RE: Back in the saddle, again...

[Kim Flint <kflint@loopers-delight.com>]

actually, it is the crystals that are connected to the audio codec and
generate it's clock that need replacing, for those keeping track. the chip
itself was not the fault. It was a pretty strange problem.

these days I'm somewhere in between digital and analog. Still an Analog Kid
at heart. :-)

kim


At 1:55 AM -0700 8/1/01, Andy Ewen wrote:
>That'd be the Crystal Codec then. I was unaware that they caused an
>intermittent fault; from our experiance here, they either worked or not, 
>but
>I bow to Kims superior knowledge, (as Geddy once said, 'He's a Digital
>Man'). It can't hurt to change this chip so if Shane hasn't got any, I can
>always ship a replacement out direct from here.
>Andy. :)
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kim Flint [mailto:kflint@loopers-delight.com]
>> Sent: 01 August 2001 09:31
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: Re: Back in the saddle, again...
>>
>>
>> At 11:55 AM -0700 7/31/01, Jonathan El-Bizri wrote:
>> >    Unfortunately, my echoplex seems to be broken :< I can't turn the
>> >feedback to 100% any more - it's always fading out. It
>> doesn't seem to
>> >matter whether I use a pedal, or the front panel (though the
>> pedal is rather
>> >flaky - it could be unrelated). Anyone had this happen to
>> them? It's a bit
>> >of a show stopper, unless I keep 'filling up' the loop every
>> once in a
>> >while, which breaks the sonfg structure and confuses band
>> mates. I'd be
>> >loath to do it live. Any suggestions?
>>
>> hey Jonathan, welcome back!
>>
>> there was a batch of echoplexes that went out a year or two
>> ago that had a
>> component that was out of spec. The symptom was exactly that,
>> every now and
>> then you would turn it on and it was like the feedback was
>> stuck at 95%.
>> Most times you power up and it is fine. (that's why they
>> slipped out, it
>> was hard to detect....)  It is relatively easy to fix, just
>> by getting that
>> part replaced. If you contact Shane Radtke at Gibson he'll
>> fix you right
>> up. <sradtke@gibson.com>, 1-800-544-2766 x206 or (847) 741-7315 x206.
>>
>> kim
>>
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>>


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