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Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:” the fact that it continues to respond to MIDI clock after it stops responding to MIDI CC is a little puzzling.”
To say at the very least. I will be sending the unit to you guys directly and maybe you can confirm that I’m not crazy. I understand how controllers can sometimes skip values in messages sent being encoder based but I don’t get this level of error with my other gear. Sounds like your stress test is going well and I wish you luck. I also greatly appreciate your cooperation and the fact that you are taking a deeper look into possible flaws, it’s quite reassuring.
I just sent a PM to you, please check it before packing up the 8 Step. Thank you for your patience and helping us understand this problem.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorWe’ve been slamming an 8 Step with around 64 CC messages per second for the past 18 hours and it hasn’t crashed or frozen, so I think your unit has a hardware problem. Although the fact that it continues to respond to MIDI clock after it stops responding to MIDI CC is a little puzzling. We’re going to spend more time on this today.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorIs the 8 Step syncing to MIDI clock through all these failures?
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorWe are conducting some tests using Ableton Live at the moment, sending out a continuous stream of multiple CC messages to the 8 Step.
When you use the hardware controllers, are you occasionally moving sliders, knob and buttons, like one every other second or slower or are you constantly moving multiple sliders?
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:So I am running the 8 Step Program into my Moogerfoogers (CV out to freqbox ‘frequency input’ with ‘osc out’ direct to a midimurf for tonal and rhythmic shaping) and attempting to use CC midi control from an Evolution UC-33e and I find that when the 8 step first powers on, it responds to the controller just fine up to so many messages and then it doesn’t seem to respond to midi any more unless I reboot. This happens pretty much 10/10 times. It works fine at boot up and then suddenly stops responding to messages as though it has a small midi buffer that is easily overwhelmed. Any one else verify this or is my unit showing signs of defection?Otherwise the on board controls work great and I love this pedal for making my other pedals shine like a modular synth. Couldn’t get that level of control before at such a great price. Just disappointing that the midi keeps failing. Any help is appreciated, thank you.
We haven’t seen this problem where it stops responding to MIDI data in our tests of trying to overload it with MIDI data. Which CC(s) are you using? Which channel do you have the 8-Step set to?
You could try a factory restore, this is on page 19 of the manual. Doing this will erase any presets you might have made.
The most likely problem might actually be something wrong in the hardware, in the MIDI circuit.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Thanks. So there is no way to stop track 2 for example, and let the other ones continue playing? Appreciate your reply.In addition to simply bringing down the Track 2 fader as Mr. Grim says, if you use MIDI with the 45000 you could also mute Track 2 directly with a MIDI PC message.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi, I’m close to buying a 45000 but need to know if the “stop” button, whether on the main unit or the foot controller, stops all the tracks at once, and if “start” starts all tracks at once too. Thanks for your help.The PLAY button starts and stops all tracks simultaneously. Think of the 4 tracks and mixdown track as if they were on tape, the entire tape would start and stop, that’s how the 45000 works.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Sorry to resurrect this ancient thread, but…For me, it’s definitely temperature where the Memory Boy is concerned. No question.
When I go to the drafty rehearsal space and put it on the floor, the max delay time goes down. If I put it up on the vent of my warm amp, it eventually returns to “normal”, but then it’s awfully hard to stomp on. Note – same power supply plugged into the same socket, whether on the floor or on the amp. Back in the studio, it always behaves because I keep it in a nice warm corner of my gear rack, which keeps it at a constant 80F or so. That solution only works because I don’t need to stomp on it there.
[strong]Does anyone have concrete experience with the Deluxe MB[/strong]? Does the delay also get shorter with colder temperatures? If it’s immune to temperature, then it’s problem fixed. But, if the problem is only masked by the tap tempo, then the problems’s only fixed as long as you don’t want a long delay near the top of the dial in a cold room.
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The Deluxe Memory Boy does not have the delay time vs. temperature issue, at all, it is fixed in that product.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi. I’m not an electronics guy, so bear with me. My goal is to use two DDMTT pedals in parallel and control the tempo of each with a single tap, so they are synchronized. The poor man’s solution would be to angle the pedals in such a way that I could stomp on the tap buttons from both pedals at once. What I want is to tap on one switch and control both EMM pedals. The manual says:“TAP SW Jack — Allows the musician to input the tap tempo from an external momentary switch. . . . A suggested Momentary Footswitch that has been tested with the DDMTT is the Boss FS-5U Momentary Foot Switch.”
