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Re: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem




Okay now this seems to prove that the noise source is
in the EDP.

I'm probably not the best person to advise at this point (I'm just
an EDP user not a tech) but at least you have a few relevant clues.

How about it Kim, or one of the more technical savvy members?

On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:19 AM, Cox wrote:

> Thanks for answering.
> I tried what you told me, here are the results:
>
>     I tried to plug my EDP in other rooms (my wife thought I had gone 
> crazy
> :-) without any consequence: as before, the noise sometimes appears
> sometimes not.
>     When I use the half speed function, it affects the noise: it is 
> played
> half-speed as well.
>     I changed the power cable, and tried to plug nothing to the EDP: 
> so I
> looped silence; but the noise still appears in this case.
>     I must specify that if the noise seems to appear in a random way, 
> once
> it's here it's recorded in the loop: it comes back regularly within the
> loop.
>
> I guess no outside factor causes this problem, right?
> Is it serious, doctor?
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Firman" <maf@mlswebworks.com>
> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:29 PM
> Subject: Re: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem
>
>
>> Okay,
>>
>> A couple of things to try. This sounds like it might be digital noise
>> from
>> something other than the EDP, so to prove that it is or is not, answer
>> the following questions:
>>
>> 1) Is it independent of where you plug it in? By this I mean, can you
>>      take it (Just the EDP and amp) into the bathroom, plug it in and
>>     still detect the noise?
>>
>> 2) Is there anything you can do that will make the noise get faster
>>                or slower? Can you change the settings on the EDP and
>> effect
>>     the noise in some way (speed up, slow down, make random)?
>>
>> In this way you can convince yourself (and us) that it is definitely a
>> function of the EDP
>> alone or is caused by an outside factor.
>>
>> Make sure you check all the cabling, the power connections, and the
>> topology
>> (the order and distances from the other devices that it interacts 
>> with).
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Cox wrote:
>>
>>> lol
>>> I already tried... But my watch is a digital one! lol
>>> Any other idea?
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Claude Voit" <c.voit@vtx.ch>
>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 6:45 PM
>>> Subject: Re: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem
>>>
>>>
>>>> take your wrist watch off the electric guitar mike
>>>>
>>>> Claude
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Cox" <cox1@tiscali.fr>
>>>> To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:54 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nobody knows? Please, help me...
>>>> I have tried to put off and back tle memory simms (saw that in the
>>> archives)
>>>> without any result.
>>>> Thanks for helping me...
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: Cox
>>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>>> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 4:10 PM
>>>> Subject: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello!
>>>> I juste bought an EDP plus . It is a used unit, but almost new. It
>>>> seems
>>> in
>>>> perfect working order, except one little noise that sometimes 
>>>> appears
>>>> over
>>>> my loops; it sounds like "tick-tick-tick-tick"; it does not always
>>>> appear,
>>>> I've found no "logic" in the way or frequency this noise appears.
>>>> Has anyone had this kind of problem yet? Do you know where it could
>>>> come
>>>> from?
>>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>> PS: I'm french, sorry about my english ;-)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> | Michael A. Firman
>> | maf@mlswebworks.com
>> | http://www.mlswebworks.com
>>
>>
>
>
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| Michael A. Firman
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