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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 4:54 pm Post subject:
Big troubles tunning (ASICs problems) |
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Hi,
Lately, I'm big issues autotuning with random voices 1, 6 and 13 tunning problems. It seems like my ASIC board is broken. When starting with botton 4 pressed, it seems like easy to tune, but could be just I was lucky.
I really love this synth but a lot of troubles getting it work right. Any suggestion? Does Alesis provide ASIC spare chips?
Thanks.
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CoolColJ
Joined: Feb 11, 2011 Posts: 112 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:50 am Post subject:
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Easier to replace the whole board |
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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:55 am Post subject:
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Does Alesis have spare boards?
Thnks! |
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CoolColJ
Joined: Feb 11, 2011 Posts: 112 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 4:50 am Post subject:
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Why don't you ask them
Pretty sure they do, otherwise you can order it from that spare parts place, but either way it won't be cheap |
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Mefistophelees
Joined: Mar 06, 2011 Posts: 77 Location: l'Angleterre
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:16 am Post subject:
Re: Big troubles tunning (ASICs problems) |
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yoshimodular wrote: |
Lately, I'm big issues autotuning with random voices 1, 6 and 13 tunning problems. It seems like my ASIC board is broken. When starting with botton 4 pressed, it seems like easy to tune, but could be just I was lucky. |
Do you keep auto-tuning on?
I read one report from someone who appear to have his voice chips die on him but when he switched auto-tuning off and rebooted a few times they came back to life. _________________ http://soundcloud.com/Mefistophelees |
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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:40 am Post subject:
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What you mean with keep autotuning on? What I do, it's autotuning when I start working. I'm not sure if there is a way to keep it working all time or disable it. |
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CoolColJ
Joined: Feb 11, 2011 Posts: 112 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:
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He probbaly meant background and temp tuning |
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Peake
Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1113 Location: Loss Angeles
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Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:10 pm Post subject:
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Check the A6 Tips and Tricks document (link in a thread at the top of this forum) to clear the tuning tables and the procedure to create new ones. _________________ We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid. -mwagener
"IC 741. Sometimes you don't want fidelity." -Small Bear Electronics Catalog |
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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 2:50 am Post subject:
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Thanks for all the answers.
Definitely, there is something wrong with my A6. I have some recurrent issues:
- Over 8 pots failing, but I think it could be more.
- Three ASICs failing (1, 6 and 13).
It's not an all time problem, but it bothers me A LOT.
I guess I have to keep testing it and buy the spares. I wrote to Alesis a few days ago with no answer. It's not the first time that they don't answer my requestes, what it's sad.
Something funny with this, it's that I use to recover the ASICs starting with +4 and doing a couple of auto tune routines. Any comment about this?
Thanks.
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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2011 3:41 am Post subject:
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Definitely, every time is harder to do a proper autotune. Alesis contact form does not work. My local Alesis support service just told me that the spares are hard to find, or impossible. I guess that I always can find them on the net.
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Peake
Joined: Jun 29, 2007 Posts: 1113 Location: Loss Angeles
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 1:25 pm Post subject:
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Have you done a hard reset? Cleared the tuning tables and followed that reset procedure? Sorry you're having trouble _________________ We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid. -mwagener
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yoshimodular
Joined: May 23, 2011 Posts: 11 Location: Madrid
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:27 pm Post subject:
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Hi Peake and everybody else,
Thanks a lot for caring about this. Yes, I already did various hard resets (as long as I remember is pressing 4 when switching on). I've contacted Alesis dealer/service in Spain and i'm waiting more than a week for the answer. By telephone, they told me that is VERY hard to find spares for my Andy. I think I won't get any answer (Spanish style), and the main Alesis service doesn't answer my emails, so I'm getting desperate.
Any suggestion? The site Instrumental Parts (http://www.instrumentalparts.com/ala6ansppa.html) seems pretty expensive.
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CoolColJ
Joined: Feb 11, 2011 Posts: 112 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 2:45 pm Post subject:
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Buy another A6 would be my answer |
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Mefistophelees
Joined: Mar 06, 2011 Posts: 77 Location: l'Angleterre
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 4:37 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | Buy another A6 would be my answer |
...and mine
Actually I'd been considering getting a second one for a while (it's cheaper then getting the parts imported) and it was this thread that finally made me go and get a second one.
Little known fact is that the inner length of a Prophet'08 box happens to be *exactly* the same as the length of an Andromeda. Cut some packing to size and stick some on the end/s and you have an Andromeda box
BTW You probably don't want to carry an Andromeda too far, they're quite heavy - I speak from experience! _________________ http://soundcloud.com/Mefistophelees |
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hrastprogrammer
Joined: Oct 16, 2008 Posts: 261 Location: CPU
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Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 4:05 am Post subject:
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yoshimodular wrote: | Any suggestion? The site Instrumental Parts (http://www.instrumentalparts.com/ala6ansppa.html) seems pretty expensive. |
Unfortunately, this is the reality. Andromeda spare parts are getting harder and harder to find. During the last 3 years I bought a lot of A6 parts from my Alesis dealer but the last time we talked a few months ago they couldn't deliver anything, even just a few cables I was looking for. So, I decided to buy the regular flat cables and connectors and assemble them by myself.
I doubt Instrumental Parts have a lot of spares in stock because, AFAIK, they were ordering directly from Alesis. But, if they have in stock what you need, my advice would be to buy it while you can. Or buy another A6, as suggested _________________ https://www.hrastprogrammer.com/hrastwood/
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The Zombie Holocaust
Joined: Mar 29, 2011 Posts: 30 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2011 7:54 pm Post subject:
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Did you try hitting it with a wrench while holding a beer? |
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