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

[Tom Combs <tcombs@sep.com>]

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
> 
> 

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