From kcbass11@home.com Sun Aug 19 17:22:26 2001
Subject:Re: CX-3: pops and lockups

- Lets see, according to the article I read in Keyboard Magazine the
CX-3`s serial # 600 and below all had problems. Contact the magazine
to see if that is true, my memory ain`t what it used to be. Casey

-- In CloneWheel@y..., Pete Whittaker wrote:
> The serial number of my CX-3 is 000368. This is a UK/European
220/240v
> model, and the firmware version is apparently the same as Bruce's
and
> Renee's.
> Before I bought the unit, I contacted Korg UK tech-support to
confirm
> that all the new CX-3s they were supplying had "modified" keybeds,
and
> the most up to date firmware etc. The guy I spoke to assured me that
> this was so. When ordering my CX-3, I asked the dealer to double-
check
> with Korg UK that they were sending a modified model. He assured me
that
> this was the case.
> I have to say that I find the keyboard action very playable, and not
> prone to the *bounce* problem described by other list members a few
> months ago, so I must presume that although my model (and the only
other
> CX-3 I've seen in London) both have 0003xx serial numbers, that
they
> are nothing to do with the problematic early (North American)
examples.
> Having said that.... my CX-3 does give the occsaional *pop*, and the
> note-freeze/lockup the other night (at the end of a 4 hour gig) was
> worrying.
> I've finally got the chance to give the thing an extended listening
test
> this afternoon, so I'll see if I can induce another freeze....
> Presumably the more info about the fault that I can find, the better
> chance they have of fixing it.
> Cheers,
>
> PeteW
>
> Bruce Wahler wrote:
>
> > I haven't seen anything on mine, either, but I did see something
> > similar on
> > my FIRST unit, which was an early model -- a stuck tone of the
highest
> >
> > black drawbar, which KORG Support called the "low-level
problem." It
> > was
> > supposedly fixed in the latest firmware. What are your serial
> > numbers?
> >
>
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