My board grown a lot over the last year. I've been using one of [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] - a Caline power supply. It's a cheap Chinese made which offers all the goods but who knows how well it does these things?
The power adaptor I'm using into the mains is an off the shelf 18V supply.
Through my rig there's a barely audible hum with my valve amp, barely noticeable with my class D. Through the DI into a PA however on an Ashdown and the Elf it's pretty bad. It goes away when I touch the strings so it would appear to be a grounding issue somewhere. I recorded at the start of the year with the valve amps DI and less pedals and everything was silent.
I'm ruling out my bass as this was recently serviced and had new pots fitted and there is no ground hums when plugged in directly and also ruling out my amps as this is happening with several different amps. Instrument cables have been changed as well as have the cable used for the DI.
With this in mind can anyone suggest where to start? As far as I can understand it would be one of three issues:
1) Caline power supply has developed a grounding issue or has a faulty output
2) Faulty pedal
3) Patch cable gone dodgy or the pancake connectors being too close?
I'm using all of the supply sources bar the 12V outlet, so 1 18V pedal, and 8 9V pedals:
bass > Boss TU2
Trace Elliot SMX Compressor (18V)
TC Electronics Sub 'n' Up
Joyo Tremelo
EHX LPB-1
Big Muff Nano now replaced by SA Aftershock
MojoHand FX Recoil Delay
DK B3k
Behringer BD121 > amp
Patch cables are a combination of home made (have been using these for well over a year before my issue began) and some recently acquired Donner patches. All cables are pancake connections. Perhaps one of my DIY efforts has gone faulty? Can I get a grounding issue if the pedals are too close together? Appreciate this will be a difficult diagnosis without my set up infront of you! If I can nail it down to the Caline then I guess we can discuss a new power source for me!
The power adaptor I'm using into the mains is an off the shelf 18V supply.
Through my rig there's a barely audible hum with my valve amp, barely noticeable with my class D. Through the DI into a PA however on an Ashdown and the Elf it's pretty bad. It goes away when I touch the strings so it would appear to be a grounding issue somewhere. I recorded at the start of the year with the valve amps DI and less pedals and everything was silent.
I'm ruling out my bass as this was recently serviced and had new pots fitted and there is no ground hums when plugged in directly and also ruling out my amps as this is happening with several different amps. Instrument cables have been changed as well as have the cable used for the DI.
With this in mind can anyone suggest where to start? As far as I can understand it would be one of three issues:
1) Caline power supply has developed a grounding issue or has a faulty output
2) Faulty pedal
3) Patch cable gone dodgy or the pancake connectors being too close?
I'm using all of the supply sources bar the 12V outlet, so 1 18V pedal, and 8 9V pedals:
bass > Boss TU2
Trace Elliot SMX Compressor (18V)
TC Electronics Sub 'n' Up
Joyo Tremelo
EHX LPB-1
Big Muff Nano now replaced by SA Aftershock
MojoHand FX Recoil Delay
DK B3k
Behringer BD121 > amp
Patch cables are a combination of home made (have been using these for well over a year before my issue began) and some recently acquired Donner patches. All cables are pancake connections. Perhaps one of my DIY efforts has gone faulty? Can I get a grounding issue if the pedals are too close together? Appreciate this will be a difficult diagnosis without my set up infront of you! If I can nail it down to the Caline then I guess we can discuss a new power source for me!
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