Elektron Musical Instruments

I seemed to have solved the lose connector problem witha tight fitting lead 
connector
and so no rapid on/off/on/off and memory freeze up....

....i can swing the sid above my head now and it stays on and ok....it still 
sounds cool also...

cheers,

ishq

>From: "Roberth Sandqvist" <roberth@...>
>Reply-To: elektron-users@egroups.com
>To: elektron-users@egroups.com
>Subject: Re: [elektron] Re: Sid goes haywire when my power lead is 
>accidently moved.....
>Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:50:12 +0200
>
> >                I have exactly this same problem, if i fiddle around with
> >or
> >the something touches the power lead my sidstation looses power thus
> >corrupting
> >the memory, midi channel, etc.  I emailed the group about this sort of
> >indirectly, just cause i noticed i could lower the noise floor by
> >fiddling with
> >it, getting it "just right", but in doing so i posed the risk of losing
> >all my
> >patches.  Well i got an email from Daniel Hannson saying that he though 
>it
> >might be the power supply as the lead shouldn't be so tempermental, it
> >seems i
> >have bought the right one, but just to be on the safe side i'm picking up
> >one
> >of the power supplies elektron now includes with orders(i got mine before
> >they
> >did this).  They're $25.00 with shipping, if your in the us from
> >drummachine.com.  I'll email the list once mine arrives, hopefully it
> >alleviates some of the noise my sid puts out (hum...), and the
> >freakishness of
> >touching the power lead.
> >
> >christian
>
>I have lived to the same problem aswell! And i have fixed it!
>
>I tried maaany different PSUs and surge-protectors awsell....
>
>The thing that solved it thou was when i opened the machine and saw that
>the cable running from the PSU jack wasn't properly soldered, and when i
>tuched it, the cable, or the powerbutton the same problem as you guys had
>appeared!!!!
>
>I simply made a new soldering on the PSU jack and from that day my maching
>is PERFECT. Now it can take any punishment!
>
>Also, on the first 100units there is a problem that will have that effect
>that your user memory will be erased if the machine runf on unclean power,
>och if a peak runs throu the unit...... example.... if you turn on your
>sidstation first, and then a BIIIG mixingdesk, you memory on the SidSation
>may blow....!
>
>I have installed a simple surge-protector where i put mut PSU now (you can
>find one in any harwarestore) and that works perfect.
>I'm also told that you can return your machine to ELEKTRON and they will
>install a magic diode in the machine removing this problem aswell....!
>
>Try this and you will once again fall in love with this wonderful machine!
>
>-Roberth
>S K O M M
>
>
>
>
>

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