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Re: [CZsynth] VZ10m - noise on the outputs

2005-04-19 by Summa

It's common for 80s synths to be a bit noisier compared to todays devices. The VZ 
isn't noisier than my TX802 or CZ-1, what do you use for comparison?
My guess is that about 70% should be a good Level setting...

On 19 Apr 2005 at 14:18, phzzzit wrote:

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> OK,
> So I recently bought a VZ10m. Compared to my other sound modules and
> synths, this thing is noisy! By that I mean it puts out a pretty
> significant amount of white noise on its output signal. I have to turn
> down the gain on my mixer to nearly 50% before I get it to be just
> inaudible. But then, I lose a great deal of volume dynamics. Many of
> the more subtle patches are too quiet.
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> I did some searching on the web and found a reference from 1990 saying
> that these units were known to be noisy. What I would like to know
> from folks here is if this is really a common trait or whetther it
> looks like I've got a box with some output amp problems.
> 
> So, could someone out there tell me, if you crank up the gain on your
> box' line level outs, do you get the noise also? If so, then I would
> suspect that this is just a common trait of these synths.
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> Thanks
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