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  • October 17, 2009 at 9:27 am #79135
    baconmpanada
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    I noticed that there’s a significant volume drop when engaging the #1echo delay ON, is this an inherent feature of the pedal?

    how can one fix this?

    thanks!

    October 19, 2009 at 2:18 am #102406
    baconmpanada
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    The volume drop is noticeable if i turn on my distortion unit.

    can someone help out on this?

    Regards,

    October 21, 2009 at 3:03 pm #102489
    baconmpanada
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    hopefully someone can answer this query. never had a reply to this yet :)

    October 21, 2009 at 8:15 pm #102510
    electro-melx
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    How bad is the drop? without hearing it it’s kinda hard to know if there’s a problem or not…..does the the drop increase as you turn the blend knob or is it a constant level… also are you using the supplied PSU?

    October 24, 2009 at 1:33 am #102629
    baconmpanada
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    How bad is the drop? without hearing it it’s kinda hard to know if there’s a problem or not…..does the the drop increase as you turn the blend knob or is it a constant level… also are you using the supplied PSU?

    the drop is very much noticeable if i turn on my distortion. i have to compensate with my guitar’s volume knob (around 3-4 levels up)

    the drop is somewhat addressable by the blend knob, however since the blend knob works in a way that adjusts both original signal and delayed signal, it comes to a point that i’m not hearing the delayed signal anymore.

    unfornately i think i’m already the 3rd owner of this pedal and i got it without the original PSU.

    October 24, 2009 at 11:14 am #102638
    electro-melx
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    Quote:
    Quote:
    How bad is the drop? without hearing it it’s kinda hard to know if there’s a problem or not…..does the the drop increase as you turn the blend knob or is it a constant level… also are you using the supplied PSU?

    the drop is very much noticeable if i turn on my distortion. i have to compensate with my guitar’s volume knob (around 3-4 levels up)

    the drop is somewhat addressable by the blend knob, however since the blend knob works in a way that adjusts both original signal and delayed signal, it comes to a point that i’m not hearing the delayed signal anymore.

    unfornately i think i’m already the 3rd owner of this pedal and i got it without the original PSU.

    Digital delays are pretty power hungry, what’s the spec of the power supply you are using?

    October 24, 2009 at 12:05 pm #102640
    baconmpanada
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    Digital delays are pretty power hungry, what’s the spec of the power supply you are using?

    it’s a 200mA 9v power supply

    October 24, 2009 at 12:23 pm #102641
    baconmpanada
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    i tried with a 500ma supply as well and the volume drop is the same

    October 27, 2009 at 7:30 pm #102730
    electro-melx
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    I has the same problem with mine. as soon as I clicked it on it was like my amp volume dropped by 25%. this is while it was in the effects loop.

    was it ok out of the fx loop?

    October 27, 2009 at 8:37 pm #102737
    aldebaran6
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    Im not sure but i think is a normal issue in this pedal, a friend of mine have the same pedal and he loves the sound, but he never uses the pedal in gigs because of the volume drop :( , he only use his pedal in studio work

    October 28, 2009 at 9:29 am #102771
    baconmpanada
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    Im not sure but i think is a normal issue in this pedal

    “normal issue” should not have any place in electronics. :D

    i checked the review done here and it mentions the volume drop as well:

    https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/414/P0/

    is there any solution to this?

    October 31, 2009 at 6:41 pm #103067
    baconmpanada
    Participant

    would you guys have any update to this?

    November 4, 2009 at 9:53 am #103317
    ZenJenga
    Member

    Yea, I have the same problem with mine. It’s the blend knob. It not only blends the signal, but affects the output as well. Blend all the way down and there’s no drop, starting blending in and the volume of the dry signal drops… blend on max and the delay signal is nice and loud, however of course no dry signal.
    I have worked out ways to get around it, as in only using that particular delay for certain things. LPB1 helps with these sort of problems… I use it with my Small Stone to help with the volume drop, I’m assuming it would do the same for the delay, but I haven’t tried it.

    November 14, 2009 at 3:39 pm #103736
    PhilsenLasVegas
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    I have just bought a #1 Echo. I think the volume drop is generic as mine suffers from it too. I’m not particularly bothered about it because I only bought it for writing and home practice. I use a Deluxe Memory Man for live. I’d use a clean booster though if it was my live delay.

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