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Could it be heat-related? Try blowing a fan over the warmest portion of the EDP and see if the ticks still appear. (just a guess) Michael Firman wrote: > > 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 >>> >>> >> >> > -- > | Michael A. Firman > | maf@mlswebworks.com > | http://www.mlswebworks.com > > -- Tom Combs, Senior Engineer SEP, Inc. 11611 N Meridian Street Suite 800 Carmel, IN 46032 (317) 843-1640