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Re: Seeking Switches



Switch noise musings...

When the Akai Headrush first came out, we had a thread about noisy switches interfering with acoustic (miked) looping. Then when the DL-4 came out, I noticed that it had quieter switches.

The weird thing is, until about five minutes ago, I never compared the switches on the two units side by side. Externally, they appear to be identical! (The Akai switches do seem to travel a little further before the 'click' than the Line 6, so I dunno...)

Without opening them up, I'd venture to guess that if they are the same switches, the DL-4 switches might be mounted differently, maybe with rubber grommets or something similar that damps them. Or maybe it's just the greater mass of the housing on the Line 6.

Hmmmm.....

-t-

jim palmer <jimp@pobox.com> wrote:
>i have been wondering if the ones with plastic caps would be quieter.
>i also was thinking of putting rubber grommets or felt on the caps.



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