If you mean yours sounds distorted as in it literally sounds like it's going through a guitar pedal, then yes, I'd say it's probably broken.
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Re: [Doepfer_a100] The bloody A-112 Sampler
2014-01-20 by Zoë Blade
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2014-01-20 by Zoë Blade
If you mean yours sounds distorted as in it literally sounds like it's going through a guitar pedal, then yes, I'd say it's probably broken.