Re: S/N [was Re: AKAI HEADRUSH]

[Tim Nelson <tcn62@ici.net>]

I haven't noticed any "hissing" with mine, but it does seem to be pretty
susceptible to overload distortion, particularly when looping bass. It
often seems that I can hit it with a harder signal from guitar or a
non-bassy synth sound and not distort, but then a comparitavely wimpy bass
signal (judging by the meters on my board) pushes it over into
distorto-land. Any ideas?

At 08:35 AM 12/31/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>I only get 'hissing' and other noise if my signal is too hot going in to
>the Headrushes
>
>I find that to be an odd statement.  Hiss, in my experience, becomes more
>apparent with a LOW s/n ratio, i.e. not enough signal.  This is the 
>opposite
>of what you said above.  How can a hot signal cause hiss?  Distortion 
>would
>be the result I'd expect.