tempo variation on power up
Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2016 2:54 pm
couple of quick things.
firstly- love the sound and design of the mother 32.
amazing tone from just one oscillator!
okay, so..
a bandmate recently wanted to give the mother 32 a quick listen and went to plug it in, and...
used an entirely inappropriate adapter
I believe it was a standard 9V boss adapter or maybe one of those hot spot ones guitarists use to power multiple pedals.. nothing happened, the unit didn't power up, and as soon as I saw what he was trying to do, I stopped him (obviously!) it seemed fine afterwards, but out of my own anxieties, is there any chance that using the wrong adapter damaged anything in the moog? subtly or insidiously?
the other thing- I notice when programming sequences, if I power off (or unplug) the mother and then plug it back in, the tempo is usually a fair deal different than where I had it when it was powered off. usually to get it back to the same bpm I have to sweep the tempo knob and then reset its position. is it normal that turning it off and on would cause the tempo to change values? is this just a byproduct of the discrete, inherently imprecise circuitry? or just the way it's calibrated? or is this abnormal behavior for the synth?
sorry if these are dumb questions! I'm new to moods and have mostly owned dco synths in the past!
thanks!
firstly- love the sound and design of the mother 32.
amazing tone from just one oscillator!
okay, so..
a bandmate recently wanted to give the mother 32 a quick listen and went to plug it in, and...
used an entirely inappropriate adapter
I believe it was a standard 9V boss adapter or maybe one of those hot spot ones guitarists use to power multiple pedals.. nothing happened, the unit didn't power up, and as soon as I saw what he was trying to do, I stopped him (obviously!) it seemed fine afterwards, but out of my own anxieties, is there any chance that using the wrong adapter damaged anything in the moog? subtly or insidiously?
the other thing- I notice when programming sequences, if I power off (or unplug) the mother and then plug it back in, the tempo is usually a fair deal different than where I had it when it was powered off. usually to get it back to the same bpm I have to sweep the tempo knob and then reset its position. is it normal that turning it off and on would cause the tempo to change values? is this just a byproduct of the discrete, inherently imprecise circuitry? or just the way it's calibrated? or is this abnormal behavior for the synth?
sorry if these are dumb questions! I'm new to moods and have mostly owned dco synths in the past!
thanks!