I was just using my Octatrack MKI a day ago and today I plug it into a power strip and get a message that says “Invalid Mer” upon startup. Everything that’s saved on my OT seems gone. It isn’t reading Compact Flash at all yet the card status light is green. Not sure what to do.
Power off, power on whilst holding [ FUNCTION ] then in the [ Early Startup Screen ] press [ TRIG 01] for [ TEST MODE ]
What does the screen say?
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Looks good.
Next step will be to Power off, then Power on whilst holding [ ENTER / YES ] to launch in [ DEMO MODE ]
Everything fine there?
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I loaded Demo Mode successfully but in demo mode I’m not hearing anything when I press play. Should I be?
I ended up realizing that my compact flash wasn’t being read because a pin broke off the pin reader internally. I ended up getting the unit repaired by Elektron. For anyone that has the same issue.
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created an account to chime in as i ran into this exact ‘invalid mer’ message and this is the only thread on the internet addressing it, or at least the only one i found.
for me, it was the card. idk what happened but it stopped working all of a sudden. got a new one, everything is back to normal. lost all my shit but cest la vie
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Welcome.
Did you try to recover some projects with a card reader ?
not yet. can’t afford one atm after cashing out for the card itself but hope i can recover stuff when i get one down the line
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