From Kenny Balys Sent Sat, Oct 5th 2019, 16:46
From Kenny Balys Sent Sat, Oct 5th 2019, 16:46
Just a thought, how do you know the MIDI stream is getting in? You could try re-soldering the MIDI in jack. This is a source of failure. If anything is socketed around the MIDI interface, push it gently together. The "Waiting..." message should change when it detects a MIDI stream. This is not happening. Before cracking the thing open, make 100% sure your MIDI setup is working. If you have a DX7 or some other synth that receives SYSEX, try sending a bank to it. This is a good indication that your MIDI setup is valid. If this is true then you can look at why the MwII is not getting MIDI. I first cast a suspicious eye on connectors, connections, socketed things. On 05.10.19 15:40 , Computer Controlled wrote: > I bought it in this condition. So I don’t know what was used as an interface. > It won’t receive midi at all. It’s literally frozen. Won’t do a damn thing. > > > > On Sat, Oct 5, 2019 at 5:37 AM Kenny Balys <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx > <mailto:xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx>> wrote: > > > Ebay is flooded with shit birds selling fake or illegal synth stuff. > > Thank you for posting this. > > I am always interested in hearing these strange corner cases with exotic synths. > > At least, the MwII is bootstrapping so it should be able to receive. > > If your MIDI path is clean and the data stream is known good and it still > does not > work, then you may have a machine suffering from the rare (but not unknown) > FLASH infant mortality issue. In this case, you will need to cook off the old > flash chips and replace them. Hope its not that. > > Best wishes on your repair. > > On 05.10.19 12:27 , DJ Maytag wrote: > > Found an answer: > > > > “There is no such thing as a Microwave II EPROM chip - it is a flash based > > device. Don't buy update files, these are free. The chips ocassionally offered > > on ebay as such seem to be Microwave I rev.2 EPROMs. > > > > Stuck "waiting for host" actually sounds good - the update routine is not dead, > > but your MIDI transfer is failing, which will be computer or interface side. Try > > again with other cables, MIDI interfaces, bulk transfer utilities and/or a > > period version of Windows (XP or earlier).” > > > >http://www.instagram.com/djmaytag > >http://www.soundcloud.com/djmaytag > >https://choon.co/artists/djmaytag/ > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > *From:* Computer Controlled <xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx <mailto:xxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx>> > > *Sent:* Saturday, October 5, 2019 1:12 AM > > *To:* Analogue Heaven > > *Subject:* [AH] Non functioning Waldorf uWave 2. > > I'm gonna try this again, but some years back i bought a non functioning > > uWave2. It was apparently bricked during an OS update. It starts up, and is > > stuck on *MW2P V1.3 Waiting For Host. *None of the knobs or buttons do > > anything. I've tried various combos of button presses while booting it up, but > > nothing. Has anyone experienced this and managed to get it to finally boot? > > I'm thinking about buying the V2.33 OS chips to see if replacing the OS chips in > > this unit will work. I've had this sitting around for years now and really > > want to get it up and running. Any help would be appreciated. > > > > -Larry > > -- > Sent from The Off World Colonies.