Voce V3 Problem

[thad a milller <tmiller@crystal.cirrus.com>]

Greetings All,

        This is my first post, but I've been lurking on this list and "Groove"
for about 6 months.  I started an "organ" trio with some friends about that
time, playing mostly original, heavily jazz-influenced groove music.  That's
as close as I can come to describing it in 50 words or less, anyway.  I would
like to trade setups with others who have had a V3 for a while.  I am
especially looking for some good, grungy sounds, but with fairly simple
harmonics to allow more full Jazz chords with lots of alterations, etc.
Well, back to the subject....


        I bought my V3 (made in Jan. 96) in mid-Feb.  It sometimes doesn't
release all of the tone generators when I release the keys.  The result is a
high-pitched, low-level tone with a constant pitch, whenever ANY key is
pressed.  This same pitch is heard in addition to the usual overtones for the
notes being played.  Since the frequency of this tone doesn't depend on the
subsequent notes I play, I get an awful dissonance.  8^(  This only happens
intermittently, most of the time it's fine.

        I called Voce about a week after I got my V3.  Dave told me they had
just become aware of the problem, but didn't have a solution yet.  He also told
me that some units made around the beginning of '96 had this problem, and to
call back in about a month.

        I called back this afternoon and they have a fix for this problem.
They are sending me a replacement chip free of charge.  They did ask that I
return the old chip in a SASE they will enclose.  I talked to Al this time, BTW.

        Al mentioned thay they were having problems contacting people who might 
have this problem, so I thought I'd spread the word.  If you have had this
problem, give Voce a call at:  (201) 939-0052 from 10AM-5PM EST.


Thad Miller


P.S.    It appears that the problem was a timing issue due to component
variations from their suppliers.  The programmable chip has been reworked to
allow more timing margin in the software.