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Midnoise

Midnoise

2013-09-12 by keyboardgod2000

Dear Evolver,

I have loved you with all my heart from the day I first heard you. I can't live without you ... but there are 1 or 2 things I would like to change about you ...

I get quite a lot of MIDI noise through the analog oscillators(not the digital ones) and wondered if anyone knew of a way to eradicate or at least minimize it? I notice the same thing in my Matrix 1000 so it could be inherent to the chip (aren't they the same ...ish?).

Most of the time it's not a major issue because the noise is masked by the goings on of other parts of the synth, but I struggle to get a pure sound in isolation/solo.

Any ideas? Feel free to educamicate me on ADC and DAC etc.

Re: Midnoise

2013-09-13 by Scott Lepore

I've never noticed this myself. I wonder if it might just be your unit.

If so, it might be a simple ground loop on the MIDI jacks. Not sure how to test this but anybody handy with a multimeter should be able to able to figure out how to check it for you.

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Regards,

Scott

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