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  • February 28, 2009 at 12:41 am #77815
    Barnabyhuggins
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    I have a 2880 that is less than a week old. I’ve noticed that the sound of the clix track bleeds through the signal even when the clix knob is turned all the way down. The sound resembles signal noise but it is sync’d with the lights of the click track. One noise comes with the left light and another for the right light that indicates one measure. The sound only comes through when it is in play or record mode.

    I tried disconnecting it from the signal chain, giving it it’s own power plug (not on a multiplug), disconnecting the foot controller and updating the software. I don’t know what else to do.

    The problem is somewhat serious because it shines through on every loop. Anyone had this problem? Any help?

    March 5, 2009 at 2:59 am #94202
    Barnabyhuggins
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    Any help?

    March 8, 2009 at 7:54 pm #94292
    Kefler
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    Yo Barnaby Huggins, I’ve had some weirdness from the clix track but a bit different… the click when I’m listening through headphones only is audible when turned up past 75%… I’m thinking there is a bit of a shortcoming with this clix track in general with this unit. If it continues to be and issue I’d recommend checking with the place you got it as a first resort, or secondarily check with EHX direct, they want people like us to be happy with their shit!

    post back let me know if any thing else has developed

    Peace

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    March 8, 2009 at 9:33 pm #94294
    Barnabyhuggins
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    The manual actually says that “when playing back or overdubbing the clix level knob acts more like a switch for the metronome. If you have the clix level knob set to above 75% you will hear the metronome, otherwise it is silent.” (Pg. 10)

    Sounds like you don’t have a problem. Mine still remains. I’ll be trying to send it in shortly. I had a new problem that leads me to believe it might be related to power. When I tried playing with it while my PA was turned on the residual clix sound and background signal noise became incredibly loud.

    I wish an EHX rep would comment on this thread.

    Thanks for the response anyway.

    March 10, 2009 at 1:14 am #94335
    Kefler
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    Quote:
    The manual actually says that “when playing back or overdubbing the clix level knob acts more like a switch for the metronome. If you have the clix level knob set to above 75% you will hear the metronome, otherwise it is silent.” (Pg. 10)

    Sounds like you don’t have a problem. Mine still remains. I’ll be trying to send it in shortly. I had a new problem that leads me to believe it might be related to power. When I tried playing with it while my PA was turned on the residual clix sound and background signal noise became incredibly loud.

    I wish an EHX rep would comment on this thread.

    Thanks for the response anyway.

    Kefler: Too true you are my man, I wish you the best with that, definately call or email ehx. I should have actually read the entire manual : my bad…

    Good luck

    Peace out

    August 5, 2011 at 10:31 am #106820
    mnortham
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    I am having this problem too – the clix bleeding through into the tracks making an electro buzzing sound that is not intended… Any solutions? or suggestions of what the problem might be?

    (I noticed that the last posting in this thread was 2009! – so – i wonder if anyway will respond to this?)

    August 5, 2011 at 4:52 pm #109352
    Flick (EHX Staff)
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    I am having this problem too – the clix bleeding through into the tracks making an electro buzzing sound that is not intended… Any solutions? or suggestions of what the problem might be?

    (I noticed that the last posting in this thread was 2009! – so – i wonder if anyway will respond to this?)

    The problem of the CLIX bleeding through to the outputs, even when CLIX is set to 0 is actually due to a low wall voltage or a low voltage from the AC Adapter. Early units (so if you bought a used one this could apply to you) had this problem even with acceptable wall voltages. For example the Clix buzz would start around 112 VAC in the US. The problem was fixed with a couple of hardware changes to the power supply circuitry inside the 2880.

    If you have a newer unit the problem could be due to a faulty AC Adapter or if you are not using the correct AC Adapter.

    August 5, 2011 at 8:40 pm #105475
    mnortham
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    thanks for the speedy response.

    the details are – yes, i just now bought this one used. i am not sure when it was originally bought.

    it was from the u.s. – but was brought to berlin – where i have gotten it second hand…

    so – currently i am powering it by a step down converter (220>110) using the orignial 110 powersupply. i have just ordered the e.h. european powersupply – so hopefully this will correct the problem…

    in the case that it does not – is there a european / berlin based shop that can make the power mod for me?

    November 28, 2011 at 12:27 am #116423
    pricklyrobot
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    Early units (so if you bought a used one this could apply to you) had this problem even with acceptable wall voltages. For example the Clix buzz would start around 112 VAC in the US. The problem was fixed with a couple of hardware changes to the power supply circuitry inside the 2880.

    If you have a newer unit the problem could be due to a faulty AC Adapter or if you are not using the correct AC Adapter.

    Is there any way to identify the older units, to know whether you should be looking at just trying a different AC adapter or whether you’ll have to have the unit serviced?

    I have a used one that seems to be doing this. It came with an EHX brand 9V 500mA adapter. Tried plugging it into different outlets, but the click noise is sporadically still there. It seems most likely to become audible when you’ve just brought up a fader (especially the Mixdown).

    What’s the fix for this if you have an older unit and the fault is not in the AC adapter? Is there a simple way (I have a decent amount of soldering/DIY experience) to take the Clix track out of the audio path entirely (I’m syncing to MIDI, so I have no real use for it).

    May 12, 2012 at 9:25 pm #117542
    pricklyrobot
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    It seems no help will be forthcoming from EHX on this, especially I imagine now that the 2880 is officially discontinued.

    There aren’t any schematics available or info that I can find on how to disconnect the metronome from the audio path. But, just recently I noticed that the Clix bleed-through only seems to happen on the Left output. So if you don’t need stereo, you should be able to get around this just using the Right output and panning your tracks accordingly.

    I haven’t been doing this long enough to confirm that the noise never shows up at the Right out, but so far, so good. Just thought I’d post this here in case some other second-hand 2880 buyer is going crazy searching the web, trying to find a work-around. ;)

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