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From: kennyz@pawl.rpi.edu (Kenny Zalewski)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music
Subject: Roland D-110 bug/upgrade
Keywords: Roland,D110,D-110,bug,upgrade
Message-ID: <8V*#L?+@rpi.edu>
Date: 28 Feb 90 04:50:32 GMT
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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Thanks for the info on determining what version of the OS my D-110 is
currently running.  I found out that my version is 1.06, and the 
date is April 5, 1988.  Now, does anyone know what the most recent 
version is, and how I can get a hold of it?  I would like to upgrade, 
considering I have found a MAJOR bug, which I hope was ironed out in
later versions.  Here's a brief description:

I set out to make a split on the D110.  I activated the first 2 parts, 
and turned all the rest off.  Both parts were set to the same MIDI
channel (to achieve the keyboard split).  The first part contained a 
heavy bass sound (i37 -- Basssynth), and the second was a heavy synth
sound (b16 -- Vibestring).  The bass part was mapped onto the lower 
half of the keyboard, the treble part on the upper half.  

Now, when I started playing with this split, I realized that as I played
quick, funky, single bass notes with 3-note chords on the top part, the
bass notes would sometimes get cut off.  I checked the partial reserve, 
and finally I decided to allocate all 32 partials to the bass sound.  It
still got cut off.  I lowered the volume on the top part, so that all I
could hear were the bass notes.  Whenver I played those chords on the top
part, the bass would always get cut off.  I brought this problem to a 
local music dealer.  They opened up another D-110, we created the split
on it, and there was the same problem!  Those of you with D-110's, give
this a try...  send me E-mail or post here with your results.  I'd like to
know what is going on, and how to correct it (if Roland has corrected it
in a new ROM version).  Questions or comments, E-mail to me.  Thanks.

                                                --- Kenny Z.
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Kenny Zalewski
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, BARH B 107, Troy, NY, 12180-3590
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