1.0.8 Hanging notes & feedback.

[Sleepwalker]

Were do we report bugs to access?

Latest v.1.0.8, using the hardware synth only.

During 1 hour of testing/playing this happend:

One time: Pops and cracks, ending in killer feedback! (solution: reboot virus)

3 - 4 times: Hanging notes when changing presets. (solution: reboot virus each time)

Wouldnt play with it live just yet!

[The girl next door]

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Where do we report bugs to access?

http://www.access-music.de/contactus.php4

[ben crosland]

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

Were do we report bugs to access?

Latest v.1.0.8, using the hardware synth only.

During 1 hour of testing/playing this happend:

One time: Pops and cracks, ending in killer feedback! (solution: reboot virus)

3 - 4 times: Hanging notes when changing presets. (solution: reboot virus each time)

Wouldnt play with it live just yet!

Did you try pressing Panic (Mono+Sync) to kill the stuck notes?

Can you remeber what preset you were on and what you were doing when it crashed ("killer feedback")?

[hatembr]

those hanging notes happen even with the Virus C.
I have the latest OS on it (6.5) and i always get that
As ben said, just press Panic and you'll reset all the voices, thats what I do with my C.

[Sleepwalker]

Originally Posted by ben crosland

Did you try pressing Panic (Mono+Sync) to kill the stuck notes?

Can you remeber what preset you were on and what you were doing when it crashed ("killer feedback")?

Hi Ben

Nope, didnt try to press panic, will do next time! Didnt see it...doh! :P

in lack of a better word I just called it killer feedback, cause it sounded like it could kill my monitors!! it had a sudden constand full-on feedback signal, and I just throwed myself over the mixer! It came from no aparently reason. Think I was just playing the keys. It started with a few seconds of pops and noise, and then sudenly BANG! (bang? )

I was browsing the presets through categories, it might have something to to with the hung notes. I also usualy twist a lot of parameters when I play. It might give some disturbence on the stability, though it should take it..

First I went through bank a, b, c and d. About two times I got hung notes, just by playing, then pressing next program, and the last note would hang. Then I tried browsing the categories, there I got hanging notes one or two more times. And I ended up with the arpeggios for a while. One of thouse presets made the feedback, dont remember which, cause I paniced! I was playing a bit loud through a couple of genelecs and a sub, and it was quiet a strong sound!!

[ben crosland]

Originally Posted by Sleepwalker

in lack of a better word I just called it killer feedback, cause it sounded like it could kill my monitors!! it had a sudden constand full-on feedback signal, and I just throwed myself over the mixer! It came from no aparently reason. Think I was just playing the keys. It started with a few seconds of pops and noise, and then sudenly BANG! (bang? )

Yeah, that's the sound of DSP crash - nice, isn't it?

[Khazul]

Feature suggestion - a little background watchdog routine driven off hardware interrupt like you get in mobile phone to check that the OS is till functioning roughly OK and mute the outs and force a reboot if it aint.

At least then I wont have to run around like a headless chicken in a state of panic trying to locate and kill the volume in near dark

Happened to me the other day when I had the levels quite high and despite having a limiter and feedback destroyer inline - it still made my ears ring a bit.

[dr. orange]

isn't it being limited?

[Khazul]

Amp is after the limiter - so yes - a little, but I only have it inline (between mixer and monitor controller) to stop the worst of these crash screeches - I dont want it messing with normal functioning sounds

Its the feedback destroyer that does the best job but it takes a little while to decide it needs to do something about it and start attenuating the worst offending frequency bands - the one consolation is it keeps on attenuating expecting the feedback to stop - but its looking for high level sine waves - not raw digital clipping.

[DIGITAL SCREAMS]

Is there anything one can do in order to stop those loud, uncontrollable bangs/screeches from coming through? Because it is unpleasant and sometimes very shocking at high volume levels. Its about time Access addressed that issue once and for all as Ive not heard or experienced anyone complaining about other synths doing that. This is why the Virus isnt used often in a Live setting....that too needs to be rectified.

DS