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

["Cox" <cox1@tiscali.fr>]

Thanks.
I've  tried what you told me, but, it's still the same. Moreover, these
ticks can appear early, when the Echoplex has had no time to get hot...

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---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Combs" <tcombs@sep.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:13 PM
Subject: Re: EchoplexDP Plus: "tick-tick-tick" noise problem


> 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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