Just an update.. I tested the proximity relating to my issue..(which is that some of the filter related knobs are sending some sort of extra noise into the signal when I turn them)...
The problem exists the same no matter where the control/top panel is located.. Up/down/etc..
I had stated that maybe this new 45degree angle I've set for top part of synth is somehow the cause of this, but this update is to confirm that it's not.
I do feel I may have caused it in my work, but I have no idea how...