1776

Or buy another W/ :joy:

No but seriously, I donā€™t know about others, but there is a lot of sweat and tears in those recordings. I would like to keep them or at least export themā€¦

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1777

Temporary solutions:

  1. Get a second micro SD card to use with the new firmware. You can revert to v1.2 to continue with the old card. Make sure you remove the card before switching firmware, then only re-insert the card after the firmware update is finished.
  2. Make a disk image of the SD card until someone writes a wave-extractor for the old format recordings. I have something that got part way through this I should post. It needs a lot of work, but just dumped the audio between each cue point into a separate .wav file.

That said - the W/2 beta is not primetime ready. It has a number of issues that are actively being solved. Weā€™re planning to post a new beta by the end of this month.

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1778

Got one last week and its slowly becoming one of my favorites. Itā€™s so basic yet so useful and explorative! Best addition to my system yet :slight_smile:

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1779

Anyone having issues with recordings and cues being completely forgotten after being powered down for a while? I seem to lose my last 2 or 3 recordings pretty much every time I jam with it. My unit is new too; I got it just a couple months ago, burned the new firmware, and burned the old one back after deciding Iā€™d rather wait for the full record time. Is it possible that burning the firmware twice would mess up the SD card?

1781

Iā€™m curious about folksā€™ recent experiences with two W/ modules paired together. With a new batch nearly ready to be put on sale Iā€™m trying to decide if I should get one or two.

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1782

Iā€™ve recently bought two W/'s, but both updated the firmware to the latest beta.
One is mainly running W/Del delay mode for nice and crunchy delays, while the other one is in W/Tape for looping tape stuff. While in the beta there are still some bugs, I really like it, overall.

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1783

You wonā€™t regret having 2. Youā€™d be hard pressed to find a better way to fill 4hp. Being able to switch modes now with 2.0 really expands their usability, and if you are using i2c they become even more capable.

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1784

Be sure to report the bugs you are finding as @Galapagoose is trying to get this to a release version but if nobody is reporting bugs then heā€™ll think itā€™s ready for the final version.

1786

I have a question regarding the i2c connectivity for folks using W/ (I myself am still pondering whether or not to get one).

Iā€™m now running Crow and Just Friends together, but is it possible to connect/daisychain W/ into the fold as well? Ideally Iā€™d want to run both JF and W/ via Crow and use M4L devices or Norns to control them both (not necessarily simultaneously, but choose between one or the other depending on the need).

1787

I donā€™t use the max devices, but it works for me this way (crow, jf & w/) with crow talking to norns

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yes you can daisy chain them
no i donā€™t recall testing simultaneous (or alternating) control over wsynth and jf

it might be a few days before i have time to confirm but iā€™m willing to try if you donā€™t find out sooner

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1789

This is possible. See the flora script for norns as an example.

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1791

A bit off-topic. If thereā€™s a better thread let me know.

The physical connection between pcb and panel is so elegant so Iā€™m wondering how it is done.
Often the panel is hold by the jacks and pots but this is definitely not the case.
So I would be happy if someone could give me a hint how it is done.
Also I would be interested which jacks and buttons/switchs are used.
From time to time a dream about making an module idea come true and if so it would be so nice to do the hardware design similar to /w

Edit: right after I posted this, I realized that there must be a some kind of (metal) angle screwed to pcb and panel. Hmm. Still a lot of questions in my headā€¦

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1792

it uses a custom milled aluminum block tapped in 2 dimensions. the panel is slightly thicker than standard & all jacks are snug in the panel to make up for the lack of 1-nut-per-jack. i spent a super long time looking for an off-the-shelf solution, but nothing worked in the tight 2HP horizontal requirements. if one were to make a 3HP+ module in this style, you could use soldered right-angle brackets which do the same job and cost a tiny fraction!

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1793

thank you for your reply and the insights. interesting that you needed to go the custom way.
just a litte follow-up question:
what do you mean by ā€œsoldered right-angle bracketsā€?
right-angle brackets which can be soldered to a pcb/panel?

1794

You might also want to look at michigan synth works 2hp modules. Their mounting design is similar and uses those brackets(I guess). searched for them a bit but havenā€˜t found a part number yet.

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1795

uh wow thanks for the hint. that looks interesting! Iā€™ll ask them for the part nr. (Iā€™ll let you know)

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1796

When I got my W/ I immediately installed the 2.0 BETA.
I just skimmed this whole discussion and Iā€™m curious about the new modules. Do they ship with 2.0 or 1.2 software preinstalled?

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1797

Mine came with the new firmwareā€¦ lots to dig into!

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1798

Is there a newer version available somewhere or is it the same as in the beta-test:

It looks like the latest ā€œofficialā€œ is still v1.2