2 years on and my OT still smells like burnt silicon

Tarekith · 2013-10-02T16:37:09.000Z

Anyone else still have this? It’s not a huge deal, just find it interesting that it’s retained this smell for so long. Usually electronics seem to have this when new but it goes away after a few weeks.

the_dreammer · 2013-10-02T18:51:22.000Z

""Tarekith"":

Anyone else still have this? It’s not a huge deal, just find it interesting that it’s retained this smell for so long. Usually electronics seem to have this when new but it goes away after a few weeks.

Mine hasnt smelled of anything for aslong as i remember…
then again… I fart allot… and i smoke more then a hippie at a festival.

M8 · 2013-10-02T19:33:47.000Z

I love the smell, every time I lift the PL-1 from my 2 yeras old OT I get a big smile on my face! Maybe they have a special engineer at elektron employed just for odours, like in car manufacturers i.e. Audi?

LaughingAnimal · 2013-10-02T20:57:54.000Z

I’ve had mine for two and a half years and it smells the same.

mantiwhore · 2013-10-02T21:33:29.000Z

Mine smells the same too. And actually, I like that.

Daisuk · 2013-10-02T22:18:40.000Z

I’ve never noticed that smell, to be honest. Is it after having been used for some time, or basically whenever you sniff it?

Tarekith · 2013-10-02T23:51:36.000Z

Mine smells as soon as I lift the cover off, or if it’s warmed up from being on awhile. Reminds me a lot of when I used to build PCs, the very first time you turned one on it would often get that silicon smell for a few days.

tjebbestorm · 2013-11-12T14:57:43.000Z

great to hear I am not the only one with a smelly Octa track

must say I do love the smell Of Octa in the morning

METAGEIST · 2013-11-12T17:01:41.000Z

I do not have this smell - eh, I mean my octratrack …

KrisM · 2013-11-12T18:04:13.000Z

I noticed that ozoney smell faintly when my OT’s headphone jack acted wonky the other night o.O could just be coincidence.

Didn’t notice anything amiss last night, though.

Mine is a preorder unit, though I ashamedly have not been using it constantly since purchase.

Paper_sheet · 2013-11-12T21:07:14.000Z

My octatrack is in storage right now. But I’ll be sure to give it a whiff when I’ve got the space again.

polyslax · 2013-11-12T21:13:04.000Z

Yup, I’ve had the smell since day 1, still going strong.

jjj · 2013-11-12T21:35:48.000Z

Sometimes I forget that I left my Elektrons turned on, and I go do other things, then I come back in the room and get freaked out that something is burning!
Then I realize it’s just Octatrack, and I’m like: Oh, Octatrack!

KrisM · 2013-11-12T21:43:05.000Z

""jjj"":

Then I realize it’s just Octatrack, and I’m like: Oh, Octatrack!

lol, the Pig-Pen of Elektron?

That’s not electrical components burning, you’re just smelling the essence of all that power.

vvd · 2013-11-13T16:06:50.000Z

yes, my octatrack is also a quite smelly machine. smells sort of new but not in the best way, kind of dirty-new. it’s not at annoying levels but i wish it’d go away.

KrisM · 2013-11-13T17:27:56.000Z

Mine didn’t smell at all last night >.>

so maybe I was smelling something from outside the first time.