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  • August 9, 2016 at 10:01 am #84527
    Kim Ov Moros
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    I’m having some difficulty tracking down what’s going on with my setup. There’s this weird “after zap” noise I’m getting. Here’s a vid you can hear it between the chord and the Reverb tail:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5xwhznxqnnbziv/VIDEO0082.mp4?dl=0

    I’ve checked a lot of the obvious things, but…..

    I have it set up to split to two amps like explained in the EHX video, with volume pedal to “turn Mel9 on and off”.

    The pedal adaptor is not plugged in to the same power strip as the rest of my gear…..could that be it? Strange though this only started acting like this almost litersally overnight.
    Thanks in advance for any help, ideas, thoughts, etc. This is driving me crazy now. lol

    August 10, 2016 at 3:39 am #121838
    Kim Ov Moros
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    Sorry, I posted the wrong link. Edited and here it is again:

    https://www.dropbox.com/s/b5xwhznxqnnbziv/VIDEO0082.mp4?dl=0

    August 12, 2016 at 4:04 pm #121851
    EHX STAFF
    Keymaster

    ?????????????????
    It sounds like a metal distorted Power chord
    Sorry I dont understand

    August 13, 2016 at 3:48 am #121853
    Kim Ov Moros
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    Yeah, I guess it’s harder to hear in the vid. It’s like the Gate on my preamp isn’t clamping down as it should. Just trying to figure this out; sorry if I was unintentionally misleading anyone that my Mel9 is defective…which is isn’t.

    The vid is just a chug power chord with no Mel9 effect (the effect goes to a different amp and speakers) But there’s that ZAP immediately after that chug just before the Reverb effect is heard.

    The signal chain is: Guitar > Mel9 (Dry Out) > Tremonti wah > rack preaamp/fx/poweramp > speakers A
    Mel9 (Effect Out) > Behringer Compressor/Limiter > Morley Volume > Crate Powerblock > speakers B

    EDIT:
    It was the Gate on my preamp. A simple resistor change and back in action. Thanks!

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