Help!!! Problems with EHX Micro Synth Bass

ghigo85 · #1 05-24-2010, 04:26 AM

Hi,

I have a problem with this effect.

When I use the Attack Delay the volume slow down immediatly and I can hear anything already when I have the pot on 2 or 3 to 10...

I'm doing something wrong or the unit is broken? Just bought new...

rratajski · #2 05-24-2010, 04:38 AM

I'm sorry, but I don't understand the third sentence. Can you please rephrase it?

ghigo85 · #3 05-24-2010, 04:45 AM

sorry for my bad english

I plug the bass... Everything is ok, I can hear everything...

If I just put the pot of "Attack Delay" up, the volume of the entire effect gets lower, and when I reach just the second or third line (of ten lines, which is the maximum level), I can't hear anything.

It seems that it doesn't work as Attack delay, but just as volume know, no matter how much I wait, the volume of the unit gets so low that it's mute...

cheapbasslovin · #4 05-24-2010, 06:36 AM

There is a trimpot inside the unit that controls the gain on the effect. It is possible that the gain is set too low. This could cause the gate to trigger before the attack delay has finished the swell.

Otherwise I think it is a bad unit and you may need another one.

rratajski · #5 05-24-2010, 07:09 AM

Also, where do you have the other sliders set? Try setting everything to 5 (like 5 out 10).

Unrepresented · #6 05-24-2010, 08:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cheapbasslovin

There is a trimpot inside the unit that controls the gain on the effect. It is possible that the gain is set too low. This could cause the gate to trigger before the attack delay has finished the swell.

Otherwise I think it is a bad unit and you may need another one.

+1. Make sure that you're not "triggering" it accidentally by having either the first slider in the wrong position or by having the trim pot inside improperly set for the bass you're playing.

ghigo85 · #7 05-24-2010, 10:55 AM

thank you

I think the gain it's not a problem... I opened the unit and put the trim higher...

I also tried to put the bass before in a pre-amp, so the signal was high... No matter how high is my signal, I put all the pots on 5 and when I put up the attack delay the volume go down...

I think the unit it's broken...

rratajski · #8 05-24-2010, 12:21 PM

Yes. Return it and get another one or your money back.

groooooove · #9 05-24-2010, 10:14 PM

the problem is you paid for something made by EHX, and expected it to not break.

return it for money. not another unit. buy something else.

cheapbasslovin · #10 05-24-2010, 10:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by groooooove

the problem is you paid for something made by EHX, and expected it to not break.

return it for money. not another unit. buy something else.

I've owned 11 EHX pedals and haven't had one break on me.

Grooooooove hasn't been so lucky.

Plinkerton · #11 05-24-2010, 10:53 PM

Do EHX pedals really have that bad of a rep?

I've got a Microsynth coming in the mail tomorrow.

cheapbasslovin · #12 05-24-2010, 11:26 PM

They are known for having a relatively high rate of failure, but not obscene, and they have a fantastic repair policy. From what I can tell, if the pedal makes it past 6 months, it will last 20 years. I don't have any empirical evidence to support this, but it has been my anecdotal observation.

Groooove had many purchases fail in short order. Here's a thread detailing his trials. You decide.

ghigo85 · #13 05-25-2010, 01:25 PM

Ok... Updates:

I went today to the shop (it's not in my city, quite far...)...

They tried the pedal and it was broken the attack delay pot...

They give me another pedal, new... (It's the one that they had exposed in the shop, closed in a exibithion cupboard and they took it out for tests, I don't like very much this thing, but it's new and it works well, it's the only one that they have now)