Elektron Musical Instruments

I am going to send a email to elektron but wanted to wait a bit for the UW
stuff to die down, I¹m sure they are very busy right now.

After not using my (about 3 years old) Sidstation for a while I pulled it
out the other day. Now I'm not sure but it's possible I may have plugged in
the wrong power cable accidentally at first, I had a lot of cables out and I
was excited to use it again ;P and it came on with some weird graphics on
the display. I know I then unplugged it and deff have the right power cable
in it now and at first it came on dim, and after turning in on a off a few
times it is at full brightness with all the lights on but no text on the
display. I tried messing with the display view control but that's not it. I
hope I didn't not seriously screw it up or something. Any suggestions would
be appreciated.

Thanks,
Andy



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--- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Tarpinian 
<evildead@n...> wrote:
> I am going to send a email to elektron but wanted to wait a bit 
for the UW
> stuff to die down, I¹m sure they are very busy right now.
> 
> After not using my (about 3 years old) Sidstation for a while I 
pulled it
> out the other day. Now I'm not sure but it's possible I may have 
plugged in
> the wrong power cable accidentally at first, I had a lot of cables 
out and I
> was excited to use it again ;P and it came on with some weird 
graphics on
> the display. I know I then unplugged it and deff have the right 
power cable
> in it now and at first it came on dim, and after turning in on a 
off a few
> times it is at full brightness with all the lights on but no text 
on the
> display. I tried messing with the display view control but that's 
not it. I
> hope I didn't not seriously screw it up or something. Any 
suggestions would
> be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Andy
> 
> 

have you tried resetting it?

> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

On 7/14/05 7:21 PM, "analogback" wrote:


> 
> have you tried resetting it?
> 

How do I go about resetting it? Is there a key combo to press? I can't
access the System-Memory-Reset option because no text appears on the
display, just a green screen.

The bright screen usually means it's a wrong power supply, do not continue using that powersupply or you might fry you sid chip.

make sure you use the correct power supply and try adjusting the contract of you lcd screen by turning the nob on the back.

I had that once and quickly stopped using this power supply. couldn't find the original psu and ordered another one. no I have a huge sticker on the Sidstation PSU saying "sidstation" .

grrretzz

olaf

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: analogback 
  To: elektron-users@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:21 AM
  Subject: [elektron] Re: Sidstation problem :(


  --- In elektron-users@yahoogroups.com, Andy Tarpinian 
  <evildead@n...> wrote:
  > I am going to send a email to elektron but wanted to wait a bit 
  for the UW
  > stuff to die down, I¹m sure they are very busy right now.
  > 
  > After not using my (about 3 years old) Sidstation for a while I 
  pulled it
  > out the other day. Now I'm not sure but it's possible I may have 
  plugged in
  > the wrong power cable accidentally at first, I had a lot of cables 
  out and I
  > was excited to use it again ;P and it came on with some weird 
  graphics on
  > the display. I know I then unplugged it and deff have the right 
  power cable
  > in it now and at first it came on dim, and after turning in on a 
  off a few
  > times it is at full brightness with all the lights on but no text 
  on the
  > display. I tried messing with the display view control but that's 
  not it. I
  > hope I didn't not seriously screw it up or something. Any 
  suggestions would
  > be appreciated.
  > 
  > Thanks,
  > Andy
  > 
  > 

  have you tried resetting it?

  > 
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I had the same thing happen with mine and thought it was the end of the
road, but I tried another PSU in a desparate last attempt and it worked
perfectly. I guessed that the PSU had gradually lost power over a period of
time since it was still giving out the correct voltage but the current
seemed to have dropped off. Give it a try and good luck

FF

   From: Andy Tarpinian <evildead@...>
Subject: Sidstation problem :(

I am going to send a email to elektron but wanted to wait a bit for the UW
stuff to die down, I\ufffdm sure they are very busy right now.

After not using my (about 3 years old) Sidstation for a while I pulled it
out the other day. Now I'm not sure but it's possible I may have plugged in
the wrong power cable accidentally at first, I had a lot of cables out and I
was excited to use it again ;P and it came on with some weird graphics on
the display. I know I then unplugged it and deff have the right power cable
in it now and at first it came on dim, and after turning in on a off a few
times it is at full brightness with all the lights on but no text on the
display. I tried messing with the display view control but that's not it. I
hope I didn't not seriously screw it up or something. Any suggestions would
be appreciated.

Thanks,
Andy






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hi andy,

please let me know how you get on with your sidstation, my machine  
has developed the same

symptoms...display corrupted and all leds are lit.

My waldorf xt is sick as well... finding a repair centre is proving  
difficult..

These , and other older hardware synths are ( as proposed  in a  
recent sound on sound article ) - timebombs !

Out of warranty , difficult or impossible to get spares and/or  
extremely expensive if you do..

They are just ticking away ready to let us down at any moment !


Aaaargh !

marc

On 15 Jul 2005, at 21:39, Fiercefish wrote:

> I had the same thing happen with mine and thought it was the end of  
> the
> road, but I tried another PSU in a desparate last attempt and it  
> worked
> perfectly. I guessed that the PSU had gradually lost power over a  
> period of
> time since it was still giving out the correct voltage but the current
> seemed to have dropped off. Give it a try and good luck
>
> FF
>
>    From: Andy Tarpinian <evildead@...>
> Subject: Sidstation problem :(
>
> I am going to send a email to elektron but wanted to wait a bit for  
> the UW
> stuff to die down, I¹m sure they are very busy right now.
>
> After not using my (about 3 years old) Sidstation for a while I  
> pulled it
> out the other day. Now I'm not sure but it's possible I may have  
> plugged in
> the wrong power cable accidentally at first, I had a lot of cables  
> out and I
> was excited to use it again ;P and it came on with some weird  
> graphics on
> the display. I know I then unplugged it and deff have the right  
> power cable
> in it now and at first it came on dim, and after turning in on a  
> off a few
> times it is at full brightness with all the lights on but no text  
> on the
> display. I tried messing with the display view control but that's  
> not it. I
> hope I didn't not seriously screw it up or something. Any  
> suggestions would
> be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy
>
>
>
>
>
>
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On 7/20/05 2:54 PM, "marc s davidson" wrote:

> hi andy,
> 
> please let me know how you get on with your sidstation, my machine
> has developed the same
> 
> symptoms...display corrupted and all leds are lit.
> 
> My waldorf xt is sick as well... finding a repair centre is proving
> difficult..
> 
> These , and other older hardware synths are ( as proposed  in a
> recent sound on sound article ) - timebombs !
> 
> Out of warranty , difficult or impossible to get spares and/or
> extremely expensive if you do..
> 
> They are just ticking away ready to let us down at any moment !
> 
> 
> Aaaargh !
> 
> marc

Hi marc, Daniel told me that my Sisdtation is quite sick. He says the
machine seems like it's not booting at all. Something may have gotten fried,
it could only just be the power regulator though. He said it can be taken to
a local technician to see if it is only the power regulator, its an easy
part to fix apparently.

I'm just gonna send mine to elektron to get fixed up proper whatever the
problem is. It's one of my first synths so we have a bond :)

-andy