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Re: [emax] Re: bad sound

2013-01-15 by jammie

yes that would cause the chorus fx as its a delayed version 

and will be out of phase this will also cause frequencies to be removed and will give you a dirty muffled noisy sound
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Nik Kinloch 
  To: emax@yahoogroups.com 
  Cc: papluss 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 10:59 AM
  Subject: Re: [emax] Re: bad sound


    
  Are you monitoring back through the soundcard? Sounds like the output is 
  getting fed back into the input.

  On 15/01/2013 10:48, papluss wrote:
  > Ok
  > I have bypassed the headphone amp, made the signal hotter into emax.
  > Sounds perhaps a bit better. (uploaded try2: https://soundcloud.com/paplusse/sets/emax-sampling-noise-problem)
  > I know it sounds like a digital noise, but I can't hear it from the RME UFX soundcard. It is very clear when i stop the playback early and keep emax sampling, then when emax stops sampling the noise stops (the recording carries on a little)
  > Also at the begining i retriggered the sample to make you hear the nearly flanged type sound i get, with slightly different sound on every trigger.
  > At first i though the chorus was on or that the sample was on 2 voices playing together, but chorus is off, and i don't master yet the emax 2 voice architecture, but on a menu quick tour, i couldn't see anything abnormal.
  > Could the emax generate that digital noise? Would that be AD/DA conversion problem?
  > How do you guys monitor your emax input?
  > Thanks for your time guys.
  >
  > dave
  >
  > --- In emax@yahoogroups.com, krikor kouchian wrote:
  >> yes i didn't see that
  >> sure don't use the headphone amp to sample in the emax!
  >>
  >> Le mardi 15 janvier 2013, Human Being a �crit :
  >>> Take the headphone amp out of the equation and post the results. I would
  >> guess that is what's raising your noise floor.
  >>> On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:18 AM, monsieur escargot wrote:
  >>>
  >>>> I've uploaded the original file now. yes it is off the computer,
  >> unmastered
  >>>> drum session bit.
  >>>> the gain was set to 0dB on the emax and its Vumeter was going over half
  >>>> way. I had tried it hotter, but worse results, and i made sure i was
  >>>> sending mono signal and i checked the audio cable.
  >>>> It doesnt do it with the few samples on disk supplied with the rack.
  >>>>
  >>>> for the gain stagging, is it correct that you can't audition what you are
  >>>> sampling through the emax? only the result once you trigger it? I send
  >>>> signal to emax though an headphone amp which can mono and monitor thru
  >> the
  >>>> other channels either on headphones or mixer. Can't see what im doing
  >> wrong
  >>>> with gain staging, but in a way i hope it is me and not the machine!
  >>>>
  >>>> thanks
  >>>> dave
  >>>>
  >>>> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 9:12 PM, Human Being abigblackwave@...
  >>> wrote:
  >>>>> Honestly, it sounds like you were sampling something off of your
  >> computer
  >>>>> and didn't utilize proper gain staging.
  >>>>>
  >>>>> On Jan 14, 2013, at 9:34 PM, papluss wrote:
  >>>>>
  >>>>>> hi.
  >>>>>> first sampling on my 'new' emax1. And it sounds like there is
  >> something
  >>>>> wrong with it.
  >>>>>> Would you be able to direct me towards the problem by hearing those
  >>>>> samples i made?
  >>>>>> https://soundcloud.com/paplusse/sets/emax-sampling-noise-problem
  >>>>>>
  >>>>>> thanks guys!
  >>>>>> dave
  >>>>>>
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