MrJon

turbo mode is only engaged when devices that have the turbo capability are connected. The light above turbo will remain lit when turbo mode is activated, otherwise it defaults to normal MIDI mode. ...I wonder if the tm-1 is the main problem behind syncing to programs (eg ableton, guru, cubase). I typically use it only when I'm updating my MD or MnM and have never had an issue, but there are quite a few threads over at elektron-users with problems syncing things up and I'm thinking that if it's having problems with MIOS Studio that it might also be having issues with other bits of software. hmmmm...going to have to write elektron about this. thanks again for the idea jbartee!

damn tm-1 turbomidi was the problem. Ran MIDI through my pcr-30 and everything now works GREAT!!! havin' a ton of fun with all the patches now. Must get back to the sound. :) Thanks everyone for the help!

I know this. What keeps happening is that when the presets start loading, it gets two of them loaded and then some error pops up and says that the connection was lost or bad. The sammich plays well, though, from my MnM, so I'm a little unsure why the presets won't load all the way.

update: I added the SIDS and everything sounds GREAT!!! ...that is, the lead and techno pmw sound great. I can't get the presets to load, but I played around quite a bit with the virtual keyboard in MIOS Studio and it works like a charm. Why won't all the presets load I don't know, but so far it sounds really good with just the 2.

okay...so I'm a moron. I wasn't on V, but on ohms due to a very overused and worn multimeter. All the voltage checks are right on at 9V and 5V. ...now to figure out the MIDI IN problem. I'm going to run some tests tonight while I'm working on some other projects, but if you have any ideas I'm game. Thanks!

okay... I've been having problems with MIDI IN for a bit now and only got the 'transfer message to lcd' to work once after many checks over soldering, jumpers, etc. So somehow when I fired everything up today I got an idea and decided to delete and then download MIOS Studio again, and for some reason I was able to get the hex file working and format the banksticks (I worked as fast as I could to get this going just in case MIDI stopped working again). All the buttons and knob work...and then MIDI stopped again when I tried to upload the presets. It got to '002 Techno PWM' and then stopped recieving. So MIDI IN does seem to have some issue, but it appears to initially work on first power up if the synth is left out overnight without power. Also, I took a reading at J2 and I get 5.14. At J20 and the SIDs IC socket I'm getting 19.22. What do you think's going on? btw, I have not installed the SIDs yet. my config is- 2x6582s 12v.5A regulated wart Vista using elektron tm-1 usb midi device

I'll take whatever I can get, but the white on dark blue LCDs sound very nice. Thanks for the update.