I found a MIDI bug in Echon 6, firmware 1.0. When I connect Telepathic Instruments Orchid with 5-pin MIDI cable, change volume down on Orchid – this resets the Echon, it just turns off and turns on again. I’ve attached the screenshot from the MIDI monitor, so it looks like that Echon resets because of MIDI reset message (0xFF). I was able to reproduce this bug every time.
Thank you for the detailed report and the MIDI monitor screenshot, that made this very easy to track.
What’s happening is that the Orchid is sending indeed a MIDI System Reset message (0xFF) when its volume is changed. The ECHON 6 is incorrectly responding to that message with a full device reboot.
A 0xFF should only reset internal state such as notes and controllers, and should never cause a power cycle. We’ll have this fixed in an upcoming firmware update.
In the meantime, the quickest workaround is to filter System Real-Time messages between the two devices. If you have a DAW or a MIDI utility in your chain, blocking 0xFF there will prevent the reboot until the fix is available. It may also be worth reaching out to Telepathic Instruments to let them know, as other devices may respond similarly to the 0xFF message.
Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks again for the clear reproduction steps.
The firmware update will be announced here. (Planned for next week).
The same thing may be happening in reaper when you use (on the mac) CMD + left arrow on a MIDI track, ECHON will go silent when the start of the track is reached - pressing RELOAD will start things again. On PC that would be CTRL + left arrow I think and It will flash all MIDI ports on the interface then ..
not sure how to disable that, did not see it in reaper yet.
For now I’ve, on the Mac, disabled MIDI output from reaper to the ECHON, that is, for the five pin thing - I’ll patiently be waiting for the week to pass, in the hope that the problem will be solved then : - )
Meanwhile I’m nicely playing some endless generative stuff from the PC over USB MIDI on the ECHON, pestering it a good bit with a oad of notes and CCs - it holds up nicely now : - )
Jan.
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I’ll look into this using Reaper.
We have some other resolved bugs so this release takes a bit longer than expected. Expect September 2026 to have this released.