APC40 having glitchy knobs?

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Giacomo17
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APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by Giacomo17 » Wed May 15, 2013 4:14 am

Whats up folks. So my APC40's 16 knobs seem to randomly flicker and offset their assigned mappings from time to time. It's just a little flicker, but given their mappings, its enough to turn certain effects on and off, so its more than just irritating. Any ideas what's going on?

DataMusic
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Re: APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by DataMusic » Wed May 15, 2013 8:10 am

Dust, Dirt and/or even worse a layer of Nicotin inside the Knobs. Had the same issue, it went away when i pulled up the Caps knobs, put a vacuum hoover over the knobs and turned them randomly in every direction.
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Re: APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by Stace30 » Wed May 15, 2013 11:55 am

I'm not sure why but when I use my Kore2 I notice that, on my APC40, the knobs flicker now and again. I wonder if there is a clinic I can go to! I don't like it when my knob flickers!
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Re: APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by JuanSOLO » Wed May 15, 2013 3:46 pm

The APC40 works as a control_surface on midi channels 1-9, if you have any other controllers operating on channels 1-9 it might be changing parameters and reflecting those changes on your APC40.

Giacomo17
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Re: APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by Giacomo17 » Thu May 16, 2013 12:01 am

Data Music, looks like you got it. I took of the plastic caps on my knobs and stuck the end of a vacuum hose over each one, twirling them a bit. no problems now. thanks for everyone's input!

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Re: APC40 having glitchy knobs?

Post by Stace30 » Thu May 16, 2013 8:17 am

Giacomo17 wrote:thanks for everyone's input!
Apart from my useless bit of info! :D Seriously tho, thanks for the info JuanSOLO & DataMusic.
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