Elektron Musical Instruments

hello list!  ive had some problems with my MD lately, just wondering 
if anyone else has experienced anything similar?
  
 1   when i turn the scroll wheel quickly the sound selection LEDs 
aboveit randomly light in an unusual way, out of sequence.
>  
> 2   when using the MIDI MACHINES they sporadically cease to send 
any midi data
at the midi
> out port.
>  
> 3   after using the audio inputs sometimes an input will remain 
active when
there are
> no INPUT MACHINES currently in use.
>  
> 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.   
>  
> 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.
>  
> 6   sometimes, after activating an input, there is a high noise 
floor present.
>  
> 7   the SID STATION and nordlead 2 crashes repeatedly when its 
being triggered with the
MACHINEDRUM.
>  
  8   parameter locks occasionly CEASE TO FUNCTION.          

i have factory reset my machine about 10 times in the past week. its 
a bow wow.

--- 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.

> hello list!  ive had some problems with my MD lately, just wondering 
> if anyone else has experienced anything similar?
  
The first thing I have to say is send this list to elektron.  I think
it's info@....  The email is on their support page.
 
>  1   when i turn the scroll wheel quickly the sound selection LEDs 
> aboveit randomly light in an unusual way, out of sequence.

I haven't noticed this but I have noticed strange LED behavior from
time to time.  Like how they should blink in the sequence.

> > 2   when using the MIDI MACHINES they sporadically cease to send 
> any midi data
> at the midi
> > out port.

I haven't experienced this.  Maybe it is a voice limitation on your
other synths?  I have notice strange behavior with my ms2000.

> > 3   after using the audio inputs sometimes an input will remain 
> active when
> there are
> > no INPUT MACHINES currently in use.

I have experienced this only recently.  I have no idea however.
 
> > 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.   

This has happened to me mostly when I copy and paste notes.  It has
happened another way but I don't remember.  Annoying none the less.

> > 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.

This is your MIDI mapping in the Global menu.  Answered above.
 
> > 6   sometimes, after activating an input, there is a high noise 
> floor present.

Try turning your input level down.  This is the first parameter on the
top left of the machine.  Yea, it seems noisy and somewhat weak.

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

My MS2000 does too but only if I'm running a sequence from the midi
machine and play more notes on top of them using the keys from a
Virus.  I thought it could be because of my daisy chain.  Do you have
a long midi chain?

>   8   parameter locks occasionly CEASE TO FUNCTION.          

I haven't noticed this.  It does happen if I accidently hit classic
and freakout.

> i have factory reset my machine about 10 times in the past week. its 
> a bow wow.

I haven't reset my machine, ever.  I have had to turn it off and on
many times.  Remember to send this to Elektron with more explanation
about when these things occur.

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....

MDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMDMD

thats happened to me a few times. simply turning it off and on has 
always fixed that problem.

ill try to document the exact circumstances the next time MD plays up 

 :)

>"...very often, if I enter song mode after playing in pattern mode 
>for a while, I am unable to mute or unmute anything in the song 
>steps and a soft reset is required."

I have come across this problem also, and I think I also have the 
solution, unless I'm encountering a slightly different problem to 
you. 

I think if you have a pattern selected in pattern mode (eg. you've 
been playing around with A10), and then you change to song mode, you 
won't be able to edit the song mutes for that particular pattern 
(ie. A10 - in this case). this is just what I think happens. 

so if you find yourself in this situation, go back into pattern mode 
and change to a pattern that you aren't using in song mode (because 
quite often, I find I'm using the same patterns in both modes one 
after the other).

hope this helps.

 - Joe