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Subject: RE: [motm] my clicking & popping bass notes

From: "Paul Wagorn" <pwagorn@...>
Date: 2003-06-30

>Ok, if you tried a different VCA and had "no problems", by this you mean
the
>click/pop went away, right? If so, it might be that the original 110 VCA
is
>having some CV bleed-through and needs adjustment as described in the
>manual.

I tried that, it doesn't seems to help, unfortunately. (although i can make
it worse by adjusting this! :)

>The 110 may be clipping for some reason. If you put two different freq
>[preferably] sine waves into the RM section of the 110 "in question", does
>it experience any popping sounds?

i'll try that out

>Another thought, do you have a mixer? Try attenuating the signals going
>into the VCA. Popping go away?

hmm, can't do that - i don't have something that will work with cv's :(

>Did you try Paul Schreiber's suggestion? Did it have any effect?
no

>I'm curious, exactly what VCA did you use in place of the one 110 creating
>the popping? A different 110? a 190? an external VCA?

minimoog

>Grasping a bit, but how many modules are in your system, and what power
>supply are you using?

well, my PS is full (it's a motm), but it should be ok....
paul