From dave@voceinc.com Thu Aug 30 06:43:04 2001
Subject:V3

Hmmm... maybe the drawbars do have a problem. You'll know when the mode
switch is set properly because the drawbar LED will respond to the drawbar
button. By the way, on the old drawbars you had to turn the drawbar switch
on for the drawbars to work. Also, there is no MIDI loop for the V3. It
was nice on the DMI because the LEDs on the drawbar reflected what the patch
had set, but it confused a lot of people since no one else in the industry
was doing such things. There were many complaints about having to use an
extra MIDI cable so we abandoned it.

The circuitry pretty simple in the drawbar. Just about any shop can fix
them. Musictek in N. Hollywood is setup for service though they're really
backlogged with everything from Novachords to OBMXs.

/Dave

>
> Aaah. yes.. diags. Ok I'll try this. Was gonna use my sequencer but
> this will be much easier. Thanks.
>
> Messed with it last nite for a while. Tried every midi combo possible.
> Still the same.
>
> In the "other" mode (still not sure which is which), when hooked with
> the aux loop to the V3, same thing happens as when hooked to the DMI.
> It's like a midi buffer load/dump. The volume (f'rinstnce) does
> nothing for about half a turn then the unit goes silent then the volume
> changes to the [now] radical setting. Same for the other knobs.
>
> When connected to the DMI, the vib/chor and leslie settings work fine,
> but the draws never ever did (as drawbars anyway). When connected to
> the V3, the vib/chor and leslie settings no longer work, nor does
> the "drawbars" button light up in any mode.
>
> The neat thing is, if I can get this working, the old unit is amber
> lights and the new unit is green which will make it easily
> distinguishable :-)
>
> Bought the DMI from Caruso's years ago (mmm ... about 92?) when they
> first came out ($895 or so). About 3 years later I bought the Draws
> (supposedly new) as sort of a close out cuz they weren't gonna order
> more or something. Not a great price, mind you, but I got 'em. That's
> when all the "new" vs. "old" stuff began was with them. But I'm
> still optimistic.
>
> I'll report back tomorrow or Fri.
> Larry