11-06-2020, 07:38 PM
Not being able to reproduce doesn't surprise me. After I wrote that, I wondered if downstream equipment might be more suspect. So, this evening I tried to come up with more definitive conditions to cause this.
Here's my step-by-step:
1. Started it up an right off noticed my Pad wasn't moving although modulation was on and programmed. I was using Mod 2 (48 beat sine). I remembered that this modulation source and Mod 4 (8 beat rand) sometimes refuse to work. I've wanted to write a bug/complaint about that, but it usually fixes itself in a day or so. So I selected Mod 1 (40s tri).
2. Right off I got a stuck note in the pad.
3. Encouraged, I tried playing around more hoping to make it happen multiple times.
4. Never got another stuck note.
5. Did hear many examples you shared of Strum 2 or 3 not strumming (all notes simultaneously) or only one or two notes sounding.
6. Then, when going from chord degree III to I the whole thing went dead. The beat indicator was a solid red and no button or knob was responsive. Shift+Panic did nothing. Oddest thing was that all sounds suddenly stopped when the NDLR froze. This almost implies that an All Notes Off command was issued. It was sudden silence.
7. I cycled power and all was well. In fact, Mod 2 and Mod 4 were working again.
In conclusion, I was unable to recreate the situation I had in the past which lead me to decide to never use Strum with Modulation. Had I been able to reliably get stuck notes, I was planning on bypassing my gear between the NDLR and the synth. The synth is an E-mu XL-1. The NDLR is connected via a JL Cooper Synapse for routing only, no processing is done there. The router goes to a Yamaha MEP4 MIDI processor, which is then connected to the XL-1. I was hoping to get many stuck notes, then use a single MIDI Cables from the NDLR to the XL-1 to see if the stuck note thing cleared up.
Oh well, I'll keep trying.
Here's my step-by-step:
1. Started it up an right off noticed my Pad wasn't moving although modulation was on and programmed. I was using Mod 2 (48 beat sine). I remembered that this modulation source and Mod 4 (8 beat rand) sometimes refuse to work. I've wanted to write a bug/complaint about that, but it usually fixes itself in a day or so. So I selected Mod 1 (40s tri).
2. Right off I got a stuck note in the pad.
3. Encouraged, I tried playing around more hoping to make it happen multiple times.
4. Never got another stuck note.
5. Did hear many examples you shared of Strum 2 or 3 not strumming (all notes simultaneously) or only one or two notes sounding.
6. Then, when going from chord degree III to I the whole thing went dead. The beat indicator was a solid red and no button or knob was responsive. Shift+Panic did nothing. Oddest thing was that all sounds suddenly stopped when the NDLR froze. This almost implies that an All Notes Off command was issued. It was sudden silence.
7. I cycled power and all was well. In fact, Mod 2 and Mod 4 were working again.
In conclusion, I was unable to recreate the situation I had in the past which lead me to decide to never use Strum with Modulation. Had I been able to reliably get stuck notes, I was planning on bypassing my gear between the NDLR and the synth. The synth is an E-mu XL-1. The NDLR is connected via a JL Cooper Synapse for routing only, no processing is done there. The router goes to a Yamaha MEP4 MIDI processor, which is then connected to the XL-1. I was hoping to get many stuck notes, then use a single MIDI Cables from the NDLR to the XL-1 to see if the stuck note thing cleared up.
Oh well, I'll keep trying.