Zero 8 Hiss/Hum
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Zero 8 Hiss/Hum
Sounds like when you turn an old TDK cassette really loud, all the time.
This is bad.
I read somewhere korg is working on a fix, but tech support wasnt of any help last time, maybe i can get a senior technician on the line
JZ
This is bad.
I read somewhere korg is working on a fix, but tech support wasnt of any help last time, maybe i can get a senior technician on the line
JZ
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I have loud hiss in the background on both the master and booth outputs.
The hiss is NOT from my electrical wiring in the home. When I hook up my Mackie powered monitors and turn them on, there is always a very minor noise floor. When I plug in the XLR cable from the Zero8, the hiss comes in bigtime. This is not ground loop noise. It is something different, and it happens with or without my Firewire connected to the computer.
The hiss is NOT from my electrical wiring in the home. When I hook up my Mackie powered monitors and turn them on, there is always a very minor noise floor. When I plug in the XLR cable from the Zero8, the hiss comes in bigtime. This is not ground loop noise. It is something different, and it happens with or without my Firewire connected to the computer.
hi, korg says no one has this problem, so id like to get all of us together and try to fix this problem, this is the noisiest mixer i have ever owned, its noiser then a 50 radio shack dj mixer. this was 1899 , thats a LOT of money. I cannot tolerate this hiss.
Please both of you call korg ASAP in the usa and let them know of this problem, this is the only way it can get fixed!
they told me i was the only issue ever with this problem. please call korg
Please both of you call korg ASAP in the usa and let them know of this problem, this is the only way it can get fixed!
they told me i was the only issue ever with this problem. please call korg
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thats kind of what korg was telling me, but they actually told me nobody has complained about it. So i returned one unit, got a replacement, same HISS. Its not a useable mixer yet.
Major problems with my mixer are:
1. Clicking headphone rotary knob at from positions 11:00 to 1:00 (makes a clicking sound in headphones)
2.Major hiss
3. VU meters dont do anything
4. Low output volume through firewire
5. Low inputs on 1/4 jacks
korg will fix some of these in the new os i hope
but this hiss is crazy, for a 1899 mixer?
Major problems with my mixer are:
1. Clicking headphone rotary knob at from positions 11:00 to 1:00 (makes a clicking sound in headphones)
2.Major hiss
3. VU meters dont do anything
4. Low output volume through firewire
5. Low inputs on 1/4 jacks
korg will fix some of these in the new os i hope
but this hiss is crazy, for a 1899 mixer?
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hi bildeaux
can you please tell us if you have the hiss. crank up your monitors and turn your zero 8 on, levels dont matter, volume can be all the way down... just plug it into your monitors and crank up your monitors,
do you hear a hiss
Korg did tell me they will fix vu meters... they know about this
but the hiss is a mystery and id like to know if you have it or not?
can you please tell us if you have the hiss. crank up your monitors and turn your zero 8 on, levels dont matter, volume can be all the way down... just plug it into your monitors and crank up your monitors,
do you hear a hiss
Korg did tell me they will fix vu meters... they know about this
but the hiss is a mystery and id like to know if you have it or not?
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hello early zero8 adopters,splurt wrote:3. VU meters dont do anything
we've sold a unit to a local customer and we're suffering the same issue.
the vu meters seems getting the initial spike during power on/off,
the backlight is on all the time, however the vu meter seems to be dead,
it does not act as it should be.
just to spare time and logisitics in between the korg service centre,
and un-necessary service and labor cost, could anyone shed light
on this issue please? is this a hardware or most probably a software issue?
the unit is from the 8xx s/n range, i would not call the first batch.
in the meantime, we're contacting the official sources aswell,
in case of any news will come back here and post an update on the subject.
thanks in advance,
jurij.es.a.szakkor
audioworks hangtechnika
szekesfehervar / hungary
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I read a response from KORG that went something like this:
I have a brand new pair of Yamaha HS80M's with their gain set to 12 o'clock, and my Zero8 creates hiss via XLR with all of it's channels set to MIDI - for clarity, Korg, That's "Zero" devices connected, no channels active.
This is COD s**t, and a smoke screen IMO. KORG should already know that we're talking about constant hiss on the master, and not give us a 101 on gain structure."It turns out that the Line inputs (on Jacks) are intended for connection of +4dB devices.
The RCA inputs are intended for -10dB devices.
Almost 95% of gear people have (including even the highest end of Korg synths run at -10dB) so, although not ideal, are best connected to the RCA inputs.
This is the reason for the hiss - if the customer is connecting devices by the Jack inputs which are -10dB devices then they will overcompensate on the channel's input gain control and thus raising the noise floor which results in a noisey overall output."
I have a brand new pair of Yamaha HS80M's with their gain set to 12 o'clock, and my Zero8 creates hiss via XLR with all of it's channels set to MIDI - for clarity, Korg, That's "Zero" devices connected, no channels active.