Members adforperu Posted May 30, 2011 Members Share Posted May 30, 2011 Hi all, not sure if you're able to help me. I bought the above synth about 2 years ago. A while back, I had a very strange problem where one particular patch I used (pre-set one I had manipulated) sometimes went out of tune? Usually when I used the joystick, but sometimes even before that. Now it's happened a lot, especially when using the joystick - I pitch bend and it'll go back to either a slightly detuned note or sometimes another note altogether. On top of this, use of the joystick on ever patch is broken if push up (not side to side); if I push the joystick a slight amount, it acts like it's pushed all the way.. if I keep going it reverts back to what it should be? I've looked at troubleshooting and it mentions calibrating the joystick but I can't get it to 0,0 when the joystick isn't pressed but I can't work out if this is a hardware or software fault. Does it sound familar to anyone - what's the best course of action? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mahuska Posted May 30, 2011 Members Share Posted May 30, 2011 There is new software for the Xio that fixes that problem and you need to recalibrate from the global menu. I did this and I don't know if it was a coincidence or not, but my Xio(25) behaves strangely like it keeps jumping from the preset menu to a parameter menu. This is discussed at the Xio Yahoo group. I found it is minimal after turning/tweaking all knobs back and forth for awhile. Good luck. The new OS is available at the Novation site and I would check out the Xio Yahoo group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adforperu Posted May 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2011 Thank you - sorry to be stupid, but do you have a link to that group? It rings a bell that I did the software update and I think it made it worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adforperu Posted May 30, 2011 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2011 Well I've download system updates and I'm having no luck. It appears from the Yahoo group that I'm not the only one - when I go to calibrate it goes up to 108ish and back down to 14, whereas it should be 0 and 128 I believe. From left to right calibrates fine, but it still goes out of date from time to time. Piece of {censored}. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mahuska Posted May 31, 2011 Members Share Posted May 31, 2011 I feel your pain,wouldn't use this thing live. I was able to calibrate Ok, but have the other issue described above. There is a killer bank of presets I found on the Yahoo site, I'll go back and check which one and let you know. After that I programed my own patches from both the board and the free software editor available. Here again if you don't have it (the editor), I'll point you in the right direction. I might have to do some digging. Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adforperu Posted June 3, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 3, 2011 Would be interested in those patches if you can find them! I've done a quick fix on the affected patches I'm using and made sure that the joystick parameters are set not to bend the note in any way - that should work... shouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mahuska Posted June 3, 2011 Members Share Posted June 3, 2011 Would be interested in those patches if you can find them! I've done a quick fix on the affected patches I'm using and made sure that the joystick parameters are set not to bend the note in any way - that should work... shouldn't it? The patches at the Xio Yahoo site I like are a bank of 100 by Lightfinger(Novation X-Station for Xio) posted October 11, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lemons Posted June 5, 2011 Members Share Posted June 5, 2011 I had this exact same problem with my Xiosynth, and the only thing that helped for me was a warranty exchange for a new unit. Novation claimed to me that this issue was "very rare", but somehow I doubt that. The new unit I received didn't have the same issue however, at least not when I received it (I sold it shortly afterwards). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mike Ne... Posted September 30, 2019 Members Share Posted September 30, 2019 I have a xiosynth 25 and the controls got very flaky, especially the joystick. Opened it up and discovered that the wiring harness between the display/control board and the main board had come partway out. I will brief you all as to how trying to reseat the harness connector goes, and if that solved the problems. It looks like a delicate process so I've been putting off doing it. But now seeing others have reported similar issues, I'll take a deep breath...and try it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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