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Re: EDP Problem



Does it work if you disconnect it from MIDI? Sounds to me like you might 
have a midi loop somehow.

At 06:00 PM 7/22/2002, Brother Sean wrote:
>I have an EDP with Loop IV. I installed the software about a month ago and
>everything was working fine but just over the weekend I have had some
>troubles. When I intially power up the EDP will cycle through its LOOP 4
>screen two to three times before allowing me to enter the actually looping
>screen (for lack of a better term the screen where your loop time 
>appears).

we usually call that "reset" when you haven't recorded any loop yet. Or we 
call it the "play state" or "play mode."

>It used to never take that long just one cycle through.

I'm not sure if I understood exactly what you are seeing, but normally the 
"Loop 4" zips by on the display 3 times at boot up, then stops and steps 
off the display, then shows the version, and goes to the reset state. Are 
you saying that it is repeating all of this sequence several times? If it 
is repeatedly rebooting itself at power up, there may be some hardware 
problem. It could be something simple, like the memory or rom sockets got 
dirty or a little corroded. Reseating the roms and the memory might clear 
it up.

>Also when I press the parameter button in order to modify the settings it
>won't let me cycle through Timing, Keys, Midi and Loops. It usually gets
>stuck bouncing between Timing and Keys (with each press of the Parameter
>button) and will rarely cycle all the way through allowing me to get back 
>to
>the "actual loop screen". I usually just half to shut it down and power 
>back
>up. I have tried resetting the EDP by holding down the Parameters button 
>but
>that doesn't help.
>
>It's really strange all this started happening when I was trying to send
>midi CC commands from my Behringer FCB1010  through my MOTU Midi Timepiece
>II to my Eclipse to change programs up and down. All of my midi gear is
>routed through my Timepiece but it has been setup like this for almost 
>half
>a year and no problems. Also my EDP is set to listen to notes and is on 
>Midi
>CH#4 and my Eclipse is on Midi CH#5. Are these errors I'm receiving just a
>coincidence or do they have a direct correlation to the CC commands I sent
>to my Eclipse.  Any ideas?

If they are really on different channels it should be ok, but your problem 
smells a little like a midi loop to me. see if the EDP works when 
disconnected from the midi stuff and debug from there.

kim



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