Re: noise issues - not a "problem" but an issue

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

OK, yeah.  You got me.  I don't know what to think.  Could it be the 
preamp?  Is the amp a tube amp?  Guitar combo, or just plain power amp? 
If you're running it with a distorted sound, you will be compressing 
the signal, and that could be it.  I'm sure you've checked your gain 
path, and I trust aren't overloading the EDP (newer ones have a built 
in limiter to avoid overload, but that's compression) or the amp 
inputs... I'm sans EDP, so I think this is a job for Matthais or Kim.  
Good luck.

Mark

On Sunday, October 13, 2002, at 10:18  AM, JAMES FOWLER, III wrote:

> no compression.  preamp --> edp --> amp
>
> what i'll do is record an empty loop and mute all inputs.  then i play 
> note 1 and hit overdub immediately after just to cut off the attack.  
> after a few of these, the noise gets pretty significant. 
>
> i'm sure there's some way to circumvent this by staying in delay mode 
> and working with the switchblade. 
>
> but now i wonder what it is about loop mode that causes noise to build 
> up while in delay mode, even though it's always open (in that you can 
> always add sounds to the mix), no noise seems to get introduced.  i 
> just don't know enough about the structure of the designs...
>
> thanks anyhow.
>
> -jim
>