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I have not found the unit to be noisy at all, but I'm running the Repeater in series until the wet/dry issue is fixed. "Damon Langlois (Electrix)" wrote: > Our System One measures Repeater at 90 dB SNR (A weighted). There is >noise > but it is at a low level. It is easier to perceive because it is more of >a > hum kind of sound than white noise or hiss. It comes from scanning the >LEDs. > (I'll stop there because I'm not an Engineer). It is in the noise floor >so > if your gains are optimized everything should be fine and you would not > notice. > Here is a breakdown of what to expect. If something is different than >what's > described below you might have a faulty room, setup, process, or >Repeater. > > Generally across the in/outs the SNR is around 90 dB (A weighted) so if >you > record a loop with optimized gains (red clip light flickers occasional) >the > noise floor should be at an acceptable level for such a device. i.e. your > ears would hurt from the level of the actual loop if you turned it up >loud > enough to easily hear the noise floor. > > There is a very small "chirping" sound in the right channel when playing >off > the CFC. This is also buried in the noise floor and will only become a > problem if gains are not optimized. This sound is not present on the >digital > output or when playing from internal memory. The sound is also not >present > in the .WAV file. It is a hardware issue. Again, it is in the noise >floor at > around 90 db. If you want a quiet track in your loop then record it loud >and > then turn the track level down. > > The headphones are noisier than the main outputs. The digital out is the > cleanest signal (measures at 94 db). > > Repeater only outputs line level so if you are going straight into >Repeater > then a guitar amp you will have noise issues. Repeater wants to be in >the FX > loop so you can record your lovely tone into the loop. If you don't have >one > you will have to mess around with gains and levels to try and minimize >added > noise. You could also try to go from line to instrument level on the >output > of Repeater. Contact our technical support and see if he has any ideas on > how to do this. support@eelctrixpro.com. > > I hope this helps. IMO Repeater has very low level noises but would not >be > considered noisy. > > Respect, > > Damon Langlois > Creative Director > Electrix > Tel (250) 544-4091 Fax (250) 544-4100 > http://www.electrixpro.com