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Jyoti
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:47 am Post subject:
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I know exactly what you mean...
_________________ My music: here! |
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rh2y
Joined: May 08, 2007 Posts: 218 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:43 am Post subject:
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Jyoti wrote: | Both my units have been returned now. I think I shall spend my refund on modular synth bits! |
Jyoti,
So....
Did you get some modular synth bits?
Or have you decided to give the Blofeld another go, now that the firmware bugs are supposedly fixed? Or are you holding out for the keyboard version...
Inquiring minds want to know! _________________ Shameless plug: http://www.soundcloud.com/rh2y
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Jyoti
Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 618 Location: Derby, UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:26 am Post subject:
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Well, my Doepfer morphing filter was faulty so I've returned that to EMIS (UK dealer). Once that's back, I'm going to spend the £300 on some more modular stuff. Dunno what yet!
I do wish my Blofeld had worked. You should have seen how happy I was when I opened up my pressie. _________________ My music: here! |
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BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
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Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:19 am Post subject:
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Well if mine is ok there is always Christmas. |
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 4:58 am Post subject:
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Well it has arrived, paint job looks ok.
Updated to 1.04 and all seems well at the moment, no distortion or crackling heard yet.
Only strange thing I have is that you cannot adjust the volume while the unit is receiving midi of the usb, have not tried a midi cable yet. |
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:07 am Post subject:
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Ok Volume doesn't work when receiving midi clock.
Also displays for envs, lfos do not work when receiving midi from usb, display is blank!
I am going to try a midi lead..... |
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 5:10 am Post subject:
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Everything seems fine with the midi lead, problem is with usb.
Not a great start this! |
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Jyoti
Joined: Mar 07, 2008 Posts: 618 Location: Derby, UK
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:
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Sorry, mate. I had hoped the recent upgrade(s) had solved all the existing issues. It appears you've found new ones!
However, don't get glum. Seeing how pro-active Waldorf are, I bet they're working on these glitches right now.
And you've had none of the bizarre crackling / aliasing / distortion I had so that's a huge step up.
Apart from the problems you're having, what do you think of it? _________________ My music: here! |
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BobTheDog
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Jyoti
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:30 am Post subject:
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Sounds good! _________________ My music: here! |
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rh2y
Joined: May 08, 2007 Posts: 218 Location: Pittsburgh, USA
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BobTheDog
Joined: Feb 28, 2005 Posts: 4044 Location: England
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:
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It is a multi made up of presets.
I cannot work out how to load or save multis yet, I need to read the manual a bit I think! |
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T7
Joined: Jun 19, 2006 Posts: 105 Location: Cali
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:47 am Post subject:
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BobTheDog wrote: |
I cannot work out how to load or save multis yet, I need to read the manual a bit I think! |
Multis can't be saved. This will likely become available in a future firmware release.
I'd really like to see Waldorf add voice layering on the same MIDI channel, to the multi mode. Last edited by T7 on Tue Sep 16, 2008 11:13 am; edited 1 time in total |
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rh2y
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 9:54 am Post subject:
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T7 wrote: |
Multis can't be saved. This will likely become available in a future firmware release. |
Hmm, that seems like a bit of a limitation. Any chance you can export them via sysex, so you can at least save them to your computer? (I don't have my manual handy).
Otherwise, I guess you need to get all your multi work done in one session, or make sure you don't lose power to your Blofeld between sessions! _________________ Shameless plug: http://www.soundcloud.com/rh2y
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:14 am Post subject:
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Maybe program changes will work on each channel when you set it to multi mode, I have not tried this yet. |
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2008 10:21 am Post subject:
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Well It always seems to be in multi mode and bank/progchange work fine for all channels. |
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:24 am Post subject:
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BobTheDog wrote: | Ok Volume doesn't work when receiving midi clock.
Also displays for envs, lfos do not work when receiving midi from usb, display is blank!
I am going to try a midi lead..... |
Got a reply from Waldorf, they say this behavior is normal. They use a "low-cost" dsp and the audio performance is at a high priority, with the screen update and volume at a low priority, if you send it loads of midi the screen will not be updated correctly.
I suppose the USB stuff takes up more cpu than the midi port.
Cheers
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:27 am Post subject:
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BobTheDog wrote: | they say this behavior is normal. |
Strange idea of "normal" there ... _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:54 am Post subject:
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Its a normal bug I should think, probably will be fixed in some future version. |
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:01 am Post subject:
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Likely just lazy programming sold as a feature _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:08 am Post subject:
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Well its "Feature Rich", heres another one:
Changing volume of one of the patches in a multi seems to effect the other patch volumes even though the volume display stays the same.
Makes balancing volumes in multis a little tricky |
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:14 am Post subject:
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BobTheDog wrote: | Well its "Feature Rich" |
Sometimes the market has demands that can't be understood by techies. _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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BobTheDog
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:18 am Post subject:
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I must admit it's a nice little synth though, I am willing to put up with a few teething issues until they are fixed. |
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blue hell
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Posted: Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:17 am Post subject:
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BobTheDog wrote: | it's a nice little synth |
Let's highlight that! _________________ Jan
also .. could someone please turn down the thermostat a bit.
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T7
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Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject:
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Well, I gave it a few months in hopes Waldorf would work out the poor hardware quality, then went and bought another Blofeld today.
My third Blofeld has the same problems: flaking paint and noisy headphone amp.
I'm willing to accept that Waldorf just spec'd a really poor headphone amp, but the flaking paint is unacceptable.
I wonder if the $4000. Stromberg will have the same crappy paint? |
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