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Re: Various questions

2002-03-02 by duffnuff

--- In Doepfer_a100@y..., "mdimmm" <mdimmm@y...> wrote:
> As anyone who owns a spring reverb module knows, the 
A-100's 
> transformer generates a lot of hum. In addition to the spring 
> reverb, I use a lot of electromagnetic pick-ups (like on a guitar) 
> as external signal inputs  and find the hum almost 
unacceptable 
> with this set-up. I hope someone might have suggestions for 
> shielding the transformer, or knows of other ways to decrease 
> the hum generated by the A-100.


dimm, 
re:  reverb hum, i drilled a small hole in the back of the case and 
soldered a longer rca cable to the module so the springs live 
outside the A100 case completely.  not a trace of hum.  (you 
could just get an extention to the cable that's already there but 
that requires drilling a bigger hole for the connector to pass 
through.)  one benefit for me is this also allows manipulation of 
the spings if so desired, which can be very interesting, 
particularly  when the reverb is patched thru the resonance 
feedback loop on a filter.
duff

ps  message 1000?  wow!  cheers to bakis for starting this list!

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