By the way SPD SX Pro has similar effects. I’m glad Roland thinks about live performers and people tracking for many of their instruments. There’s a lot of the MFX I use and it sounds so good already. I know people like to trash talk Roland at time but they give you a lot of value for what you get.
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It’s team sports for music nerds.
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Yeah, so much of my gear at the moment is Boss or Roland, both old and new gear. Definitely best value for the money these days in my opinion. I love that even their little AIRA series can act as an audio interface and can connect to each other without mixers. That’s great for everyone but massive for people just starting out. I was actually surprised yesterday to see a YouTube video of Tobias from Teenage Engineering rocking a Roland T-8 with the OP-1 Field and it sounds good!
https://www.youtube.com/live/bo_yDC3DK4M?si=Ec2VehyHMdfG9N3K
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That’s because they are dumb!
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This link doesn’t embed properly because of the settings but goddamn, it might be my favorite 303 tape now. What a sound and vibe.
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Same cat who did that sick ass live sampling sp-202 video that I posted a while back in the 404 thread.
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Yeah, I’m a big fan of his stuff.
He has new stuff on the MKII and P-6, btw. New channel.
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Boss SP-303 : Buzzing noise when I use line in and line out simultaneously
I use audio through on SP-303 to add effects to synths and then record on a laptop.
When I have line in and line out plugged simultaneously there is a very loud buzzing noise on top of everything.
Is my unit defective or thats a ground loop and what should I do about it?
What is your signal chain? Where does the audio come from and how does it get into the laptop?
If you test with some other sources and destinations and there is still an audible amount of noise, then the issue might be hardware related.
If you only get noise when using the laptop configuration, then a ground loop is a distinct possibility.
If you own a powerbank / external battery pack, that would be a good way to eliminate the possibility of a ground loop in the 303’s connection to the mains.
Of course, the first thing to try is different cables (audio cables and a different USB cable if your laptop is connected to an audio interface). You could also try a different, compatible power supply.
The easiest way to find the source of electrical noise is to first eliminate what it’s not. If you know where it isn’t coming from, you can stop looking in that direction and you save some time.
Has it always been like this or was it fine at some point? Or have you only started using this arrangement now?
From what I understand about the 303, the piece which internally houses and connects the RCA jacks to the PCB is prone to failure, but that often the symptom is the connected audio will cut in and out, depending on the angle that you have the cable at.
A buzzing noise could possibly be related, but if it only does this when the in and out are connected simultaneously then that makes me think it’s going into something which is not properly grounded and is picking up the noise outside of the machine.
What have you tested already?