[A6] Defective voices and other anomalies

[Kevin Walker]

background tuning

did you try what i suggested?

On 04/08/2007, Antti Hakulinen <antti.hakulinen at kolumbus.fi> wrote:
>
> Hi Kev.
> One question comes in mind, do you have background tuning or temperature
> tuning on?
> Oh my... 3 units? =P
> Well, Andromeda is worth that trouble indeed i bet :)
>
> Br: Antti.
>
> Kevin Walker kirjoitti:
> > Hi,
> >
> > A few things to do...
> >
> > turn on your andromeda from cold and leave it on for 25mins.... don't
> > auto tune it yet ;-)
> >
> > After 25mins, allowing it to warm up, auto tune it!
> >
> > hopefully your andromeda will be in tune...
> >
> > find a simple polyphonic sound and play two notes that are 1 octave
> > apart up the keyboard. If certain notes sound well out of tune, your
> > andromeda has the well documented tuning problem, aka, duff voice
> > asics... You will have to get it back to the retailer ASAP, because
> > other problems may arise in the future outside of warranty.... Well
> > worth getting it sorted...
> >
> > I went through three andromeda's before I found a good one... ;-)
> >
> > I hope this helps
> >
> > Kev
> >
> > On 04/08/2007, *Antti Hakulinen* < antti.hakulinen at kolumbus.fi
> > <mailto:antti.hakulinen at kolumbus.fi>> wrote:
> >
> >     Well, my Andromeda arrived safe.
> >     Been experimenting with it last couple days. Sounds just awesome.
> >     Super
> >     intuitive synth.
> >     Best thing on planet so far.
> >
> >     Tuning screen claimed last night and today that i'd have defective
> >     voices ( 2nd, 15th and 16th ). Atleast tuning table had F on them.
> >     I booted A6 (power cycled it). Didn't really help and using auto
> tune
> >     again didn't clear the problem.
> >
> >     Thing that is bugging me is that tuning screen claims the situation
> is
> >     this, i myself didn't hear anything would be wrong??
> >     I'm so newbie with this synth i don't know how to check if the
> voices
> >     are really defective or not.
> >
> >
> >     Okay, it just finished the software reset and now all voices are
> tuned
> >     again it claims. I also had A6 unhooked from power for over an hour.
> >     I read this sometimes would be necessary to clear some tuning table
> >     anomalies ( soft reset )??
> >
> >     Another thing that is bugging me is that if i power cycle too
> >     fast, like
> >     power off and wait 5 seconds and put A6 back on, it won't boot up.
> >     It hangs in the A6 starting logo and sits in there. Same thing
> >     when it
> >     claimed i had failed voices, sometimes auto tune would hang when
> >     trying
> >     to tune those voices.
> >     Have you experienced these problems ever?
> >
> >     I "might" have hardware buggy unit but sure it seems like i could
> >     live
> >     with it, for now =P
> >
> >     Tell me your experiences.
> >
> >     Br: Antti.
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