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Re: Vortex problem



On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 6:43 PM, andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
hi Mark,
If it's some kind of bug then I can only
guess that it's to do with saving a preset to a different register.
I don't remember the details but say you saved
preset 14B to register 1A.

No I dont think its that... Im rarely saving preset these days...

It should work, but for some combinations of source/destination
the Vortex goes haywire. ( massed digi-distortion on one occasion,
but with intact A-B morphing to a regular sound...hmm...maybe that's
something you'd like).

Indeed... Never come across that!!
 


It's possible it's a hardware thing, as I reckon the echo & mod
are done in different parts of the circuit.

Thats what I was afraid of...


Did you check the ECHO LVL param?
Does tweaking it get the Echoes back?

no..

 
If my unit was doing this, I'd leave it switched for days on in the hope
that the fault became permanent, then I'd take it to the local electronics fixer, making sure I used the phrase
"leaky capacitor" at least once.

Hmm why do you think its a leaky capacitor?
 

(Vortex schematic now available from http://www.andybutler.com/vortex/vortex.htm )

Interesting!!!

More playing with reveals that the echos vanish just randomly, UPON TURNING THE PRESET ENCODER... can be any patch.. might it be a dodgy / dirty encoder? Can I clean it (like some pots?)

thanks andy... looks like I need an expert.... damn.!!!

mark

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