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

[Tom Combs <tcombs@sep.com>]

Do the ticks always come in groups of four, and in that particular rhythm?

Cox wrote:
> ak butler said:"because it's recorded in the loop?"
> 
> Yes, it is. The noise always appear after a recording or overdubbing. I
> record, press record (or overdub or multiply) again to launch the loop, 
>and
> sometimes the noise is played too. But if it does not appear immediately
> after the recording, it will not appear later during play back...
> 
> I've recorded the noise. I recorded silence, with the input knob at its
> minimum. My loop lasted 29seconds, ans this noise appeared at around the 
>9th
> second.  It was just as you can hear it: four serials of four ticks in a
> row, and then nothing untill the end of the loop...
> It's here :
> http://www.familoo.com/familoo/RepFiles/9042563465/tick-Echoplex.mp3
> 
> Thanks again to everyone who is trying to help ;-)
> 
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>>At 15:22 26/01/05, you wrote:
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>>>    When I use the half speed function, it affects the noise: it is
> 
> played
> 
>>>half-speed as well.
>>
>>because it's recorded in the loop?
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>>what happens if the noise appears while you're in halfspeed?
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>>>    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?
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>>
>>Could be the memory playing up,
>>try MoreLoops=16 and see if the problem only occurs on some loops.
>>if so, then it's the memory at fault.
>>
>>Could still be external though, you won't totally rule that out by just
>>changing rooms.
>>(could be a mains spike caused by heating, or your neighbours' overused
>>washing machine).
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>>andy butler
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