Re: Noisy/hissy EDP (revisited) LOOP IV

["joe rut" <joerut@lycos.com>]

Kelly- 

I'll check my screw.  What was the actual problem on your unit?  Was the 
screw actually hitting the transformer and shorting something?

Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kelly Coyle" <kellycoyle@charter.net>
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Noisy/hissy EDP (revisited) LOOP IV
Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 11:38:12 -0500

> 
> I just fixed a different noise problem on my (old) EDP when I  
> discovered that the screw near the transformer was too long. Just a 
>   thought.
> 
> 
> On Sep 29, 2005, at 10:41 AM, Louis Rossi wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >>
> >> --
> >> _______________________________________________
> >>
> >> Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number.  
> >> -Lycos  Yellow Pages
> >>
> >> http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/ 
> >> default.asp?SRC=lycos10
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

-- 
_______________________________________________

Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number.  -Lycos Yellow 
Pages

http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10