Strange Sounds At Startup

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Jayrock
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Strange Sounds At Startup

Post by Jayrock » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:35 pm

Hello all..
I have sucessfully updated my Voyager to the new operating system and it seems to work very well.
However, now when I first start up the unit, it plays a strange little S&H type sound for a few seconds.
Very odd indeed!
I tried everything... diconnecting the MIDI cords, changing the presets before restarting, making sure the mod wheels and amounts were down...etc, etc.
After the weird little startup, it plays great like always!
HELP!!!
Thanks,
Jay
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markorbit
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Post by markorbit » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:48 pm

Mine does that too. Nothing to worry about I hope.
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Post by Jayrock » Thu Aug 14, 2008 2:54 pm

Did your problem begin after the 3.4 upgrade mark?
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Post by EricK » Thu Aug 14, 2008 4:25 pm

I think its just a charachteristic of the Oscillators getting a power surge through them. (Granted im not an Engineer) The theremin does the same thing, you can tell with that that the the area around the antenna will get huge and then small as the power dies down.

Both of the Voyagers that I had did this and I think its just totally normal and part of the Analog experience.


SOmeone more wualified can verify or shoot down my thwory about the power though.



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Post by markorbit » Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:59 pm

Jayrock wrote:Did your problem begin after the 3.4 upgrade mark?
Unfortunately the RME is a new acquisition and one of the first things I did was update the OS, so I can't say for certain if the unit exhibited that behavior prior to the upgrade.

It's mildly disconcerting when it happens and my old keyboard Voyager didn't do it.
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Post by Jayrock » Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:15 pm

Maybe one of the kind folks at Moog Music can weigh in on this one???

Jay
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Post by synth_77 » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:20 am

My Voyager Electric Blue does this too, but only since upgrading to OS 3.4. It seems to play normally afterwards.

Any response from Moog Music would be appreciated.

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Post by RL » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:27 am

synth_77 wrote:My Voyager Electric Blue does this too, but only since upgrading to OS 3.4. It seems to play normally afterwards.

Any response from Moog Music would be appreciated.

Thanks
Hi!
Sorry for this noise - it's difficult to get the problem on my prototype.
Please take a little time and check out a beta of the boot version:
http://www.moogmusic.de/bank_B_340.syx
Maybe that will fix your problems.
Have fun,
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Post by Igor » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:36 pm

Looks like it is the same with my Voyager: a strange starup sound, short one, if [color=darkred]NOISE[/color] is [color=darkred]ON[/color] and it's volume is at MAX - try it.

This was with 3.3 before I upgrade to 3.4, and still persisit now.

Voyager Startup Sound?
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Voyager Startup Sound

Post by Igor » Mon Aug 18, 2008 1:37 pm

Looks loke it is the same my Voyager have: a strange starup sound, short one, if NOISE is ON and it's volume is at MAX - try it.

This was with 3.3 before I upgrade to 3.4, and still persisit now.

Voyager Startup Sound?


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Startup sound disappeared - thanksi

Post by Igor » Mon Aug 18, 2008 2:15 pm

Yes! Once I applied Rudi's Bank B, "beta of the boot version" from this thread above, the startup sound disappeared!

Thanks a lot, Rudy
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Post by Jayrock » Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:06 pm

Yes, how about that. No more noise!

Also, had to send "Bank D" from the 3.4 update to finish it off.

Ah, Rudi is "Da Man."

By the way Rudi, thanks for the new OS. I'm especially enjoying the "Touch Surface LFO S+H feature."

Way cool.

Again, thanks for the fix.

Jay
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Post by 18watt » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:41 am

Rudi, is your beta good for the RME also? Thanks!
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Post by RL » Wed Aug 20, 2008 7:57 am

18watt wrote:Rudi, is your beta good for the RME also? Thanks!
Yes, only the boot version (bank B) is the same.
Have fun,
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Post by 18watt » Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:41 am

Thanks!!!

I have my new RME arriving in about an hour. Can't wait. :)
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