RudyS Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Friday I did a gig. We ended our soundcheck with the first song of the show. This song has a quite prominent synth riff. After the soundcheck we went for some dinner. When we started the song I was hearing something was out of tune, I it didn't took me too long to realize it was me. I solved the situation by using another board. Back home I tried to discover what was wrong, and it was the pitch wheel. After trying the wheel it didn't came back to the 0 position. I did't this a couple of time and suddenly it did function normal again. I tried to reproduce the problem by often en quick using the wheel and also pushing it a bit harder etc, but it kept working. Now I i'm guessing some dust in the potentiometer was causing it, but am not sure of course. Could I run some more tests, or should I replace the potentiometer to prevent any future problems? Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 There's a calibration routine described on page 59 of the owners manual. They don't call out wheel cal as part of the test but I believe most other dsi synths include this. I'd give this a try first and then monitor. If the problem recurs contact dsi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyS Posted December 2, 2018 Author Share Posted December 2, 2018 Thanks Mark, will give that a shot anyway. But don't know what that does as the wheel is already operating normally again. Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 Yeah, good point. Could be mechanical intermittentcy. The MEs would chalk up everything they couldn't explain to FOD (Foreign Object Debris). I'll go with solar flare induced Single Event Upset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reezekeys Posted December 2, 2018 Share Posted December 2, 2018 It's been years but I do remember a problem with my controller not getting back to the center pitch value. Turned out to be a loose pot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyS Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Yeah, good point. Could be mechanical intermittentcy. The MEs would chalk up everything they couldn't explain to FOD (Foreign Object Debris). I'll go with solar flare induced Single Event Upset. Haha, yeah to be honest, I was quite relaxed about it. But our bass player was going on about that "it is broken and needs te be replaced". Rudy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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