It was hard to read, but it definitely had the number 2 in there. I noticed while doing so that I had a firmware chip version 1.02 or 1.2 sitting in there. Chips – I then proceeded to pull and re seat the main two chips in the Oberheim Cyclone. That was not the cause of my issues of above, but I thought I might as well change the thing to at least eliminate the battery being a remote possible cause.ģ. I unsoldered the battery and replaced it with a holder and replaceable the CR2023 battery. Battery – The Battery is soldered into the device and likely is for the purpose of saving the user settings when powered off. I new then the Oberheim Cyclone needed surgery.Ģ. This indeed initialized the Oberheim Cyclone, but it didn’t fix my problem. Factory Reset – I first decided to do a factory reset which is to power up the Oberheim Cyclone while pressing the “Enable/Enter” button. So, I went to work and discovered the following which may help others.ġ.

I was thinking it would be much larger but I could actually rest it on top of my synths very easily. The construction of the Oberheim Cyclone is absolute crap and I was very surprised at how small it was. My first impression was a power issue of some sort. From that point on I got blinking LEDS, constant freezing, and all sorts of things going haywire. Upon powering up of the Oberheim Cyclone Arpeggiator, I noticed that just after two minutes of operation it went nuts and locked up. Anyways, I got a second chance and bought the Oberheim Cyclone Arpeggiator for a nice price. I suspect the price got too high and they said forget it. They had automatic bidding setup and perhaps didn’t realize someone like myself was also interested. Apparently the highest bidder bailed on the purchase. Well, the other day ( a month later ) I received a “second chance” email from Ebay about the Oberheim Cyclone Arpeggiator. I lost because the price got to a point were I couldn’t justify the purchase, so elected to stop bidding. The problem though was that I got into a bidding war with one other person interested in the device. I decided to take the challenge and see if I could fix it. You then have to restart the Cyclone or like some have done toss it into the garbage. The Oberheim Cyclone had the classic “freezing” issue where after you played a few notes it would lock up. I saw it on Ebay being sold from a friend here in Japan and decided to bid on it. This week I bought a used and broken Oberheim Cyclone Arpeggiator off Ebay.

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