Did I make a build mistake on my MOTM-440?
2009-11-17 by Argitoth
Hey guys, I'm e-mailing Paul about this right now. Paul says I have a resistor mistake. But just incase I'd like to hear from anyone here who has a MOTM-440. Problem: -All inputs exhibit the same behavior: With 0 resonance OR some resonance in Enhanced mode, once I turn the input trimmer past 7, the signal begins to clip. The otherwise clean sines created by filtering and resonance becomes buzzy and only the top of the waveform is clipped. It does not exhibit a nice overdriven sound when the trimmer goes past 7. This clipping is not being caused by recording too hot. I can put the output of the MOTM-440 into an attenuator before my recording interface and still get the same kind of clipping. Is this normal behavior? Should I just watch where I set my input trimmer? Audio sample: http://www.elanhickler.com/misc/motm-440_clipping.wav Image of waveform: http://www.elanhickler.com/misc/440_clipping.png -- www.elanhickler.com