Elektron Musical Instruments

Sounds like a problem with grounding.  If you have the MD plugged into a 
three-prong grounded outlet, try putting it first into a two-prong adapter to 
"lift" the ground.  This has worked for me on a variety of instruments when 
"noise" has been a problem.  I doubt that it poses a safety hazard to have the MD 
ungrounded.


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My MD is wierd too.. I hear the radio with it. I guess some part must grab
the airial waves:::

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Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [elektron] machinedrum noisey when touched.


> Sounds like a problem with grounding.  If you have the MD plugged into a
> three-prong grounded outlet, try putting it first into a two-prong adapter
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> "lift" the ground.  This has worked for me on a variety of instruments
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> "noise" has been a problem.  I doubt that it poses a safety hazard to have
the MD

> ungrounded.
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> My MD is wierd too.. I hear the radio with it. I guess some part 
must grab
> the airial waves:::

Heh, are you serious?? It seems that MD is pretty sensitive machine. 
I live in building with several other people on their flats (don't 
remember english word right now). It's mad, everytime somebody 
swithes light on or off in the other flats I get small pop from MD!! 
It use to be really trouble, because I had to think average 
timetables of when people don't touch their lights and when I was 
recording something to computer!! It got a lot better when I switched 
my MD to grounded electricity (spelled wrong somehow, I know..). It 
also good to try to get electricity to every audio equipment from the 
same point, this way you don't get groundlinks (50 or 60 Hz buzz).

I don't think it's MD, it more to do with your available electricity 
and how it have been designed in the first place (my building was 
designed somewhere 1930s). 
Toni.

Le 21 avr. 2004, à 14:25, M-.-n a écrit :

> My MD is wierd too.. I hear the radio with it. I guess some part must 
> grab the airial waves:::

Either a bad solder joint (can act as an antenna) or some ground loop.

Try to move it to see if it's position driven. Or plug it another way.

You can remove ground loops in the audio flow by cutting the ground at 
one extremity of the audio cable, preferably at the instrument side of 
the cable

Denis =G)