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October 31, 2016 at 4:50 pm in reply to: Try to connect a Quneo control surface with my 45000 EHX multi track looper #122197Flick (EHX Staff)Moderator
Can you connect the MIDI Out from the 45000 directly to your computer to monitor the MIDI messages being sent out by the 45000? Just to ensure that MIDI is working correctly out of the 45000? Set EXT CLOCK to off on the 45000 and then it will constantly send MIDI Clock messages out.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:The LED is working, but I get no sound on any presets with the LED on or off. I tried with the preset LED on/off through combinations all night too just to make sure it wasn’t that.Here’s the headset: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015WKYI50/
If the switch is bad I can return it and get another. Likely refund and get that other one you mentioned. I just don’t want to have to wait another month really is the only issue with that.
Which switch do you suspect is bad?
The user manual for the headphones doesn’t provide too much info. Most likely the problem is that the microphone signal from the headphones is unbalanced but the Voice Box requires a balanced microphone signal into the MIC IN connector. Does your mixer have a balanced send or output of any sort? If it does try plugging the mic into the mixer and then sending its signal on a balanced connection to the Voice Box.
It sounds like the V256 would be a better fit for you but it shares the same mic-pre and XLR output driver circuitry from the Voice Box so if you can’t get the mic working on the Voice Box then it probably won’t work for you on the V256 either.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I went through each preset with the mic bypass on and once again with it off. There is no sound coming from the microphone, and I just double checked. Am I to assume at this point that my problem the whole time may have been a faulty switch?If the LED near the MIC BYPASS footswitch goes on and off each time you press the footswitch, then the footswitch is doing its job.
I’m not sure what’s going here. Even if you don’t hear microphone in effect mode it should be audible while in Bypass.
Can you send me the make and model of the headphones?
October 17, 2016 at 7:33 pm in reply to: Midi Controlling other Devices with EHX Looper 45000 #122148Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorTo use the 45000 as the MIDI Clock master, make sure of the following:
1. The 45000’s EXT.CLOCK LED is off. Press the corresponding button until the LED turns off.
2. The KP3 is set to Ext. Clock mode. Check Page 21 of its manual, number 3 under “Applying the MIDI Message Filter.”
3. Enable QUANTIZE on the 45000. This step is not always necessary but if the KP3 is playing back its sequence and you want the sequence to sync up the 45000’s loop then it is best to enable QUANTIZE on the 45000.
4. Make sure the MIDI cable is connected to the 45000’s MIDI OUT connector and to the KP3’s MIDI IN connector.That should do it. The KP3 should now follow the 45000 when you press PLAY on the 45000.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorDo you hear any sound from the microphone when plugged into the Voice Box? Try toggling the MIC BYPASS footswitch, do you hear any sound when the Bypass LED is off?
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Okay I have tried setting to both Octaves and Unison+Whistle as you suggested, but no sound is being played back to me when I select to “Listen to this device” from within Windows microphone properties. I have not changed any cables from what is pictured, just the knob.Can you try taking the Voice Box out of the signal path just to make sure the microphone signal is making it through the cables to the computer? So disconnect the two XLR plugs currently inserted into the Voice Box and connect these XLR plugs together, the mic signal should now be going straight into the computer.
Also one other note: make sure the LED near the MIC BYPASS footswitch is lit to hear the Voice Box effects. Press the MIC BYPASS footswitch to toggle between effect mode and bypass mode.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorMost of the Voice Box’s modes require both an instrument and microphone to be connected to work properly. For example, in the photos you have the Voice Box set to Vocoder; Vocoder mode will not make any sound unless an instrument or sound source is plugged into the INST input jack and a microhpone is plugged into the XLR input MIC IN. Then to hear the vocoder effect, you must speak into the microphone while the instrument sound source is producing a signal.
Based on the photos and your description it sounds like you have only tried either the MIC IN or the INST in but not both together?
On the Voice Box there are two modes where you can just plug in the microphone and hear an effect: OCTAVES and UNISON+WHISTLE modes. You can test the microphone to see if it is working properly through the Voice Box by setting it to either of these modes and speaking through the microphone.
If you are looking for Vocoder effects that do not require an instrument as well, check out our V256. With the V256 you can plug in a mic and create vocoder effects without the need for an instrument.
October 17, 2016 at 1:08 pm in reply to: Midi Controlling other Devices with EHX Looper 45000 #122141Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorOne quick question before we delve further into a solution for you: do you want the 45000 to be the MIDI Clock master over the Kaoss pad or the Kaoss pad to be the MIDI clock master over the 45000?
