Re: Repeater bugs list

[Zoe Keating <cello@zoekeating.com>]

Here is my list. I consider myself a heavy user, and in an attempt to 
eliminate human error as much as possible (i.e. that I'm not sending 
superfluous midi messages), I have applied similar bug-tracking logic 
that I would use in the software realm to the problem. The following is 
what I've determined are bugs in my unit, ONLY when controlling the 
Repeater with the FCB1010. I have not had the opportunity to use 
another midi pedal, so this is clearly a major limitation of my 
investigation! Does it happen with the Ground Control, for example?

The following 3 items are what I think of as true bugs (I have a 
separate list of irritating things that are really feature requests!):

1) send PC message to "Multiply" - occasionally* (see below)  the loop 
will speed up (without changing the BPM indicated in the LCD). If you 
press "Undo" the loop goes back to its regular speed, OR if you wait a 
few seconds it will slow down and reach its regular speed.

2) send PC message to "Record" - occasionally* will arm Track 3 & 4 for 
stereo recording.

3) Metronome turns on - This has only happened a handful of times, all 
in performance after hitting something on the foot controller. I have 
not been able to replicate it and so can't say what message, if any, is 
causing it!  It is extremely alarming when it happens because my music 
is suddenly overwhelmed by a loud TICK TICK TICK. My main goal then is 
to get it TO SHUT THE F*** UP and each time I've powered down the 
Repeater in a hurry, forgetting whatever it was that I just pressed.

*occasionally:
Both these things will begin to happen continually when I've been using 
the Repeater for a long stretch, say 30 minutes. They will continue to 
happen until I power down the unit. For this reason, I have the 
Repeater on a separate power strip, both so that I can shut the unit 
off inbetween songs, in the event of an emergency. Recently I've taken 
to powering down between each song as a prophylactic measure, 
attempting to stop #1 and #2 from happening in the first place.  Seems 
to work.

At first I though perhaps sending too many messages with one foot press 
was the issue (for instance "Record" + "Feedback level" + "Pan Trk 1" + 
"Pan Trk 2"). So I pared down the patches to send single messages 
(clunky!!). After about half an hour of use, I would still get #1 and 
#2 to happen.

That is my experience.


On Thursday, January 27, 2005, at 10:27  AM, mark sottilaro wrote:

> I use a Repeater every day with a FCB1010 and I've not
> experienced a single one of those problems.
>
> Mark
>
> --- "L. Angulo" <labalou2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Gang,
>> is there a list of the bugs on this units
>> somewhere?sorry for the repeatition if there is one,
>> i
>> want to compare them with all of you users because i
>> have one of the older units (although ive upgraded
>> to
>> the latest o.s.),and further adress them to
>> electrix.
>> Here is what ive found so far and yes i am using the
>> FCB1010 to trigger all of the midi functions:
>> -Pitch chance on turning the unit on
>> -stereo tracks activated sometimes when just
>> choosing
>> a single track
>> -after turning the unit on for the first time
>> play/stop comand doesnt respond until a second press
>> -dry unmuted as default(oh,well)
>> -popclick at the end of a close loop sometimes
>> -in muting a track sometimes it will be chosen as
>> the
>> audible one while muting the rest (a nice bug)
>> dont be afraid to add to the list!
>> cheers
>> Luis
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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