Questions:
1. Could you Y the output of a single footswitch so that it controls the tap of both DDMTT units?
2. Has anyone tried this, and if so, how did it work?Disconnect power from both DMMTT pedals. Connect the two TAP SW jacks together with one standard TS cable. Press the TAP FSW on either pedal and it will engage the TAP function on the other pedal.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Quote:The 8-Step is not compatible with the Line 6 pedals we have tested (DL4 and MM4) and we can assume it is not compatible with any Line 6 gear.Heya Flick
could you guys wire up a test cable/converter box to try with the 8step?
Most of the L6 cv applications are done with a 10K treadle on a mono/unbalanced cable
so taking the balanced/stereo out of the 8step, wiring it so the 8step tip is to the L6 output tip, the 8step ring is to the L6 output ground/sleeve (with a either 13.3K or 12.2K resistor in line to lower the signal range, I forget which is appropriate off the top of my head) and the 8step sleeve going nowhere.You can connect a TS cable to the output of the 8-Step, the 8-Step then outputs a total range of 0 to 5V on the TS cable. We tried connecting the TS cable to a L6 pedal, still no luck. In this scenario the Ring and Sleeve are shorted to GND. We will try putting a 13k resistor between the Sleeve and GND.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hello, hopefully a simple one, can anyone tell me what the dimensions are for the 8 step program?
really want to order one but not sure if i can fit it on me board.
5.75 x 4.75 x 2.5 (in.)
146 x 121 x 64 (mm)Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Could these be chained together? And get 16, 24 or 32 steps all in sync?Unfortunately no, 8-Steps cannot be chained for more steps.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorThe 8-Step is not compatible with the Line 6 pedals we have tested (DL4 and MM4) and we can assume it is not compatible with any Line 6 gear.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorWe have found the 8-Step to be compatible with most gear from Boss/Roland, Moog, Nord and Eventide and is of course compatible with all EHX products. The pedals below have been tested and are known to be compatible with the 8-Step.
Quote:Hi,It could be beautiful if we have a “8 Step Program ” compatible devices list.
(despite the fact that virtually all stuff with a “foot cv pedal” or “expression pedal” as “roland ev-5” or other, is compatible…)EHX :
– HOG & HOG2 – harmonic octave generator – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Ring Thing – ring modulator – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Holy Stain – wonderful multi effect – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Riddle & Enigma : envelope filter – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Stereo Polyphase : Analog Optical Envelope/LFO Phase Shifter – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE – https://www.ehx.com/products/stereo-polyphase
– Deluxe Memory Man Tap Tempo 550 : Analog Delay – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE – https://www.ehx.com/products/deluxe-memory-man-tap-tempo-550
– Deluxe Memory Boy : Analog delay with tap tempo – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE – https://www.ehx.com/products/deluxe-memory-boy
– Memory Boy : Analog delay – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Ravish Sitar : Exotic pedal – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE – https://www.ehx.com/products/ravish
– Stereo Talking Machine – Vocal Formant Filter – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
– Tube EQ – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
Moog :
– Moogerfoogers – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE
Eventide :
– PitchFactor – pitch-changing – 8-STEP COMPATIBLE (Set Depth to 5 on 8-Step)
We assume that if the Pitch Factor is compatible the rest of the Eventide pedals are as well.thank you for sending proposals, ideas and tested or not tested stuff
(sorry for my poor English writing, best regards from France)https://www.ehx.com/products/ravishFlick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I know the pedal is brand new, and maybe no one knows the answer to this yet, but I am looking at the 8 step sequencer expression pedal to use in unison with my Line 6 M5 pedal. I currently have a mission expression pedal that I use with it, and I know that I had to seek out a pedal specifically designed to be compatible with line 6 devices. No stores in town have one for me to experiment with yet, so if anyone knows the answer, I’d appreciate it.Thanks
Unfortunately the 8-STEP is not compatible with Line 6 pedals, at least we could not get it to work in our tests. We know it to be compatible with most Boss/Roland gear, Moog, EHX (of course), Nord and Eventide (set DEPTH to 5).
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