Digitakt vs Intellijel I/O module - noise?

Elektron Gear Digitakt
#1

Not sure if this is a Digitakt issue or an Intellijel issue, but I get quite a lot of hiss out of my Intellijel 1U I/O module in the 7U case before I even plug any audio into the module.

I’ve tried with the output on my Make Noise Shared System - both the built in output and a Rosie module - and it’s totally clean. I’ve not had any other noise issues with the DT inputs.

I’m not sure if it’s power issues in some way - I’m clueless about such things. But then the MN case is plugged into the same wall output as the Intellijel case.

Suggestions welcome!

#2

Can you try putting the Intellijel I/O in the Shared System to see if you still get noise? If you don’t then the noise is probably coming from elsewhere in the system that currently contains the Intellijel.

#3

Sadly not. It’s one of those 1U sized modules that only fits in the 1U row and connects to 1/4" outputs on the back of the Intellijel case. This one:
https://intellijel.com/eurorack-modules/audio-io-1u/

There’s no noise from the outputs when recording into my computer audio interface. Only the Digitakt. Hmmm.

#4

Damn.

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#5

is the digitakt connected to computer by the usb at the time?

#6

No. Just standalone. :confused:

#7

Swapped a TRS cable for a nice high quality non-TRS cable and the connection is now totally silent.

So there you go.

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#8

having the same issue, what cable did u buy?

#9

I don’t know what specific make it is. Just a higher quality one. Bit of trial and error involved I think.

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#10

FWIW I’ve been slowly moving all my cables to mogami. They are crazy expensive, but noise issues have been disappearing all over the place. I don’t know if it’s necessary to go that expensive, but after a couple noise issues becoming silent I just decided to continue using what works.

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