kennyz@pawl.rpi.edu (Kenny Zalewski) (02/28/90)
Thanks for the info on determining what version of the OS my D-110 is
currently running. I found out that my version is 1.06, and the
date is April 5, 1988. Now, does anyone know what the most recent
version is, and how I can get a hold of it? I would like to upgrade,
considering I have found a MAJOR bug, which I hope was ironed out in
later versions. Here's a brief description:
I set out to make a split on the D110. I activated the first 2 parts,
and turned all the rest off. Both parts were set to the same MIDI
channel (to achieve the keyboard split). The first part contained a
heavy bass sound (i37 -- Basssynth), and the second was a heavy synth
sound (b16 -- Vibestring). The bass part was mapped onto the lower
half of the keyboard, the treble part on the upper half.
Now, when I started playing with this split, I realized that as I played
quick, funky, single bass notes with 3-note chords on the top part, the
bass notes would sometimes get cut off. I checked the partial reserve,
and finally I decided to allocate all 32 partials to the bass sound. It
still got cut off. I lowered the volume on the top part, so that all I
could hear were the bass notes. Whenver I played those chords on the top
part, the bass would always get cut off. I brought this problem to a
local music dealer. They opened up another D-110, we created the split
on it, and there was the same problem! Those of you with D-110's, give
this a try... send me E-mail or post here with your results. I'd like to
know what is going on, and how to correct it (if Roland has corrected it
in a new ROM version). Questions or comments, E-mail to me. Thanks.
--- Kenny Z.
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Kenny Zalewski
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BARH B 107, Troy, NY, 12180-3590
kennyz@pawl.rpi.edu | Kenny_Zalewski@mts.rpi.edu | userfvct@rpitsmts.BITNETviking@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jon W. Backstrom) (02/28/90)
In article 12286 kennyz@pawl.rpi.edu (Kenny Zalewski) writes: >Thanks for the info on determining what version of the OS my D-110 is >currently running. I found out that my version is 1.06, and the >date is April 5, 1988. Now, does anyone know what the most recent >version is, and how I can get a hold of it? The current ROM for the D-110 is version 1.10. My local Roland dealer upgraded me free of charge for the asking. Gee...sometimes is *does* pay to buy locally! :-) Talking with the Roland service reps, I was told that this newer ROM makes patch editing and SYSEX dumps to and from a computer much more reliable. Hope this helps! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jon W. Backstrom "Yah sure...we gonna have fun, you bet!" Institute for Digital Arts P.O. Box 176 Internet: viking@silver.ucs.indiana.edu Bloomington, IN 47402-0176 UUCP: {ames,rutgers,att}!iuvax!silver!viking -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) (03/01/90)
In article <37364@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, viking@silver (Jon W. Backstrom) writes: >The current ROM for the D-110 is version 1.10. > >Talking with the Roland service reps, I was told that this newer ROM >makes patch editing and SYSEX dumps to and from a computer much more >reliable. I believe I have 1.10; I shall check tonite, if I can remember the control-alt-meta-cokebottle-combo of buttons to press. My D-110 happily accepts patch editing and load/dump stuff without any problems. I have had occasional hiccoughs from it, but nothing serious. I shall also try out the keyboard split thing as well. > Jon W. Backstrom "Yah sure...we gonna have fun, you bet!" Nick. -- Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk <Atlantic Ocean>!mcvax!ukc!lfcs!nick ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ A prop? ...or wings? A prop? ...or wings? A prop?