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Check the 1 and 10 Uf capacitors in the anti-aliasing filter.
Probably consists of a series of op-amp IC's and a bunch of those cap's.

First look for oxydation of the capacitor legs or the circuitboard underneath.

good luck

--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Tyler Burns <burns46824@...> wrote:
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> Dykesh -
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> What kind of noise floor are we talking, here? Â At 0db on the "Gain" setting, I'm guessing that noise floor should be about -80dBu or -85dBu, which should be pretty darn quiet. Â The other gain settings have significantly louder noise floors. Â Most people who want a low noise floor in their samples use an external preamp and keep the gain setting at 0. Â However, the higher noise floors can sound kind of cool, too, for certain types of sounds.
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> Measure the noise floors of the different gain settings and get back to us.
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> - Tyler
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>  From: dykesh666 <dykesh666@...>
> To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2012 7:51 AM
> Subject: [emulatorII-list] Sampling Noise Problem?
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> I am trying to sample for the first time with my Emulator II and I have some questions. When sampling with the Gain set to 0, I hear a good bit of background noise at all times. I cannot raise the gain to 20 or 40 without major amounts of noise. The sample itself is of good quality, volume level is nearly maxed out on the meter but I seem to also hear a bit of a mechanical sound  in the background of the sample when the sample gets to low volume.  When I play E-mu disks the background noise is much lower and there are no mechanical noises so it seems to be a problem with sampling only. I also have an MPC 60 and sampling on that is working perfectly so I do think it is a problem with the E-mu and not my overall setup. thanks for any help...
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> Also, this is the first time sampling after it was shipped to me. Should I reseat any particular chips and is there a specific cleaner or deoxidizer? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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