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08-09-2011, 09:32 AM
|  | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | | Boss TU-2 = noise machine ?
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I've lately been having some unwanted noise from my board and after testing every pedal and cable one one by one (yippeee...), I've narrowed down to the pedal I thought least susceptible to be the culprit... my tuner !
Anyone else had that problem ? Cured ? Or am I looking at buying a new one (probably a Korg Pitchblack, 'cause its a space saver).
Current set-up:
BASS > NS2 (send/return: Tuner > BSW > CS-3 ) > PBDDI > Neo Clone > Small Stone > AMP
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Fender Jazz 4 str. / Peavey Grind 5 str. / PT-2, DC Brick, Planet Waves cables > TU-2 > BEF > BSW > Blow Torch > Phase 90 > Stereo Chorus > LMB-3 > PBDDI > Hartke 5500 & 215vx
Last edited by Bassmike62 : 08-09-2011 at 09:35 AM.
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08-09-2011, 09:40 AM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | Should of bought a PitchBlack 
Are you powering any other pedals off of your TU-2? |
08-09-2011, 09:45 AM
| | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | | Pitchblack gets lots of love around here, I know.
Still working at it and just to make it more fun, problem seems to come and go.
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Fender Jazz 4 str. / Peavey Grind 5 str. / PT-2, DC Brick, Planet Waves cables > TU-2 > BEF > BSW > Blow Torch > Phase 90 > Stereo Chorus > LMB-3 > PBDDI > Hartke 5500 & 215vx
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08-10-2011, 11:45 AM
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Hi-fi into an old tube amp | | Join Date: May 2005 Location: SW | | | I've never had noise issues with my TU-2. I am suspecting it's a signal sucker though and have been experimenting with removing it from my chain while still using it to power everything else.
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08-10-2011, 11:57 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Boston MA | | | When I took the LS-2 out ofmy board one night, viola! missing highs, lows and definition restored! (Now I use Xotic blender). This is at high volume. At home, low volume (relatively) don't notice it. |
08-10-2011, 03:21 PM
| | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | | I had the tuner looped through an NS-2. Took it out of the loop, seems to be a bit better, but still a bit noisy.
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Fender Jazz 4 str. / Peavey Grind 5 str. / PT-2, DC Brick, Planet Waves cables > TU-2 > BEF > BSW > Blow Torch > Phase 90 > Stereo Chorus > LMB-3 > PBDDI > Hartke 5500 & 215vx
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08-11-2011, 10:13 AM
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Manufacturer: Tech 21 | | | | | How are you powering the pedals? To troubleshoot plug your bass into each pedal individually. If each pedal is quiet on its own with your bass and amp start adding the other effects one at a time. I'm not sure why you are putting the TU2 in loop of the noise gate as it is a quiet pedal. My guess would be the compressor and the order of your effects is most likely causing the issue.
One of our techs put the TU2 through the frequency analyzer awhile back and found that the buffer on the unit was very good. I've used one for years and have never had a problem with it. |
08-11-2011, 04:49 PM
| | Mostly french, not really fried | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Somewhere near Montreal, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tech21nyc  How are you powering the pedals? To troubleshoot plug your bass into each pedal individually. If each pedal is quiet on its own with your bass and amp start adding the other effects one at a time. I'm not sure why you are putting the TU2 in loop of the noise gate as it is a quiet pedal. My guess would be the compressor and the order of your effects is most likely causing the issue.
One of our techs put the TU2 through the frequency analyzer awhile back and found that the buffer on the unit was very good. I've used one for years and have never had a problem with it. | Thx. I checked everything the other day: pedals and cables one by one and the only noise I got came frome the Tuner, which up 'til a short while ago didn't make any (FYI, my SansAmp PBDDI, which I've had for 2 years, is DEAD QUIET, even on overdrive settings). I took it out of the loop, it did help a bit. I'm borrowing a buddy's TU-2 tomorrow, just to push this a little further.
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08-15-2011, 08:32 AM
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Manufacturer: Tech 21 | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Bassmike62 Thx. I checked everything the other day: pedals and cables one by one and the only noise I got came frome the Tuner, which up 'til a short while ago didn't make any (FYI, my SansAmp PBDDI, which I've had for 2 years, is DEAD QUIET, even on overdrive settings). I took it out of the loop, it did help a bit. I'm borrowing a buddy's TU-2 tomorrow, just to push this a little further. | It could be that the TU-2 is malfunctioning. What power supply are you using with it? Have you tried using a battery in the TU-2 and see if the noise goes away? Also if you are using the courtesy DC jack on the TU-2 to power another pedal that can create unwanted noise. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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