Andre Lower Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Well, I finally found some time to start learning to use my Micron. Today was Day-1. I started with a big disappointment: The tap tempo light was designed to blink for as long as the synth is switched on. First I could not believe that such a thing could be anything other than lack of knowledge from my part (ah, beginners...), but an e-mail to Tech Support confirmed: It was designed to blink forever, no matter what. And it is SO ANOYING ! Really blows my concentration on whatever I am trying to do. Now I am considering the option of losing the warranty, opening up the beast and getting rid of the LED... As for the programmability, it is not exactly immediate, but after a while it is not that bad. However I still find some characteristics rather strange. For instance, there seem to be no Amp envelope, only filter envelopes. I'll let everybody know about my findings over time. Now back to some more "learning to crawl". "I'm ready to sing to the world. If you back me up". (Lennon to his bandmates, in an inspired definition of what it's all about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded yeti Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Please post mp3s of the sounds you create! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synthetic Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Try black electrical tape before you open it up. I do this to all of my speakers with bright lights. Manufacturers do this to say "hey, it's a powered speaker!" in the store. Flashing lights are the worst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Lower Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by synthetic: Try black electrical tape before you open it up. I do this to all of my speakers with bright lights. Manufacturers do this to say "hey, it's a powered speaker!" in the store. Flashing lights are the worst.Well, the Micron is rather compact, and this lousy Tap empo led sits so close to the other, neighboring led-lit buttons (octave, store, etc.) that the glow a little too. To make it short, unless I kill the Tap Tempo LED I'll have to put up with the maddening twinkling ... "I'm ready to sing to the world. If you back me up". (Lennon to his bandmates, in an inspired definition of what it's all about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirumamoru Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Bitch to Alesis... it can't be too hard to put in a software switch to disable it, maybe they'll put it in a software update. Kiru My other synth forum is Harmony Central . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Pierce Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Hartmann: The tap tempo light was designed to blink for as long as the synth is switched on. First I could not believe that such a thing could be anything other than lack of knowledge from my part (ah, beginners...), but an e-mail to Tech Support confirmed: It was designed to blink forever, no matter what. And it is SO ANOYING !Doesn't that just suck? Where mine sits in my rig I can mostly ignore it, but when we play a tune that's "close but no cigar" in tempo it really drives me nuts. Even threw me off a bit a couple of times. Sometimes now I'll actually tap it to get it in sync. But of course, we're not playing to a click so eventually it gets off again. Sigh. --Dave Make my funk the P-funk. I wants to get funked up. My Funk/Jam originals project: http://www.thefunkery.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Hoax Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 The LFO light on my Voyager keeps flashing, too. And the one on my CS-15. And my SH-101. Dammit! It's as if synth manufacturers think they're communicating information by showing me the tempo! You could always, y'know, put it in time with the music. Or are the flashes not in tempo? Now that would be unforgivable and annoying. -Hoax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre Lower Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by Cruel Hoax: The LFO light on my Voyager keeps flashing, too. And the one on my CS-15. And my SH-101. Dammit! It's as if synth manufacturers think they're communicating information by showing me the tempo! You could always, y'know, put it in time with the music. Or are the flashes not in tempo? Now that would be unforgivable and annoying. -HoaxWell, I am not sequencing on the Micron (do not intend to, as I use MIDI files for that) and simply have no use for Tap Tempo at all. And am amazed by such a silly idea on the part of Alesis Developing Team. BTW, do you guys really believe this could be disabled via software? I wonder if Alesis will ever do it... "I'm ready to sing to the world. If you back me up". (Lennon to his bandmates, in an inspired definition of what it's all about). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded yeti Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 I personally love all the blinking lights. It makes me feel like I'm piloting a massive spaceship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarkus Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 try a blot of white-out. If not exacto knife and a suitable sliver of electrical tape. I like the lights as well, Yeti but tempo flashes are annoying unless hooked up to a giant laser at Floyd show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gulliver Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 Originally posted by bearded yeti: I personally love all the blinking lights. It makes me feel like I'm piloting a massive spaceship. I am back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yahoo Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 I felt like I was " driving a space ship", HAHa, that's^ what I said about the Ion in my uneducated review of that board when it first came out. I gave everyone here first reviews. First my reviews were good, then bad- ultimately, I had no idea what I was talking about-some things made sense that I said, but I really had/have no real expertise about synths' sound qualities. Really, I can listen to any sample or play a keyboard blindfolded and give my opinion based on just how it sounds compared to silence - If a synth costs a bit of money, I just consider it good. I hope I didn't discourage anyone when I gave a bad review due to frustrations deriving from not geting the Ion to immediately do particular things that I wanted. The Ion proved to be quite a synth at a great price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florin Andrei Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Originally posted by Hartmann: The tap tempo light was designed to blink for as long as the synth is switched on. First I could not believe that such a thing could be anything other than lack of knowledge from my part (ah, beginners...), but an e-mail to Tech Support confirmed: It was designed to blink forever, no matter what. And it is SO ANOYING ! Really blows my concentration on whatever I am trying to do. Now I am considering the option of losing the warranty, opening up the beast and getting rid of the LED... What? You joking, right? Those flashy LEDs and knobs and buttons are beautiful! It's like flying the Millenium Falcon, ferkrissake! Oh, wait, you've "only" got a Micron. See, on the Ion all those blinky things look amazing. As for the programmability, it is not exactly immediate, but after a while it is not that bad. However I still find some characteristics rather strange. For instance, there seem to be no Amp envelope, only filter envelopes.Well, it's the same engine like the Ion, and the Ion does have the ability to edit Amp envelopes. Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded yeti Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Please post mp3s of the sounds you create! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krakit Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 Nothing on my rig blinks, but if it did it would not bother me. However, don't void your warrenty. If you aren't actually using beats with your Micron, just set the tempo as fast as you can. That should make it look like a steady glow instead of blinking. Carl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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