Octatrack MK1 1.31 Freezing/Locking Up

Hello everyone,

I am having an issue where my Octatrack MK1 running 1.31 is freezing/locking up. This has happened several times today. Turning the unit on/off fixes the issue.

This is obviously unacceptable for a production machine.

Has anyone else seen this issue? Is it perhaps related to a CF card not being fast enough or other corrupted files?

Any ideas?

Thanks,
Nate

I had one freeze on powering up

Boot into early startup and run test mode. (Hold function whilst powering up, enter test mode)

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… and check the CF card on a computer if the file system on it is corrupted.

I also had this problem with USB connected to a hub (and Mac). Problems went away when no USB connected.

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The only change between 1.30c/d and 1.31 is a screen saver for the MKII, correct? That’s the only thing listed in the release notes, and I don’t see any need to update my MKI from 1.30c for a 1.30d bug fix that only affects test mode and a 1.31 feature that is only relevant to the MKII.

I wish the Elektron firmware was open-sourced so badly.

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Even if it was only for legacy products.

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thank you this fixed my problem too! Quite a relief! :slight_smile:

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:blush:

Can confirm, with usb attached the unit will freeze.

Well that solved my problem too, so many thanks :smiley:

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:blush:

Can confirm happens for MK2 as well. Removing USB seems to fix it