plawren53202
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Just wanted to see if anyone had this happen before...DD-20 has been on my board for a long time with no problems. My board had been unchanged for quite a while (2+ years), with the DD-20 near the end, and pedals all powered by a Voodoo Labs power brick (except for a Line 6 M5 which had a dedicated power supply straight to the outlet through a power strip). All into an AC30.
Recently I changed the board a bit, didn't add any new pedals that would draw additional power from the power brick (added a Strymon Big Sky, but I powered that individually using its dedicated power supply straight to the power strip like the M5). Changed a Fulldrive II non-Mosfet over to a Mosfet edition. Otherwise, rerouted a couple of connecting cables. That was it.
Following the switch, I was playing out and the DD-20 started acting screwy. At first I thought it was the Fulldrive (my main OD, almost always on); when I would switch on the Fulldrive, or especially, switch on the Fulldrive's boost, the signal would get static-y and almost cut out. Sometimes it would come back up to full volume, sometimes would not.
I began the process of taking each item/cord out of the chain individually, from the beginning. Finally when I removed the DD-20 no more static, no more cutting out, no more volume drop after 20-30 minutes of playing. Tested the DD-20 on its own, direct from guitar to DD-20 to amp, and it was fine. I patched the DD-20 back into the board progression except ran its own dedicated power supply straight to outlet rather than through the power brick. To date (hour or so of testing), no problems.
I just don't want to show up at a gig and have it happen again. If (as I suspect), I was borderline underpowering the DD-20 from the power brick, would it make the DD-20 do this? Especially when getting hit with a new burst of hotter signal, from an OD or boost? I guess I haven't ever, to my knowledge, underpowered a pedal like that, so I don't have any experience. I am hoping that running its own power supply, like the Big Sky and M5, will take care of it/has taken care of it.
Recently I changed the board a bit, didn't add any new pedals that would draw additional power from the power brick (added a Strymon Big Sky, but I powered that individually using its dedicated power supply straight to the power strip like the M5). Changed a Fulldrive II non-Mosfet over to a Mosfet edition. Otherwise, rerouted a couple of connecting cables. That was it.
Following the switch, I was playing out and the DD-20 started acting screwy. At first I thought it was the Fulldrive (my main OD, almost always on); when I would switch on the Fulldrive, or especially, switch on the Fulldrive's boost, the signal would get static-y and almost cut out. Sometimes it would come back up to full volume, sometimes would not.
I began the process of taking each item/cord out of the chain individually, from the beginning. Finally when I removed the DD-20 no more static, no more cutting out, no more volume drop after 20-30 minutes of playing. Tested the DD-20 on its own, direct from guitar to DD-20 to amp, and it was fine. I patched the DD-20 back into the board progression except ran its own dedicated power supply straight to outlet rather than through the power brick. To date (hour or so of testing), no problems.
I just don't want to show up at a gig and have it happen again. If (as I suspect), I was borderline underpowering the DD-20 from the power brick, would it make the DD-20 do this? Especially when getting hit with a new burst of hotter signal, from an OD or boost? I guess I haven't ever, to my knowledge, underpowered a pedal like that, so I don't have any experience. I am hoping that running its own power supply, like the Big Sky and M5, will take care of it/has taken care of it.
