All seems ready to go but no go
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- bryan_gibbs
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All seems ready to go but no go
I completed the build and tested/troubleshot the whole way. Analog section works but I can not get the sequencer to work. Tempo light is flashing and the rate changes when tempo knob is turned, pattern bank lights up and I can select 1 to 16 but I can not get the sequencer to run in random play mode or any mode for that matter… All Leds light up when Numbered Keys are pressed, R/S button lights up but no sound. Any thoughts?
- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
my first suspect is that there are no actual patterns in there
switch to Keyboard mode, and press the keys to see if that makes it produce sound
switch to Keyboard mode, and press the keys to see if that makes it produce sound
- mmm
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
It's also possible that the highest bit from the Mode switch isn't there. In this case the various play and write modes would actually work (but of course not without programming a pattern first) but the higher modes (like keyboard, random, MIDI play) would not.
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
no mode even random play does not create any sounds neither does keyboard mode. Is it possible that the mode switch is damaged?
- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
if you've installed the USB-Serial driver, you can hack-in a pattern via BANNED and see if the sequencer works then:
- run BANNED, use "Connect to x0xb0x"
- once you get connected - go to the Pattern Editor menu
- set Bank 1, Slot 1 (actually, that's the default..)
- hit the Load button, and select this file: Armando - Land Of Confusion.nsp
- press CTRL+S, to save the pattern to the x0xb0x
now, on the x0xb0x, set the BANK selector to 1 and press pattern slot 1
you should be able to play this pattern, hopefully
if it doesn't connect for some reason - report back what kind of error occured
- run BANNED, use "Connect to x0xb0x"
- once you get connected - go to the Pattern Editor menu
- set Bank 1, Slot 1 (actually, that's the default..)
- hit the Load button, and select this file: Armando - Land Of Confusion.nsp
- press CTRL+S, to save the pattern to the x0xb0x
now, on the x0xb0x, set the BANK selector to 1 and press pattern slot 1
you should be able to play this pattern, hopefully
if it doesn't connect for some reason - report back what kind of error occured
- mmm
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
I see two possible scenarios:bryan_gibbs wrote:no mode even random play does not create any sounds neither does keyboard mode. Is it possible that the mode switch is damaged?
1. A problem with the Mode switch
2. The digital signals don't "make it" to the analog side.
It looks to me as if the digital side is working in general; the switch scanning basically works (otherwise you wouldn't be able to use the Bank switch). So let's see if the different modes are actually accessed or if it is stuck in one or several modes.
Please check in which modes the Tempo LED is blinking. This should give us something to work with.
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
I turned the mode switch and each selection of a mode has the tempo light blinking.
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
I also tried using BANNED to connect to the x0xb0x and all though my mac recognizes the usb to serial adapter, shows in about this mac, BANNED freezes on startup. I'm running os x 10.8.5 so I'm not sure if thats the issue.
- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
at what point does it freeze? does it print something to the screen?
a screenshot might help
a screenshot might help
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
The screen shot is what happens if I let it try and connect. Just sits looking for firmware version.
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- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
oh, when you said "the app freezes on startup" i thought it doesn't even reach the menus at all..
"/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync" <- this looks wrong to me
on osx, the x0xb0x should appear something like "/dev/tty.usbserial-xxxxx"
make sure you've properly installed the FTDI driver, and that the x0xb0x is appearing as a "usb-serial" device when plugged to the computer..
"/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync" <- this looks wrong to me
on osx, the x0xb0x should appear something like "/dev/tty.usbserial-xxxxx"
make sure you've properly installed the FTDI driver, and that the x0xb0x is appearing as a "usb-serial" device when plugged to the computer..
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
i do get this when i plug the xoxbox in… Under USB Bus USB <-> Serial
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- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
i can't see anything useful there
try this: open a terminal window and type: ls /dev/tty.*
try this: open a terminal window and type: ls /dev/tty.*
- bryan_gibbs
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
Last login: Wed Nov 12 21:39:48 on console
Bryans-MacBook-Pro:~ bryangibbs$ ls /dev/tty.*
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Serial-2
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync /dev/tty.BryanGibbssiPhone-Wirel
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Serial-1 /dev/tty.usbserial-00002006
Bryans-MacBook-Pro:~ bryangibbs$
Bryans-MacBook-Pro:~ bryangibbs$ ls /dev/tty.*
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Serial-2
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync /dev/tty.BryanGibbssiPhone-Wirel
/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Serial-1 /dev/tty.usbserial-00002006
Bryans-MacBook-Pro:~ bryangibbs$
- antto
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Re: All seems ready to go but no go
okay... i would bet on this one: /dev/tty.usbserial-00002006
try it in BANNED
try it in BANNED
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