#1232

Playing around with Mangrove and W/ at lunch today.

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#1233

No, just leaving it on causes crashes. I’m saddened to say that, imho, w/ should not have been released in this state. Surely some beta testers would have run into this, right?

The lack of communication about the potential update is not helping either. I’m sure they are working hard, but it’s almost May… Even a message clearing up if it’s software/hardware related would go a long way.

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#1234

i agree… over 1,000 posts with a LOT of people having pretty serious problems, feeling frustrated and upset… and a ton of confusion… and not a peep from mannequins… is a little concerning.

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#1235

They are working on it. Just look to how the team resolved the Just Friends issues - and how they continue to release firmware refinements for that product. Small teams doing big work take time to get it right - rushing a fix would be worse. That said, I appreciate that you and others are frustrated after paying $ for a product with such promise that doesn’t get everything right. We’re in this together.

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#1236

Well, I haven’t actually had to many crashes, but about a week ago my output stopped working. I had some issues with it before it died, crackling and sound coming and going if I wiggled the patch cable inserted into the output. Thought it was a cable issue at first, but checked ALL my cables with a cable tester. Hoped it wouldn’t be an issue and then :persevere:
So contacted Whimsical, but after an initial reply re:cables I haven’t heard anything, whitch is weird since they’ve been very responsive helping me out with another issue a couple of weeks ago.
Oh well, I guess we’ll hear from them soon. Maybe they are preparering for Superboot :grinning:

#1237

Agree and that’s why imho, in hindsight, the module should have not been released in this state. Not trying to bash Whimsical btw. I’m sure he’s just as, if not more, frustrated as we are.

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#1238

I’m finding one of my favorite uses for W/ is to just create a loop, record some stuff into it at varying tape speeds in Nav mode, and using that result in a drone-like, noise-like way or resampling it into Maschine. There’s not a lot of interaction with W/'s front panel that way once you have a loop created, and it seems like minimal risk of stuff going wrong.

Recording at normal speed and playing back at another speed sounds tape-like; recording at a weirdly slow or fast speed sounds lo-fi sampler-like, and you can get both vibes simultaneously. Perhaps with some clicks and pops or other noise, or the ghosts of previously recorded material. It’s lovely stuff.

I would guess it’d work nicely bouncing back and forth w/ Norns/MLR too.

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#1239

i don’t know if it’s a bug or i’m just stupid but in my w/ i’ve no audio through while recording or in nav mode…someone that can help?

#1240

Check the monitoring setting in Global mode?

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#1241

Just day dreaming about an expanded for the W/ . I would love to have some kind of envelope out and a gate That occurs at cue points. Could be pretty sweet.

Just gonna plant this seed and hopefully watch it grow. :wink:

(would be hilarious if the W/ expander module was 10-20 HP too)

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#1242

[looks over at Teletype] hmm, I guess 18HP is in the 10–20 range :sweat_smile:

I’m antsy to get a W/ of my own! Strangely the task of learning to commune with it sounds really appealing, and I’m curious to see how many bugs really are out there

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#1243

Hopefully a firmware update will be released before they’re back in stock. The wait feels long.

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#1244

Hello again,

Thank you for all the feedback of your experiences with W/. We are listening! Our team is thoroughly examining your bug reports to isolate reproducible, thus solvable, issues. We are confident that a software update will address these. Expect this by the end of May.

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#1245

best news eva! GL :cake::bird:

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#1246

Thank you for the update! Good to know it’s not hardware. Can’t wait to give my W/ the love it deserves.

Good luck!

#1247

This!
I share your daydream

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#1248

Hey Izzy

thanks for the update, it’s really appreciated.

There is one thing which might be helpful in the meanwhile. Me (and also some other users) are facing to the issue that due to several deletions of the tape (down+rec, during start) the module became more and more unusable.
Maybe it is regarding fragmentation or something else of the SD-Card (just a shot in the dark).
Therefore, would it be possible to share with us some kind *bin, iso,… for the SD-Card, to restore completely the initial factory setting?

That would be really really great, and it would reduce also a little bit the pain of not be able to use W/(with) :slight_smile:

Cheers
Marcus

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#1249

I’m sure W/ will improve and become more stable with the update and I will probably pick one up again in a year or so. But right now, I have decided to sell my W/ because I feel bad seeing it sitting in the middle of my rack not getting any use.

https://llllllll.co/t/fs-uk-mannequins-w-o-c/13376

#1250

I haven’t got around to playing much with the TT integration, but the addition of an Add Cue command would seem really helpful.

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#1251

w/ finally making sense to me! haha.

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