Elektron Musical Instruments

there are three things i want to say/ask about the sidstation:

1. i think it is really annoying that you have to press the "D" 
keypad when you change to a patch (by number block or by rotary 
encoder). when i want to change a patch very quick (e.g. live 
sessions) i always have to press "D" when i want the other patch, how 
can i change this? (is it able to change this?)

2. the patch memory is too low. i mean, 100 patches is much little, 
what if i want to upload the new ninja patches? i have to transfer 
all my old patches before i can dump new ones!

3. did you ever read the manual? [page 2, last point] "Avoid nuclear 
explosions. The SID-chip might be harmed." Is that a joke? How should 
something like that happen????

so, that's all!

sid (hey! i've chosen that name a long time before the sidstation was 
released)


http://www.mp3.com/zerozillion

On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 sid_6581@... wrote:

> 1. i think it is really annoying that you have to press the "D" 
> keypad when you change to a patch (by number block or by rotary 

agreed...

> 2. the patch memory is too low. i mean, 100 patches is much little, 
> what if i want to upload the new ninja patches? i have to transfer 

when are you ever going to have to use more than 100 patches in a session?
that's nutty.  transfering patches isn't that hard.

> 3. did you ever read the manual? [page 2, last point] "Avoid nuclear 
> explosions. The SID-chip might be harmed." Is that a joke? How should 

i'm sure it was meant to be a joke... but then again, i'm sure a nuclear
explosion wouldn't be very good for the unit, or any of your other gear.

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On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 sid_6581@... wrote:

> there are three things i want to say/ask about the sidstation:
[...]
> 3. did you ever read the manual? [page 2, last point] "Avoid nuclear 
> explosions. The SID-chip might be harmed." Is that a joke? How should 
> something like that happen????
[...]

Nuclear explosions are no joke.  The SID-chip may be harmed, and you will
DEFINITELY see some sort of surface abrasion of the case.  Even the Ninja
model's black finish will not survive a nuclear explosion unscathed.

Also, even if the SID is spared the direct physical effects of a nuclear
explosion, chances are high that any corresponding electromagnetic pulse
(EMP) will have adverse effects on the subsequent performance of the
SID-chip itself and the SIDstation's auxiliary electronics.

There are rumours that Elektron has developed an EMP-shielded,
battle-hardened, helmet-mounted SIDstation* for military applications, but
these rumours are not substantiated.  Even this rumoured "military SID"
would probably not survive a direct nuclear blast, however, nor would it
provide suitable blast protection for its user.

* with a VIC-II display chip running video output to an eyepiece display
overlay (instead of the LCD), and wrist-mounted controllers, encoder, and
keypad

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