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Re: [elektron] Preliminary FAQ

2004-12-07 by tahvenaine2002

Wow!

You guys have done a marvellous job putting the FAQ together. I'm 
starting to believe that this new forum thing will be good, since 
people are willing to put some effort to it. 

I think we have to change question 19:

"19) Why do I hear noise coming out of the Machinedrum outputs?

- This could occur for various reasons.  The most likely one is that
you have the Machinedrum output set very high and running into
something not setup to accept it's +4dB output level (see question
number 17).  It may work to simply turn the level down through the
main output control or through a mixer if you're using the individual
outputs.  If you're still having problems, you may wish to contact
Elektron support regarding the noise level of your particular 
Machinedrum.

That said, many people have complained that perfectly functional
Machinedrums still have a small noise level at their main output.
The reason for this is unknown at this time."

I think this last chapter is out of place. If MD would suffer from 
this kind of problem, it would have been noticed in Elektron first. 
This last chapter points that MDs has some techical failures. If 
people have problems with it, it's due the wrong gain-staging or/and 
some other electrical problems in their house. MD is really quiet, 
and I haven't had any problems even with severe limiting the signal 
(the noise floor doesn't jump out).

Toni.

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