onehandfretting
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Ok. So I got a Line 6 ToneCore Tap Tremolo. I put it in the effects loop of my Loooper (other loop is for my drive pedals), hooked it up to my PowerAll and it was working fine at home (bedroom volume through my old hybrid Crate combo). I didn't experience any of the noise i had read about so I thought that the "transformerless" construction of the PowerAll was doing the trick.
BUT... When I get it to rehersal and run it at performance level through my BiValve, there is a horrible (and I mean bad) line noise whenever I have the drive loop engaged. Even if the other loop (true bypass, of course) is off. it's a constant buzzing with a slight tick in time with the trem's LED.
I was reading today on the commonsound forum about solutions for a similar problem that the Tremulus Lune has (I've never played through one, so I don't know how similar this problem really is).
Anyway, since we know that the noise is due to the shared power supply, I was wondering if one of the solutions offered for the Tremulus might do the trick for the Tap Tremolo (and other TonCore pedals): solder a 100 uF capacitor across the power supply rails.
I know that the Tremulus is an analog device and the ToneCores are all digital, which may make this sort of fix imposible, dangerous or just plain stupid. So I'd like to get some feedback from folks much more knowledable than I am on this sort of stuff before I go and fry my pedal.
Altenatively, might there be some inline way to isolate/filter the PowerAll connection to the Tap Tremolo?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bobby
BUT... When I get it to rehersal and run it at performance level through my BiValve, there is a horrible (and I mean bad) line noise whenever I have the drive loop engaged. Even if the other loop (true bypass, of course) is off. it's a constant buzzing with a slight tick in time with the trem's LED.
I was reading today on the commonsound forum about solutions for a similar problem that the Tremulus Lune has (I've never played through one, so I don't know how similar this problem really is).
Anyway, since we know that the noise is due to the shared power supply, I was wondering if one of the solutions offered for the Tremulus might do the trick for the Tap Tremolo (and other TonCore pedals): solder a 100 uF capacitor across the power supply rails.
I know that the Tremulus is an analog device and the ToneCores are all digital, which may make this sort of fix imposible, dangerous or just plain stupid. So I'd like to get some feedback from folks much more knowledable than I am on this sort of stuff before I go and fry my pedal.
Altenatively, might there be some inline way to isolate/filter the PowerAll connection to the Tap Tremolo?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bobby