Hiss On Xone 4D, is it normal?
Hiss On Xone 4D, is it normal? Posted on: 02.09.2012 by Cornelia Showalter I'm getting to know my way around a newly acquired Xone 4d & I've noticed that there's an audible hiss/slightly static like sound coming through the 4 channels when going through the soundcard as opposed to the phono line in'swhen I move the faders up & no audio is playing. So in other words the noise floor appears to be raised when going through the sound card. Is this normal or should I have it looked at. | |
| Cornelia Showalter 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Fraktionz
Anyone else come across this before |
| Cornelia Showalter 02.09.2012 | I'm getting to know my way around a newly acquired Xone 4d & I've noticed that there's an audible hiss/slightly static like sound coming through the 4 channels when going through the soundcard as opposed to the phono line in's when I move the faders up & no audio is playing. So in other words the noise floor appears to be raised when going through the sound card. Is this normal or should I have it looked at. |
| Evia Nitch 03.09.2012 | Ah, and you bought your car from an old lady? Doesn't the unit come with a 2-year guarantee? Or did it gather dust too long? You can always register the unit for guarantee using the guarantee card in the back of the manual (downloadable) and after that apply for a warrany repair. |
| Cornelia Showalter 03.09.2012 | It's a second hand, yet unused machine. The guy who bought it never used it. Thanks for your input though |
| Evia Nitch 03.09.2012 | Ground loops humm, they dont hissss. Did you turn off the crosfader? Old/dirty faders can cause hiss. |
| Cornelia Showalter 02.09.2012 | I can't say I've experienced this kind of problem before with any other gear, in fact I've just hooked up my old set up using a Focusrite Saffire firewire interface from the same powerboard, into the same laptop & there's dead silence, so I don't believe there's an issue with "dirty power" supply from my mains, any more suggestions are certainly welcome. |
| Cornelia Showalter 02.09.2012 | Thanks for the tips guys, to the best of my knowledge & experience everything is set at reasonable limits, levels/gains on each channel is set to 0, leds on faders peaking at -6, & leds on master out peaking at - 3. Traktor gains are set at 0, & main out is set at -5.1. Channel 2 seems to be the worst & channel 4 seems to be the quietest. With usb disconected & faders down, if I turn the main volume up high, I can still here a "ssshhhh", if I slide the faders up & down a few times the "ssshhh" then starts to get worse in relation to fader position. If I switch to phono the "ssshhh" is still there but the faders have no effect on it. Not sure if it's a soundcard problem or maybe even a ground loop sort of problem, believe I'll get it looked at first to rule out any issues with the unit before I start looking at power conditioners & the like, any more suggestions are certainly welcome. Thanks |
| Evia Nitch 02.09.2012 | Make sure nothing is in any rediculous setting, re-install the driver, install the latest firmware (just to be sure it's nothing digital). Mine is dead quiet. I believe you have a big chance something's wrong. The 4D is made out of tons of vertically stacked PCB's. Good chance there is a problem witg a connection if it has had a big shock (fall) |
| Erica Charvet 02.09.2012 | Increase your pre-amp gains (keep it below clipping); decrease your amp gains. |
| Tania Somppi 02.09.2012 | Are all the FX settings off (FX1, 2, knobs to the left, LFO off), the gains and the master vol. at sensible levels (both sw and hw)? Not had my Xone 4D for long so I'm still getting used to it but have found it's really easy to red line it (I say red but it's white on the 4D) and run mine at lower levels than I did with the Mackie D4 Pro. |
| Cornelia Showalter 02.09.2012 |
Originally Posted by Fraktionz
Anyone else come across this before |
| Francis Leckliter 02.09.2012 | Isn't the xone 4D the most expensive non-custom controller out there? I'd have it looked at.... |
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