#1172

Finally got chance to fit w/to isms and try it out but i can’t get it to record. Have watched tutorial video and copied the recording process but I cant get it to record a thing. Has anyone else experienced this - need some assistance as currently feeling very frustrated.

[edit] fog beginning to clear only appears to record when play and record engaged - is that everyone else’s experience - this is not what the manual implies?

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#1173

Yeah play needs to be engaged, think of it as if you were actually recording to tape, the tape would need to be running to record.

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#1174

Great thanks…it’s slowly beginning to make sense…

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#1175

The tape needs to be moving in order to record but it does not necessarily have to be in live mode (aka play engaged). It’s possible to record while in nav mode as the CV into THAT determines the tape speed and direction. You can get some pretty weird effects as a result of this.

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#1176

Does anybody else’s w/ get really warm? I’m sure it’s harmless, but do want to be a bit catious. Mine is now between Cold Mac and Sisters and I’m wondering if I should move it to a place where it can breathe.

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#1177

I need to explore This and That more, the explanations in the manual seem pretty crazy.

#1178

Has anyone encountered the looping function just not working? I hit down while in live mode and I see the yellow light go on briefly. Then I hit up and the white light goes on. At this point it should start looping but the white light just stays on and it never loops. Sometimes power cycling doesn’t help. Anyone know a workaround?

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#1179

i see this sometimes. in fact i had a gig last night and had this problem. thankfully i have 2 w/ and the other looped just fine with a quick swapping of patch cables.

it does seem to happen more consistently on one of mine than the other. i wonder if it has something to do with placement of cues at the beginning of a tape, because that’s where i encounter the most weird behavior.

Another frequent glitch I have related to this theory is rewinding to the start of the tape and finding the play button doesn’t work until i jump or fast forward past the first cue point.

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#1180

I see this from time to time. Most often after the module has been on for a bit.

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#1181

Thanks y’all… I think it’s getting a little easier to deal with this module now. Clearing the tapes was huge but after I started doing that I also started to experience some clicks, glitches, and distortion. Particularly when using This and That. Not sure what that’s all about. Anyway… can’t wait for that first firmware update!

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#1182

just wanted to send a big s/o to @izzy for the very quick and very accommodating customer service response!

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#1183

I experience the same thing regarding the start of the tape. If I set a cue right after the start and loop from there but if I create a loop using the start of the tape and the next cue it skips throughout the loop.

#1184

Here are some quick snippet videos from today’s exploration W/ W/. Added some verb other than that all sounds from W/ recordings. Maths Ch.3 is controlling speed and direction.

https://instagram.com/p/BhrwDl5gLEQ/

https://instagram.com/p/Bhrv5j3gee6/

https://instagram.com/p/BhrvqZZgdNi/

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#1185

Pretty sure my w/ has just died. Was in cue mode - deleted all cue points - returned to nav mode - rewound to start of tape and it wouldn’t play - got cv into ‘that’ to play and reverse for a while but unable to get play button to start it tried switching off and on - since then no lights - apart from the occasional odd flash. Anyone else seen this. Feels dead to me. Pretty gutted at the moment.

#1186

Have you tried booting Izzy?

#1187

izzy cannot be summoned - play flashes - once play selected then record flashes but no izzy - press record then loop flashes - as though the izzy sequence is running but no sound…ah ok izzy back now…once loop selected - maybe that’s the izzy sequence on boot - never tried before…hopefully i’ll be able to get back to my recording now…will post back

#1188

That’s correct. Izzy starts after play, record and loop have been pressed(in that order).

#1189

great - but i always get stuck trying to exit izzy:

'nice you got the basics down…while auditioning hold down and release play"…not sure how to achieve this as auditioning requires play to already be held down…usually exiting cue mode would be with ‘l’ but this isn’t working…how do I move to the last step of izzy, oris there a way to exy izzy earlier?

sussed hold ‘down’ and release ‘play’…

[edit] once out of izzy though i am back in what appears to be a broken state can’t play the tape and hence can’t record, etc.

in a funny mode - no orange play light - into cue and back out now nav mode lights as expected when I press play get an odd repeating sound on the tape - not looping - whole tape full of this repeating sound - as I rewind no cue points observed but the sound goes on forever

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#1190

It’s a repeatable bug. Move to cue mode delete all cues. Move back to live mode, rewind to start of tape. Will no longer play. Wiping the tape fixes it. If you don’t wipe the tape but restore by invoking izzy then your tape gets filled with what appears to be a mangled version of your previous recording. Is there a proper place to record bugs?

#1191

bug reporting here: https://github.com/whimsicalraps/wslash/issues
guidelines here: https://www.whimsicalraps.com/pages/a-good-bug-report

(per Mannequins W/ (with))

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