Elektron-Users

Arkward!!!

Just checked the specs and it is an optical fader not a magnetic!!
I guess that makes all I just said null?

Omg, this is happening with me too, please dont tell me its hardware, I don't want to send the unit to sweden again, I have a gig coming soon and I've been preparing my set for months ffs

you *could* get a fader from elektron and fit it yourself.
warranties aside of course..

@ dub
no way bud, its good to know that there's a difference! never heard of magnetic ones before this..

BretDenser wrote:
My crossfader went crazy a couple of months ago. In my case some dirt or dust had fallen down on the sensor and a can of compressed air took care of it. It didn't come right off but after a couple of runs it did and the problem hasn't come back. I didn't open up the OT, just used the compressed air through the crossfader slide/hole.


Over'n out.

Yup I'm gonna try the compressed air.

thx

neonleg wrote:
slightly ot but bear in mind smoke and such can cause optical potentiometers to play up over time.
try not to let that magic dragon down the fader slot

I don't smoke and cover my hardware to avoid dust to collect on and in it... but it may be dust in the crossfader indeed.

thx

phading wrote:
Omg, this is happening with me too, please dont tell me its hardware, I don't want to send the unit to sweden again, I have a gig coming soon and I've been preparing my set for months ffs

Sad to hear that. I'm waiting a reply from my retailer...

thx

I used compressed air in the crossfader slot and... IT WORKS AGAIN HAS IT SHOULD !!!

Don't have to send it back to retailer !

Cool.

Thanx all for your suggestions and help.

Compressed air is key, I must have it on hand at all times now. I've seen this a few times with the OT, but it doesn't stick around. If it seems like it's bad, I'll have them replace it before the warranty is up once I'm in Sweden. They know I've had this issue, and said I could send it in if I wanted.
But yes, I think that sometimes they just need to be blown out. I don't smoke either.

Hmm, I've just discovered that this happens only with some parameters on my OT; so it got to be a software problem :-/ (I don't know if this is good news or not)
EDIT: false, it actually happens with all the parameters.

This is an infinium crossfader. Probably not the fader from the Octatrack, but still the same idea.


Please note the tiny silver "reflectors" or shields or hoods. They're similiar to your household burglar-alarm motion-detector. There is a printed plastic (encoder plate?) that glides between the two reflector/collectors. My best friend tried to be fly and put a little dab of oil on his Mackie D2 glider rails to get it to slide smoothly (an old Rane trick).The globs collected on the printed plastic piece, as well as pubes, dead-skin, and chocolate cake. Compressed air fixed it.

I had to clean mine recently. All better. If you try to blow air in the slot--be wary of compressed-air condensate/etc. Don't blow it while it's on.... I dunno. Have you ever turned your qwerty keyboard upside-down on your desk and shook it out?