I was able to isolate it to this:
The main out (not the cue out) is experiencing significant volume reduction (still not sure why exactly) when audio through the signal path is centered. It does NOT happen on the Cue out, so literally taking the same headphones from cue to main and back isolated the difference. Now the TX-6 comes with an adapter for the main so I tried swapping that out too and it didn’t fix anything.
It seems as though centered audio has reduced volume on the main output. It’s not an OP-1 issue at all and was weirdly enough only an issue because the audio on the OP-1 is centered when in the synth pages, but if you switch to Mixer or Tape, the master panning is applied. so that solved that (thanks Doc).
I’m not sure this is an issue that should be happening, I’m going to write TE and the shop I purchased from right now to let them know.
Tried both of those, Wrote to TE and they said I tried everything they would and they recommend a replacement!
I just hope it’s not something i’m doing and is gonna be like that on the new unit too, but I really feel like i’ve given it a full run through.
i’m following this with great curiosity- i’m not at home right now to text my tx-6 but i might have some of the same problem you are having? you can see something in this video here (link should go straight to the relevant part):
wondering if you decrease in volume is kind of the same as what i have here in this video of mine?
Hey @instantjuggler! I just watched. I don’t think it’s the same.
To me your audio output seems consistent with the levels displayed on the VU.
Your first OP-Z seems to only be ticking the first green dot on the Vu with clicks up to the three, but your second OP-Z is only sitting at the first green dot the whole time. Technically that’s low input and that might be why it seems slightly low on the output. Whereas your PO is cranked up and you can hear the significant difference in the output.
To me, seems like all is working correctly there, I would be curious to have you test it with an OP-Z and make sure the audio is centered on panning, and the track is centered on the TX-6 too. If you don’t experience any volume loss between panned and centered, I’d say you are clear of this issue!
You did give me a good idea though, I’m going to try mine with a Pocket operator tonight since that doesn’t have the option for panning and see if I experience the issue with it or not.
thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts!! i’ll definitely test everything out when i get home. wish i could try it all out now. really hope nothing is wrong!
No problem, I think you should try to see if the volume jumps significantly when moving from centered to panning one notch in either direction. That said, I don’t have an OB-4 (yet!) so I don’t know if your whole TX-6 output is lower than it should be. You could still be experiencing an issue with it, just not sure it’s the same issue.
I felt that it hadn’t always had this issue, and as suspected when I turned it on today, no issue.
Then I realized it has always happened after connecting it to my computer to use it as an audio interface also.
It is not:
The input device
The input levels
The cables
The input selection on TX-6
The issue is:
when TX-6 is connected to computer via USB AND even after removing the usb connection once it’s been made (which is the strange part)
then Non-panned audio volume is significantly reduced on the main output (not the cue though)
In the USB settings page I have tried all settings, and there is no fix. I usually am on 2in/2out, mix, and volume to 100.
Turning the device off, or performing a factory reset should correct this but it doesn’t… it literally corrected itself after being off for about 18hours, but I can’t seem to force itself to correct.
The volume issue remains regardless of what settings are changed, even after removing the usb cable, replugging all inputs, resetting the device, etc.
I would really love if someone with a TX-6 (@instantjuggler ) could test this out for me:
Connect a device into an input on the TX-6, stereo output device, using a stereo cable, make sure the audio output is center panned, and also make sure the track on the TX-6 is center panned (50).
Then plug your TX-6 into your computer and enable it as the audio output.
For me I used a standalone arturia plug in, went to audio/midi settings and selected the TX-6 as the audio device. I imagine this could be anything though.
Make sure the TX-6 USB settings are to 2 channel.
then see if this affects the analog (originally plugged in) input signal.
Does the audio from the first unit plugged in via stereo cable sound the same? is the volume reduced at all? Do you notice any audio level differences when using the panning on the TX-6 track?
It seems to me like connecting via usb essentially breaks the audio for the center channel (incoming USB audio works fine, but the analog inputs are very quiet), this persists after I’ve removed the USB cable so I really don’t know how to fix it.
it’s a button combo, but so far no one has spilled the beans. i don’t think anyone has even said how many buttons are in the combo. i tried for a while last night, but with so many buttons and an unknown number of them involved… i didn’t find it.
I have a TX-6 and hunted around everywhere for details of how to get to the easter egg. But I worked out the buttons needed within 30 seconds of trying combos.
The game is nice, but using the sounds or mixing it up some more and keeping a high score leaderboard would be even better!
hearing this makes me really nervous- i’ve been trying for the button combo ever since i received my unit weeks ago, right when it first was released. i went as far as to make a matrix on paper of every possible button combination… so either the combo is based upon the order in which things are pressed (i didn’t systematically search that yet), or its based on being in a certain menu when buttons are pressed… or then my unit is broken which is what i’m most afraid of!!!
nah, its not in the thousands, pretty easy and fast to systematically work through them, and also i was guessing that the combo has to be physically accessible. some of the button combos can be pressed, but they are really really difficult to do with 2 hands just due to the size of the buttons and their location.
i was also going through the more obvious button combos while turning on the unit but didn’t find anything that way either.
I’m not bound by any secrecy, but it seems the right thing to not reveal it directly.
I’m running 1.0.8, which is what the unit came with. The button combo seems to work at any point - it’s a three button combo, but you have to hold the, down for 5 seconds.
