External oscillator is awfully quiet

dumbledog · 2015-05-26T04:15:28.000Z

Or alternatively the external input on the FX track is awfully hot. If I plug in another synth such as my Microbrute or MS-20 and set say Track 1’s 2nd oscillator to that input, it’s nowhere near as loud as an internal first oscillator, and using a suboscillator blows it away.

If I pan it left and the FX track’s external input right, they seem to balance when Track 1 is at 100 and the FX track is at 50.

I can allllmost get parity with my Moogerfooger FreqBox by cranking it all the way up and driving it to 11, but that distorts its signal something fierce.

This is with the filters wide open, so I’m not sure what’s going on. Any ideas apart from just using a preamp?

gigerbone · 2015-05-26T09:01:15.000Z

If I had to guess, I’d say it’s due the analogue path on the Osc input. As you said, the FX input has plenty of oomph and I remember feeding an electric guitar into a Monomachine without a DI and having a very healthy signal but there’s no way you could do it with the A4.
So, yeah, an analogue versus digital thing is what I’m wagering …gotta boost it somehow. Filter OD?

dumbledog · 2015-05-26T14:07:38.000Z

Overdrive happens after the input stage though, so it still wouldn’t balance with Osc 1 or the subosc.

gigerbone · 2015-05-26T15:28:37.000Z

Another argument for sub osc level control.

dumbledog · 2015-05-27T04:37:39.000Z

Tru dat

mickeyziggyk · 2015-05-27T08:00:25.000Z

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Or alternatively the external input on the FX track is awfully hot. If I plug in another synth such as my Microbrute or MS-20 and set say Track 1’s 2nd oscillator to that input, it’s nowhere near as loud as an internal first oscillator, and using a suboscillator blows it away.

If I pan it left and the FX track’s external input right, they seem to balance when Track 1 is at 100 and the FX track is at 50.

I can allllmost get parity with my Moogerfooger FreqBox by cranking it all the way up and driving it to 11, but that distorts its signal something fierce.

This is with the filters wide open, so I’m not sure what’s going on. Any ideas apart from just using a preamp?
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If it’s running fine on the fx track then any boost/preamp may cause nasty clippage.

The way i work around it is to simply turn the other tracks or oscs down in volume.

Not ideal as the external oscs are very quiet, but i can work with it and get results i am happy with.