Hissing noise

Cam1986 · Post by **Cam1986** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 6:30 pm

Hi, I dont know if this is standard with the monotribe but i seem to experience a loud(ish) hissing sound, like to much gain (even though there is not). checked the connections and they are fine. im just wondering if this is how the mono sounds normally?

I have only had it 2 days btw.

ta.

Andrew Greaves · Post by **Andrew Greaves** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 2:57 pm

My ESX (old smartmedia version) is hissy too. The ER and EA models were pretty quiet though.

Not too impressive really.

roblabs · Post by **roblabs** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:47 pm

Believe thats normal. I have a monotron and its super hissy. I'm hearing the new mini MS20 is also like that...
I've never heard the Electribes to be hissy, tho.

Andrew Greaves · Post by **Andrew Greaves** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:01 pm

For recordings I would consider gating it a little, but live I wouldn't hear the hiss over the mains hum from my old analogue synths anyway.

I do find these things vary a lot depending on what gear I output to. If I go via a mixer its pretty quiet, but direct into a record its an issue.

Cam1986 · Post by **Cam1986** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 7:00 pm

cheers guys, didn't know if it was the unit acting faulty or was just the actual sound of it.

also one more quick question,i have noticed that when i recorded a loop on some settings it seems to modulate after 8 bars and so it sounds different every 16/32 bars even though i have not touched the unit, i have also noticed that it seems to fall out of sync with itself (flux mode not on)

i think i might have a faulty unit :(

Andrew Greaves · Post by **Andrew Greaves** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 7:04 am

Possibly the pattern has a filter change recorded into it using the motion seq function. You could try recording your own Motion seq over this.

The factory preset patterns are loaded with a lot tonal variations using this function. If I'm using a factory preset as a starting point for my own programming, I usually start by stripping away everything I don't need, track by track.

Cam1986 · Post by **Cam1986** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:10 pm

Aw thanks for the tip! just trying to get the hang of it!

I don't suppose you could answer one final question that is nearly having me ripping my hair out?

When trying to sync with ableton i'm having a real nightmare, I have managed to record the 5 v. pulse in but im having trouble sending it back out! im using a motu 828 hybrid firewire as an interface. I try to send the signal back after plugging it back into sync in but the monotribe doesn't seem to respond (the input is fine but once I plug the sync in it renders it useless, no audio gets sent to a channel)

I know i'm doing something terribly easy and i should know how to do but alas i'm being a fanny about something.