektron find and fix them.

Joe.