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hello,
I recently bought a 22500 looper and have had some problems with adding rhythm loops. The problem is that they don’t play back at the same BPM as I am inputting, with the consequence that the speed and pitch are different. Could I be doing something wrong? I am just typing in the new BPM and the number of beats per bar in the TEMPO.TXT file. I have tried experimenting with different values and the results seem pretty random.
Many thanks!
MJWhat happens if you change the tempo on the 22500 to match the tempo of one of your imported rhythm files, does it playback correctly? For example, if you set one of your rhythms to 135 BPM and adjust the 22500 to 135 BPM does it playback as you would expect?
The information you write into the TEMPO.TXT files does not force the 22500 to change its current tempo setting. Instead your TEMPO.TXT settings allow the 22500 to adjust playback of the user rhythms so that they match the 22500’s current BPM setting. You have to adjust the 22500’s tempo setting to match the settings you write into TEMPO.TXT.
September 13, 2016 at 3:21 pm in reply to: Deluxe Big Muff pi noise gate stutters or alternates at every position #122022Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:It works fine! Thank you major!My set up doesn’t have a big hum so it looks like I was just pushing the gate a little bit too far! Around 8 o’clock seems fine.
Last question: what will happen if I ever use a set up with a major big hum and that I need to turn the gate at let say 2-3 i’clock. Will it work or will it cut all the time?
It’s a little hard to say, it depends on the source of the hum actually. The gate in the Deluxe Bass Big Muff (DBBM) is able to cut out the noise that is produced by the DBBM itself based on analyzing the signal from your bass. If something after the DBBM is producing noise or hum, the DBBM’s gate won’t do much to reduce it. If the hum is coming from the bass itself, then the DBBM will remove this hum as long as the GATE knob is set correctly. You may have to increase the GATE knob’s setting to remove louder hum from a different instrument or environment. If you are using active pickups then the hum produced by your bass should be pretty consistent as you change environments.
September 13, 2016 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Deluxe Big Muff pi noise gate stutters or alternates at every position #122020Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorTry this:
1. Turn the GATE knob down to fully counter-clockwise so that the gate is disabled.
2. Set the PAD switch to wherever you prefer.
3. Ensure the Big Muff is set up in such a way so that you hear obvious hum.
4. Mute the strings on your bass by holding the strings.
5. Turn up the GATE knob until the gate kicks in and the hum disappears. Then turn up GATE just a little more.Now try playing your bass, does the gate react predictably?
September 13, 2016 at 1:29 pm in reply to: Deluxe Big Muff pi noise gate stutters or alternates at every position #122017Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:Hi,just bought the Deluxe Bass Big Muff and it seems that I have a similar problem. The gate knob is only at 9 o’clock and it is cutting the sound on and off all the time at random (or at least it looks like at random to me! )
I use an ESP active bass with an Ampeg mini amp. Maybe I am missing something or maybe I am just unlucky and the muff is malfunctioning right out from the box.
Any advice for me before I bring it back to the retailer?
Thank you.
What position do you have the PAD switch set to? Does the gate behave more predictably if you flip the PAD?
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorTry this test with the 8 Step and G3:
1. Connect the 8 Step to the G3 using a TRS cable (one is provided with the 8 Step). Cable should be connected to the EXP/CV OUT on the 8 Step and CONTROL IN on the G3.
2. Pause the 8 Step and then press the RESET FSW so that LED/slider 1 on the 8 STEP is lit/selected. Ensure DEPTH is the selected encoder mode. Start with DEPTH set to 8.
3. Ensure you have the G3 set up correctly to use an expression pedal, see page 16 of its manual.
4. Now move the 8 Step’s step 1 slider while sound is going through the G3. Is their a range for the 8 Step’s slider where it is controlling the G3 as you would expect? If the G3 range less than the full range of the slider then reduce the 8 Step’s depth setting until the slider control’s the G3’s full range. Once you find the correct depth setting, leave DEPTH at that setting and set up a sequence with the rest of the sliders then press the 8 Step’s PLA FSW.
5. If the above step doesn’t work try changing the TRS cable for a TS cable and repeat the above steps.Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:It works!!! sorry I was so stupid I didn’t change setting from Line in to Mic on my apollo input, once I did it, its working, just sound is quite distorted need to experiment with levels I think. Thanks for your help!Yes you do need to reduce the signal level into the V256, once you do that it should work fine.
Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:& I’ve got a RME UCX. You’d use an XLR cable going from one of your outputs on your interface into this & out of the v256 into one of your inputs. I just worry I might blow something up. The XLR input of the v256 is 10 kilo ohms. So…your output would have to be in the acceptable range…I think..(line level?) …’what the hell’s a jigawatt!?’ It’s this gain staging thing again.
Yes, use a balanced line output from your audio interface. 10K load is pretty standard to put on a line signal.
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