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rokuez
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 33 Location: West LA
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 2:21 am Post subject:
is my ribbon broken on new a6? led won't show up when going |
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Just got a new andromeda. Just getting into the synth, and I think my ribbon may be not working completely.
No matter what patch I go to the ribbon LED will not stay lit once I go to the left of the number 80 above the ribbon.
If I go to the right of 80 it the green LED will appear, but if I go to the left of 80 on any patch this LED will not show up.
Should the ribbon LED turn on whenever I am touching the ribbon?
Hopefully this is just due to the way the patches are programmed. Please not that it functions this way for all patches. _________________ Emulator Forum www.eiiiforum.com |
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seamonkey
Joined: Nov 26, 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 10:43 am Post subject:
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Hi rokuez, congrats on picking up an Andromeda.
I'm still learning it myself but I checked and the light remains on across the entire ribbon until I lift my finger.
It almost sounds as if someone programmed a split on the ribbon controller.
Possibly a reset of the Andromeda would correct this back to the factory default if that's the problem, however, I'm not experienced enough to give you advice at this time.
Hopefully someone here can answer your question, if not I'd call Alesis support.
Good luck. |
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rokuez
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 33 Location: West LA
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:18 pm Post subject:
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I supposedly got my andromeda new. I'll start another thread where I took pics of when i took it out of its box, so hopefully some ppl here can verify that it is indeed a new andromeda and not a re-boxed a6...
Concerning someone programing a split on the ribbon controller... that would definitely mean that my andromeda was not new I assume?
Also the ribbon controller isn't precisely split. I'm guessing that the little dash under the ribbon controller is the split point? My ribbon LED stops working not when I drag my finger to the left of the slit point, but when I drag it past where the number 80 is above the ribbon controller. So basically the ribbon LED stops working one inch past the split point. & this is for all patches in all the three banks.
I can basically use the ribbon controller, but once I drag my finger to the left of the number 80 (above the ribbon controller) the ribbon LED turns off, and the ribbon issues no control to the patch(s)
Really digging the a6 but want to find out if I need to send this back, if the ribbon is just programmed that way, and who programmed it like that??? _________________ Emulator Forum www.eiiiforum.com |
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andyval8088
Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 29 Location: U.S.
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:34 pm Post subject:
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I bought my A6 back in November and my ribbon is not working correctly either. The LED's work fine but it is not tracking right. At certain points on the ribbon it gets confused with the current value and pitch/filter/etc seems to jump all over. I considered sending it back but I love this synth and cant do without it right now. I am considering sending it to alesis before my warranty is up, waiting to see if anything else develops.
I haven't tried reseting to see if it is software related. I will give it a try sometime soon. |
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rokuez
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 33 Location: West LA
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 12:56 pm Post subject:
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From this thread
http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?highlight=factory+reset&t=16867
sunny pedaal wrote: | (copied from the manual ! recommended, read it twice, plus the tips + tricks, from beginning till end !)
POWER UP MODES
We have already mentioned a few power up modes that are entered by holding down a soft button while powering up the A6. Here is a summary of all of them:
POWER UP WHILE HOLDING FUNCTION
Soft Button 1 Forces A6 to load default Program and Mix. This is useful if the A6 has received corrupted data, causing it to hang.
Soft Button 2 Enters front panel debug mode.
Soft Button 3 Initializes all user RAM. This is also known as a Hard Reset. Warning, this will erase all User Programs and Mixes, replacing them with the factory default User Programs and Mixes!
Soft Button 4 Initializes all Global parameters, including tuning tables.
Soft Button 5 Re-calibrates Mod Wheel and Ribbon Controller.
Soft Button 6 Sends software OS out as MIDI Syx Ex dump.
Soft Button 7 Enables the A6 to receive software Syx Ex dump (OS or bootloader).
Soft Button 8 Replaces the factory default User Programs and Mixes with the User Bank Programs and Mixes. The next time a RAM initialization is done (Soft Button 3), these banks will be used to initialize the User Banks. |
I doubt you can hold down both 3 & 5 o make it do both at the same time.
Now I wonder if I should do soft button 3 first.... and if it doesn't work I guess try starting it up with soft button 5? _________________ Emulator Forum www.eiiiforum.com |
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seamonkey
Joined: Nov 26, 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Michigan
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rokuez
Joined: Feb 23, 2007 Posts: 33 Location: West LA
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seamonkey
Joined: Nov 26, 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Wed Jan 14, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject:
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You're welcome, that's awesome, glad it helped! Hopefully it will help andyval as well.
I couldn't believe the second page of google had the link coming back here, ah yes, the magic of Google.
Those pictures of opening the Andy remind me of the time I opened up my Korg Wavestation and applied lithium grease to fix sticking keys..I wound up doing it 3 times. |
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kpatz
Joined: Oct 29, 2008 Posts: 22 Location: NH
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:21 am Post subject:
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For future reference, soft button 3 (which performs a "hard" reset) will also recalibrate the mod wheel and ribbon controller... you'll know this because you'll be prompted to set the mod wheel to zero before continuing.
Soft button 5 just does the calibration without erasing anything else.
Seems like a lot of new Andromedas arrive not properly calibrated, or initialized. On another forum, one user's mod wheel didn't work out of the box, and another got no sound, until they did a hard reset. |
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andyval8088
Joined: Nov 12, 2008 Posts: 29 Location: U.S.
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 9:22 am Post subject:
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I did soft button 5 and that totally fixed mine. Thanks! |
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seamonkey
Joined: Nov 26, 2008 Posts: 26 Location: Michigan
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Posted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject:
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That's good news andy, I like easy fixes. |
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fireroasted
Joined: Mar 08, 2011 Posts: 10 Location: CA
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 10:41 am Post subject:
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Hey Guys,
Wanted to post a quick thank you. I have worked like crazy on my Andy, which I bought busted. Some long stories posted on this site. Then didn't have any time to play it for a while. Noticed the other day the ribbon wasn't working on the lower half. Ended up doing a 'not seeing the forest for the trees' thing. Took it apart, checked the cables, searched. Frustrated, because it would test fine with the soft button for checking the hardware. Figured it was the main board I had replaced a couple of times. Gave up.
Decided today to take some time to fix this long and complex task. Then read this post, realized I hadn't tried the 5 soft key reset of the ribbon, and bingo!!!
Works perfect. I am a moron. A happy moron, but a moron.
Thanks
The Andy rules |
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The Zombie Holocaust
Joined: Mar 29, 2011 Posts: 30 Location: Montréal
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Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 11:40 am Post subject:
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fireroasted wrote: | Works perfect. I am a moron. A happy moron, but a moron.
Thanks
The Andy rules |
I try to think all the time and nothing happens |
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CoolColJ
Joined: Feb 11, 2011 Posts: 112 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 1:12 am Post subject:
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I thought it was soft button 4.... |
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fireroasted
Joined: Mar 08, 2011 Posts: 10 Location: CA
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:09 pm Post subject:
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fyi
On my unit Soft 4 will
Initialize Global memory
Soft 5 did the ribbon controller reset. |
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