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my finger and feet hurt but I could'nt get your exclusive bug :=) is the bug happening with a cool machine too claude ps:ober plex ~ year 98 Andre LaFosse wrote: > > Hello list, > > I'm still experiencing a very strange and intermittent problem with my > EDP footpedal: > > When hitting Insert very quickly and repeatedly, it will occasionally > trigger Multiply, and less occasionally Overdub. > > Here's what I've done to my footpedal over the last few days: > > -- Replaced every single switch with a brand new switch > > -- Replaced every resistor with a brand new resistor > > -- Put in a new jack > > -- Put in new wiring > > -- Re-soldered every connection, which in any event was newly soldered > to begin with, since the various component parts being soldered together > are all new > > In short, the only part of the old pedal I still have is the actual > metal chassis. Everything else has been replaced, and I'm still getting > the same basic problem. It's less pronounced that it was, but still > very much present. > > The obvious answer would be that it's a problem with the EDP itself. > > Except... > > I've used a friend's footpedal with my EDP, and gotten this problem > EXTREMELY rarely -- so infrequently that it hardly EVER happens. > > I also plugged my own problematic footpedal into his EDP, AFTER all of > the modifications, and it behaves the same way in his unit as it does in >mine. > > My pedal (and EDP) is an older Oberheim model, and his are Gibson > models. But I've never noticed this particular problem prior to the > beginning of this year. > > The only difference between the two footpedals is that my friend's newer > model has insulation on the input jack, to keep it from connecting to > the metal housing of the chassis itself. Even after modifying my unit > with insulation, the problem persists. And I never noticed this for the > previous six years that I've been using the pedal without insulation. > > Furthermore, Matthias tells me that, since the front panel buttons and > the footpedal buttons are wired parallel, that any problem with the > footpedal should be duplicated with the front buttons, and vica versa. > When I do this test on the front panel buttons, it NEVER EVER happens at > all. Not even ONCE. > > It's not a beta test issue, because I put Loop3 in and noticed the same > thing (as well as my friend's unit, which is also on Loop3). > > So, I have two questions for the list: > > 1) Does anyone have any ideas as to what I should try now? > > 2) Can anyone with an EDP and a spare minute please perform the > following test for me: > > -- Turn quantize off. Then press the Insert button on the footpedal as > fast as you can, repeatedly (for 30 seconds at least). Watch the front > panel display, and see if it goes into Multiply or Overdub at any point > during this. > > I will assume that I now possess the EFC-7 equivalent of a Ouija board > until such time as my pedal starts operating normally again... > > Big thanks for any ideas, and to everyone who already wrote in with >suggestions. > > --Andre "Crowley" LaFosse > http://www.EFC-7-busters.com