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  • November 21, 2009 at 9:13 am #79358
    hayeskirch
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    I just bought a new ehx micro synth pedal. Works good and sounds fantastic. Although there a couple of bugs that I’m a little confused about.
    1st: in the voice section when I just have the sub octave up all the way or backed down a little bit when i play the low E string or the A and let the note ring out it randomly jumps the octave at points. And when it does so theirs a nice crackling sound that coincides with this pain.

    2nd: When i let a note ring out when the signal gets a little low, or just a little quieter the sound cuts out with that crackling sound,or just cuts outwith no warning. I don’t know if i have to adjust the preamp gain or what.

    3rd: there are some build issues. I have a random hole punched out on the top of the pedal. Also as I was writing this I touched the face of the pedal and the black came off in a place. Also the screws on the back of the pedal are striped so i cant really get in and change the preamp gain.

    Other then that i love this pedal, the sounds are what I want but i just want to know if other people have had these problems, or if i have to return the pedal and get a new one. thanks for responding.

    November 21, 2009 at 4:13 pm #104020
    diblet
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    as an owner of a microsynth i can say most of what you are talking about sounds normal : octave jumping, some crackle, cutting off of sustained notes and even the finish being very sensitive (mine is all scratched up… adds character)

    the only not normal things would be a random hole in the top and stripped threads of course…

    the pedal is an old analog design, you are experiencing the ‘charm’ of the pedal. i had the same questions when i first got my pedal. i have since learned to love the quirks and work around them. it takes time to get to know the microsynth.

    to aid in sustain you can add a compression pedal before the unit – that should help with the sustained notes cutting off so soon

    November 21, 2009 at 5:14 pm #104025
    electro-melx
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    can we see some pics of the random hole etc?

    November 22, 2009 at 2:23 am #104015
    hayeskirch
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    Well thanks for the info. That’s good to know that its not defective. Although the thing that bugs me still is that i eventually got my pedals back off and checked out what the innards look like, its not point to point wiring, but actually a circuit board. So with that new technology in a pedal like this wouldn’t all those old bugs of the old analog pedals be fixed. Or is that just an analog thing no matter if its new technology or old?

    November 22, 2009 at 12:32 pm #104069
    electro-melx
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    Well thanks for the info. That’s good to know that its not defective. Although the thing that bugs me still is that i eventually got my pedals back off and checked out what the innards look like, its not point to point wiring, but actually a circuit board. So with that new technology in a pedal like this wouldn’t all those old bugs of the old analog pedals be fixed. Or is that just an analog thing no matter if its new technology or old?

    I don’t think there is any ‘new technology’ in the microsynth, as far as I know it’s pretty much an exact reissue of the original. (which would have also had a circuit board)

    November 23, 2009 at 5:22 am #104095
    hayeskirch
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    ok cool, I don’t know much about these pedal and what the originals were like. Thanks for setting me straight. SO all these issues are common with these pedals?

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