I have an encoder, that from today, has started setting itself full clockwise. It seems to be “random” when it does it. It does it on any pattern (even a new one with no trigs.) But the unit has to be playing, afiact.
I clealy need to spend some more time trying repro/get a minimum case, but as I do, wondering if anyone has encountered this before? Wondering if it s a fault with the encoder (I use A all the time, as it is the home of the first (often only) perf macro.)
Seems so far that the transport has to be playing for it to occur. I have no midi coming in.
I’ll keep investgating (as time allows). In the meantime I’ve moved all my perf macros to F.
If the encoder is physically rotating clockwise then it is haunted and it will need an exorcism!
If the value of the encoder is moving clockwise by itself or not moving smoothly through the values when you rotate it, then it is probably dirty and will need to be cleaned.
It’s pretty common on filter cutoff pots and other commonly used parameter controls.
Yeah midi cable plugged in. The midi cable is plugged into AR for “turbo midi” action.
Will unplug. But I just turned it on, didn’t hit play or anything, and the encoder value for Perf macro A was at 0 and it now at 127 (while I typed this)
FInally caught in in video. Twice! On a pattern that I haven’t seen it on before. I was just playing away and the encoder value jumped all the way on encoder A again. Different perf macro, same behaviour. What the hell is going on??
Now it won’t stay at zero, I put it to zero, it jumps back. Nothing is playing, transports at stop. This is since I upgraded my AR to 1.61B, so maybe it is that?
EDIT: In this video I start the transport, and encoder A jumps to 127. I stop the transport, set the encoder to zero, and after a boring 49 seconds, it jumps to 127. AR is OFF, the midi in is unplugged. Nothing is playing. This needs to be a support ticket to Elektron, right?
EDIT2: I now suspect it is AR or some midi feedback/overload problem. I turned everything off, unplugged the midi out from AR to A4 in. And turned it all back on, and didn’t have one instance of the A encoder jumping for a whole 15 minute session…so maybe no turbo midi for me. Have reported to Elektron
Just to be clear, this happens if the A4 is not plugged into another machine.
Tonight I did a 15 minute jam, and it was fine, A encoder was at 0. Then I hit “save kit” and when the screen came back from saving…the A encoder value was 127 again. No other machines turned on or plugged in.
Go into test mode hit 1 and move the encoders. You should see some feedback showing their movements Let it sit and wait for the encoder to jump. If you see the screen indicate movement. (I think the 16 step trigs also light up) then you can prove it’s a hardware fault. In which case you send to Elektron and they replace the ui board.
hahahaha, I did think of p-locks, but it has happened on blank patterns, and across different patterns. Only perf encoder A. I dunno. I think it is haunted.
