RE: Noisy/hissy EDP (revisited) LOOP IV

["Louis Rossi" <tarbit@hotmail.com>]

I'm having the same problem as Joe. Can anyone confirm if LOOP IV will 
help 
with the hiss or maybe the newer black units sound better. PLEASE?


Thanks
Lou


>From: "joe rut" <joerut@lycos.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Noisy/hissy EDP (revisited)
>Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 21:39:49 -0500
>
>Hey there-
>
>I know this was a source of discussion on the list some time ago, but 
>I've 
>spent a couple hours searching/reading in the archive and I can't
>find anything that seems to have resolved this problem.  I'm using the 
>cream-colored Oberheim EDPs with Loop III, 5.0.
>
>The problem:
>My loop is full of hiss.  I tap record once.  I tap it a second time to 
>end 
>the loop and there is a lot of hiss.
>This occurs even with nothing plugged into the EDP inputs
>This occurs even with input knob set to zero.
>With feedback set to zero, the hiss does not die away, but stays steady.
>
>This does not seems like an "improper gain staging" issue.  One of my 
>EDPs 
>does this and the other does not.  With both EDPs set
>identically, one is super hissy, one is only mildly (and acceptably) 
>hissy. 
>  (eg: A) With all knobs at 100% and no inputs into the EDPs, or B)
>input= Zero, output = any audible setting, mix and feedback = 100% and no 
>inputs into EDPs.)
>
>The only visible difference between the two EDPs is that the hissy unit 
>has 
>a power switch with just a white dot on it, while the other
>actually says "on/off".  Could one of these be from a different 
>manufacturing run in which there were different (noisier) parts used?  Is 
>this
>a problem that can be addressed by replacing certain parts?
>
>Anybody else had this experience and found a way to address it?
>
>Thanks
>
>Joe Rut
>
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