#1192

no - more complex than i thought. having cleaned the tape recorded something and then added a couple of cues and immediate loop with a down up and then exiting loop and rewinding to start using that the orange play light extinguishes and then a small section of my recorded sound repeats in a tight loop - no way out other than wipe again…anyone else experiencing this…won’t be able to try anything for a few days now - away on work

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#1193

thanks dan once I’ve understood the issue better will report at github

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#1194

This has definitely happened to me before, I just haven’t been able to reproduce it intentionally.

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#1195

same. last night it happened after looping a longer section for a half hour, releasing the loop and then attempting to jump to the last cue. this is not reproducible though, which complicates reporting it. :confused:

#1196

Here too. I thought i was narrowing it down to NAV mode with CV into THIS and/or THAT. Haven’t reported it because I was unsure. It certainly happened under these circumstances just now. Although the looping stops (the short looping sound continues) the CUE points are observable as they pass but don’t “cue” or loop as they should. Again, I feel like some CV action is causing this but can’t be sure.

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#1197

Any word on when a new batch will be available? All resellers seem to be sold out.

(Sorry if that’s been mentioned already, I tried searching for obvious keywords but couldn’t find anything)

#1198

i saw a used one up on on reverb yesterday i believe. Good luck on the hunt.

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#1199

Indeed, that seems to be the fastest route. Nabbed it there, thanks!

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#1200

So I finally sat down with W/ and at first loved the tutorial, then it got stuck and I got lost. After a bit of messing around and confusion it started to make sense. I managed to get it into tape delay mode and WOW! This thing is amazing. Love capturing audio and then changing tape speed for pitched up or down trails. Magic!
But I did try to control playback speed while still in delay mode by hitting play and sending in cv. Got some weird bit crushing sound (which was cool) but then you don’t have control over feedback so it starts to build up too much.
I’d love to know if it’s possible to control double or have speed with cv. Having timed musically related pitching would be insane.

#1201

@cosmicsoundexplorer The manual mentions the range in cue mode being one octave up and 6 down. In Nav mode the full playback range is 5V, so double speed would be at full 5V. I just tested the range with a high pitch sample and maths ch 3 as my 5V source and the same range is available in NAV. But dividing 5V into 7 octaves isnt a quick and easy V/oct number…

#1202

Yeah I’ve been able to do different pitches in nave mode. But I’m referring to when you are in Love mode and have it set up as a tape delay.
When you have it running as a delay you can manually pitch it up or down by holding play and pushing up or down. What I’d like to do is pitch it up or down by the same ratio as the switch but with cv.
Entering Nav mode while still set up as a delay allows you to co trip the pitch but you seem to loose control over feedback which is set in Live mode. The sound changes too when put into NAV mode.
Really keen to have tape pitch control via cv while still in Live mode.

#1203

I think this is implemented with teletype (not positive though). I’m keen on the same idea but also I like the playability of the way it’s set up. Keeps me hands on on the instrument

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#1204

I think that I found a bug (or perhaps it´s me being stupid once again)
I have w/ in NAV mode. Loop is on.
I use maths chan 3 into THAT to play the tape.
I have a random cv from Marbles into THIS to select new loops.
Everything works fine as long as I keep THAT cv positive = playing fwd.
When I send a negative cv to THAT something weird happens to looping.
The lights above LOOP change to only white.
If I click LOOP the white light turns off, cant get both lights to go on.
Sometimes W/ gets stuck in a loop that I cant get out of but most of the time I cant get loop to work at all.
I have to reboot the module in order to get it back to normal.
I have reproduces this several times.
Is this a W/ bug?

#1205

Its been mentioned by multiple people in this thread, but without a reproduction method a proper bug report cant be created :frowning: This is the only bug that my w/ has had, and switching to a new tape reduced the frequency of occurences but it still happens from time to time. Hoping to see this fixed in the first update.

#1206

Ok I see, sorry should have checked thread before.
What is required for a reproduction method?
I have reproduced it several times. But I have used the same tape every time I reproduced it. Not sure if that matters.

Ii seems to work ok as long as the tape is played backwards slowly (0 to -0,3V, when it reach -0,5V it happens if I remember correctly.) But perhaps it also has to do with distance between the cuepoints?

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#1207

I haven’t pinned it down but was getting a similar bug. I was also using maths ch.3 and sending neg volts to that. I didn’t have anything in to THIS IIRC: But i was jumping cue points manually and getting some odd behavior as well. When i get back from vacation i will spend some proper time trying to reproduce and reporting any bugs. Still love this module!!

#1208

This is exactly my problem. (I think I tried to describe it above). I’m sure its a bug that will hopefully be fixed with an update. I’m really keen on this use working. Especially flicking between forwards and backwards on different loops.

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#1209

I’ve reported this to Whimsical. They told me this: «The issue is occurring due to the fact that when you rewind and redirect to a cue point via THIS CV, you immediately rewind into that cue point and trigger a redirect to that exact location, again and again and again. This will be addressed in the next firmware!»

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#1210

So at the time being, I would recommend to just use positive voltage into THAT, when you’re using THIS input to select cue points. Also! Beware that if you jump past the last cue point on the tape when you plug in a cable with a large positive voltage, the looping will disengage. And since there isn’t another cue for the w/ to loop to, you won’t be able to engange loop again… So be sure to have this in mind when you use random voltages. If you haven’t filled your tape, there might be a «dead», loopless spot at the end of the tape…

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#1211

Thanks a lot for this insight. I had suspected something like this. It’s a bit easier to avoid once you understand. I plan on just using a handful of loops in this mode so it seems attenuation is key. It’s easy to get lost in the “endless” though, if you accidentally end up there