Elektron Musical Instruments

try resseting your midi gear i.e midi interface and stuff. i notice that 
sometime the sid station will no nuts when the midi configuration is not 
solid and especially if modules or synths are turned off and on. what fixes 
this is turn everything off and then turning on back everything and always 
the sid last.. see if that fixes it or else it is not likely a midi problem

Eitan Teomi.

<A HREF="http://ourworld.cs.com/teomi">http://ourworld.cs.com/teomi</A>

i had this same problem with my sid over the summer. i sent it back to
elektron and they fixed it. i dont know what was wrong with it. with mine,
it was doing the same thing, and when i pressed a different note, it would
just change the pitch of the noise. the noise i am talking about is the
inherent noise of the sidstation. oh well, hope that helps
sam
----- Original Message -----

From: "anthony j. resta" <bopnique@...>
To: <elektron-users@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 2:52 PM
Subject: [elektron] major problem with sid any ideas?


>
> http://www.bopnique.com
> http://www.anthonyjresta.com
>
> greetings from bopnique musique: a sci fi mambo lab
> at the liquid center of the rhythm factory...
>
>
>
> hi ,
>
> i recently (yesterday ) had my sid die on me.  It is receiving midi on the
> proper channel the light shows midi, but just noise comes out.
> i tried erasing the memory and reloading several different full patch
> configurations and the led says the programmes are there but still  no
> sound,
> i have changed every  possible cable etc....it's like the outputs are
> toasted or something.  any help, or anyone else having been through this i
> would be
> grateful for any information  regarding this.
>
>  i am also sending this to the
> support email.
>
>  i am running  1.10 R33  2000  O.S.
>
> thankyou
>
> anthony j.
>
>
>
>

Hey,
In the first weekend of playing with my SID, I ran into a problem similiar
to yours. I was programming my SID when it freaked out and the display when
nuts. I turned the SID off and turned it back on. It wouldn't get past the
startup screen when I try to get to my programs. So, I cleared the memory. I
downloaded the system patches from th elektron website using NETSCAPE. I
then tried to download the sysex into the SID. It looked like everything was
fine (I saw the program titles, etc). But, there was no sound or it made
short weird noises. This drove me nuts until I tried to download it with MS
Internet Explorer. I remembered that Netscape sometimes downloaded binary
files like text (ala it would screw up the file on translation). Anyway, I
used the sysex downloaded with explorer and my SID station worked
wonderfully.

I never use my SID without a surge protector (or something that will keep
the voltage steady). It doesn't seem to like the slightest changes in
voltage to it. I've yet to have another problem with him! The first weekend
I didn't use a surge protector or anything...

I also backup my patches pretty damn regularly...=)

I don't know if this helps, but I hope it does....
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----- Original Message -----

From: "anthony j. resta" <bopnique@...>
To: <elektron-users@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:52 PM
Subject: [elektron] major problem with sid any ideas?


>
> http://www.bopnique.com
> http://www.anthonyjresta.com
>
> greetings from bopnique musique: a sci fi mambo lab
> at the liquid center of the rhythm factory...
>
>
>
> hi ,
>
> i recently (yesterday ) had my sid die on me.  It is receiving midi on the
> proper channel the light shows midi, but just noise comes out.
> i tried erasing the memory and reloading several different full patch
> configurations and the led says the programmes are there but still  no
> sound,
> i have changed every  possible cable etc....it's like the outputs are
> toasted or something.  any help, or anyone else having been through this i
> would be
> grateful for any information  regarding this.
>
>  i am also sending this to the
> support email.
>
>  i am running  1.10 R33  2000  O.S.
>
> thankyou
>
> anthony j.
>
>
>
>

Have you tried re-loading the entire OS?  That may do it, but if it doesnt,
then I would suggest it is a hardware issue.  Of course you need to
eliminate all variables from the function chain - but you say that you have
already checked multiple cords and amplifiers, so that seems to indicate
that the Sid is indeed at fault.  (make sure you have the output plug
plugged into the 'audio out' jack - i made a mistake the other day and had
it backwards and was really confused for a few seconds.  If i recall
correctly, the Sid just made noise when I hit a key.)


-----Original Message-----
From: anthony j. resta <bopnique@...>
To: elektron-users@egroups.com <elektron-users@egroups.com>
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2001 12:28 PM

Subject: [elektron] major problem with sid any ideas?


>
>http://www.bopnique.com
>http://www.anthonyjresta.com
>
>greetings from bopnique musique: a sci fi mambo lab
>at the liquid center of the rhythm factory...
>
>
>
>hi ,
>
>i recently (yesterday ) had my sid die on me.  It is receiving midi on the
>proper channel the light shows midi, but just noise comes out.
>i tried erasing the memory and reloading several different full patch
>configurations and the led says the programmes are there but still  no
>sound,
>i have changed every  possible cable etc....it's like the outputs are
>toasted or something.  any help, or anyone else having been through this i
>would be
>grateful for any information  regarding this.
>
> i am also sending this to the
>support email.
>
> i am running  1.10 R33  2000  O.S.
>
>thankyou
>
>anthony j.
>
>
>