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[user-forum] Q Rack DSP Err


Hi there,
I had a similar experience,
I bought one second hand,(Q Rack Blue, without the voice expansion)and when switching on and off,
it gave me the dsp Err.
Any way, long story short, My Board is sill in Germany at Synthesizer Service Department, and
nearly six months later not a shred of good news,

Achim, who is very helpful, said that the board has "an unusual problem".
I'd say, if you can live without the voice expansion, then try get some kind of refund
for it,

Please let me know if you find any kind of resolution to this problem,

Kind regards,
Byron

On Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:18:14 +0200, "Waldorf Q" <waldorfque at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> A few days ago I bought a second hand Waldorf Q rack blue with voice
> expansion. I tested it at the seller's place and it appeared OK. But,
> unfortunatelly, I forgot to turn it off/on and it was my mistake. At home,
> I
> started to play a little and then I turned it off and on again after 10
> seconds. The synth come up with the following error:
>
> DSP Err: --- --- RAM:
> --- --- --- ---
>
> Of course, the seller, "honest" as he is, never mentioned anything similar
> happened to him, and it provided all sorts of "proofs" that a synth was
> perfect but I got an impression that he is 100% aware of this problem and
> it
> was the reason for selling it.
>
> If I take the voice expansion out then everything is working as expected
> and
> DSP Err doesn't show again, no matter what I do - but in this case I only
> have 16-voice Q. After putting the expansion back in, everything reverts
> to
> the previous state. If I wait enough time after turning the synth off
> (about
> a minute or so) then it usually boots without problems.
>
> Yes, I reloaded OS and BOOT, tried BOOT 1.02 and 1.03, erased flash but
> the
> situation is the same. Measured the DC voltage from the power supply and
> it
> is 12V. All contacts inside the synth are OK. I also have another (older)
> expanded Q rack and it never behaved like this.
>
> It is not a big problem to me, because I usually don't turn the
> synthesizers
> off and on every few minutes, but I would like to know if anyone else
> experienced similar behavior and what is the cure for this, if any?
>
> Thanks.
>