Virus TI Polar LED Problem.........

[Dot Matrix]

Originally Posted by synthfiend

I had a look at my new Polar last night.
I see what you mean.
I wonder if the light you see on the LEDs which are not meant to be flashing is coming from the other flashing LEDs, but from under the Polar's outer casing ??

I dont think its from the other LED's, but could be wrong...........I did notice that it started when I updated to the new OS 2.7.3.............This is what I would like to know though, does every Polar do this................hmmmmmmm

[Crossfire]

(Keeping in mind I've got a Desktop) I'm just glad other people started seeing this with 2.7.3 which implies it's a fixable software/firmware issue and not a problem with the hardware circuits.

[GrooveNinja]

This also happens on my TI keyboard. It appears to be the leds for the effects section - all of them. I am running 2.7.3.

[Dot Matrix]

Originally Posted by GrooveNinja

This also happens on my TI keyboard. It appears to be the leds for the effects section - all of them. I am running 2.7.3.

I have a TI Polar built in Sept. 2007 and it this LED "light show" is happening more in the "MODULATORS" section and some in the "EFFECTS" section and just a lil in the "TRANSPOSE" section too...............this changes with patches too in these areas..........different ones pulse or glow lightly on different parameters when you change patches..............but what is also weird, is that it really didn't do it until the new OS upgrade..............

[GrooveNinja]

Originally Posted by Dot Matrix

I have a TI Polar built in Sept. 2007 and it this LED "light show" is happening more in the "MODULATORS" section and some in the "EFFECTS" section and just a lil in the "TRANSPOSE" section too...............this changes with patches too in these areas..........different ones pulse or glow lightly on different parameters when you change patches..............but what is also weird, is that it really didn't do it until the new OS upgrade..............

That may very well be the case with mine, too. I was using only one patch when I tested it. It seems that the unused leds glow at half-brightness. It really is kind of annoying, and I don't like it when my beloved Virus annoys me! A good synth should be heard and not seen...

[koi]

My Polar has OS 2.5.1.02 and it has the flickering LED issue. The most notable culprit is the +2 transpose LED, which is always flickering. Other LEDs stop flickering when I change patches. I went to Guitar Center and a TI keyboard w/ red LEDs didn't have any flickering LEDs. Could it be something with the white LEDs?

[HiEnergy]

My TI Desktop has red LEDs going dark in an intermitting irregular fashion in the LFO assignment section, filter mode display, transpose and effect settings.
I already observed this behaviour on my unit running OS2.5 and also now with 2.7.3

I hope this is not a hardware problem. Will contact Access soon, I guess.

stay tuned
HiEnergy

[suzzymackenzie]

Excuse me for diving in to a Polar thread when I have the KB version. It's just that I suspect I am noticing a similar thing with respect to the *effects* LEDs only. What I see is that effects with settings other than completely 'OFF' or 'DRY' have their LED glowing (and flickering) at about 1/3 brightness; effects that are totally OFF are unlit; and the effect that is current for editing has a solid LED. So for each of the two sets of effects, there is always one fully lit (the one that is current for editing), then a mixture of unlit and partially lit depending on settings. I assumed it was Access's intentional way of enabling us to see which effects are active (partially lit) and which of all the effects is lined up for editing.

Is this what you are seeing, and is it different from a 'bleed' problem you are seeing with some of the other LEDs?