RE: Echoplex plop noise

[phillip wilson <phillwilson@hotmail.com>]

Oh yer........your totally right......

thats even how i did it, i just forgot it existed when tryig to describe how i might have achieved it.

think it was holding down two buttons upon powerup...cant remember which though

> Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:19:43 +0100
> From: akbutler@tiscali.co.uk
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: Echoplex plop noise
>
> Phils right,
> but there's a way to set it accurately
> by going into an EDP test mode on bootup.
>
> more info to follow, I'll have to look it up.
>
> (unless anyone else knows it)
>
> andy
>
> phillip wilson wrote:
> > yer i had it, not a biggie to fix......
> >
> > pop open the case, making sure you have got rid of any static on your
> > self or your tools of course.....(and that power is off)
> >
> > look for a little trimmer ( plastic circle with a screw driver cross
> > type thread , basically i did this through trial and error...move it a
> > bit to the left.... stop working on the unit, poiwer it on with an
> > instrument plugged in, see if the sound is more or less promounced...if
> > more then move in the other direction by 10 degrees, try again...more or
> > less...adjust by less and less degrees until it goes away. then replace
> > the housing and thats it.
> >
> > usual dont kill yourself caveats apply.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 13:36:44 +0200
> > Subject: Echoplex plop noise
> > From: atqsound@gmail.com
> > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am trying to fix my Oberheim Echoplex Digital Pro.
> >
> > Everytime I loop something with the echoplex there is a "plop" noise at
> > the start/end of the loop.
> > Even when there is no input and it's just recording silence. This
> > happens as well when I overdub.
> >
> > I already checked this:
> > - it happens both with LOOP IV and LOOP 3.3
> > - changing RAM didn't make a difference either
> >
> > I did some research on the web and found a comment of Matthias Grob to a
> > user who had the same problem:
> > /"If the blopp happens in other situations, too, it might be the DC
> > aligning, a trimmer, easy to set"/
> >
> > Does anyone know what he's talking about?
> > Any advice is welcome.
> >
> > Thanks and kind regards!
>