Posts by flyingheelhook

Again, planned obsolescence is different from mandated obsolescence.

Planned obsolescence by the manufacturer is expected. I drive a car until it is done, not because the manufacturer comes out with a new model. The same goes for the computer - it does everything I need other than run current software.

bummer but understood.

Since Rig Manager isn't really a processor-intensive or processor-specific application, it would be nice and very helpful if a backwards-compatible version could be made available for those of us who have computers that are older, yet not obsolete.

Check your operating system against Rig Manager requirements - it does not run on some of the older, yet not obsolete operating systems such as Mac OS 10.5.8.

If you have access to the Private Forum their is a sticky in one of the forums that has a whole list of options.

Thanks. I suspect a wiring/solder issue. Last year when I put in the pre-amp and new pickups, I painted the pickup cavities with copper shielding paint. The back wiring cavity was already shielded very well, but I did add some copper foil around the perimeter so I tend to agree that its not a shielding issue. Amazing how the noise does not come out on a clean tube amp (mostly play through various fenders including the Twin I traded for the Kemper) - I guess tube amps are more forgiving.

Looks like a visit to my guitar tech to clean up my mess is in order...

Thats nothing new for him - just a symphonic take on one of his solo albums.

nice find!

Much obliged!!!

Ummm... where does one go to download this sample pack?

Subject says it all: I have a line on a used FCB1010 for $50. How can I test it to make sure its in good working order? Thanks in advance.

Thanks Don. Any thoughts on the power conditioner solving the problem?

Hoping to find some good examples of live gig use of the KPA that I can socialize with certain members of my band who are passive-aggressively giving me a hard time about me switching over to the 'Green-side'.

I originally posted this in the 'Profiler - Questions and Answers' forum above - I assume that was the wrong place and am condensing it and reposting here in hopes I can get some help.

Here is the condensed version of what I know so far:

I am getting a fair amount of noise from two guitars - one with and one without an onboard pre-amp. It is most noticeable while using headphones but still discernible with monitor. It occurs in both Browse and Performance modes on multiple different rigs and is mostly noticeable on clean rigs. Using the noise gate properly, I can get rid of it when not playing by rolling the NG up to around 6 +/-. However, if I play the guitar after adjusting the NG, it is still audible on top of the notes and does not stop until the note decays completely or I damp the string.

At this point I assume it is either ambient or line electronic noise as described under "Harsh Buzz" (heh, he said 'Harsh Buzz'...) coming through the guitar to the unit that is too strong for the Noise Gate to eliminate without affecting the notes:

http://www.guitarnuts.com/technical/elec…enericnoise.php

Would a power conditioner be the answer?

I suppose this should have gone in the private troubleshooting forum...

This thread can be closed - I moved it:

Noise issue

Did you solve this issue? If so how?

OK, so I think I may or may not have multiple issues but here is what I found out with testing tonight.

I have two main guitars, one with a pre-amp, one without. Both are getting ambient noise typical of unshielded electronics - my house is pretty noisy in this regard. Its odd though in that I really went to great lengths to shield (copper paint) the cavities of my guitar with the preamp.

Also, with headphones, there is a distinct noise/buzz that comes in on almost all profiles I have tried unless the strings are muted. Its not predominant, but its there, especially noticeable with headphones. Any thoughts?

I actually just got the unit this weekend and have been doing some exploratory 'get familiar' jamming so I haven't tried my other guitars yet - it was just something I noticed with my headphones last night so figured I would ask. I will try troubleshooting with one of my other guitars that does not have the buffer and see if I can figure out what is going on, thanks.

One of my guitars has an onboard pre-amp/buffer (Waldo TCP-1 unity gain) and I am getting a fair amount of digital noise to the point of having to crank the noise gate almost all the way up to ten. Is this normal or is there another setting I can tweak to bring this in line?