high frequency clicks on pad sounds

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I experienced faint poping and clicking noises on most patches when i had the TI. At the time people were suggesting it was a potential clipping issue and that reducing the patch volume would eliminate it. Well in my case this made no difference at all.

I bought my TI a full 2 years after they had been released. I was suprised to find it shiped with OS1.01.......and even more suprised to find the word 'DemoSong' stuck on as a sticker and not silk screen printed onto the chassis. Yes siree.....my TI was one of the oldies......conveniently passed on to me for a premium price, courtesy of Turnkey.

The whole experience kinda reminded me of when the early DX7's rolled off the production line and the Yamaha guys stuck MIDI legends on as stickers before getting round to proper silk screening them on.

The problem with complicated equipment these days it that its getting harder and harder to trouble shoot problems. Who really knows whats causing these pops and clicks? Is it the patch volume being set to high and clipping? Is it your soundcard? Is it your computer being a silly billy? Is it your soundcard.....maybe the drivers are conflicting with you printer? Maybe you have a dirty power supply and your TI hardware is super sensitive to little spikes in the supply? Or maybe there is a little glitch in the TI OS? Maybe a glitch in the DSP code for one of the effects (the delay seems to be a culprit sometimes). Ah, but maybe its not....because ive heard clicks and pops when all the effects have been switched off. Or maybe its a little capicitor or transistor in the output stage which has the wrong tolerance....maybe thats whats causing it. Maybe its the...... ..... ................. .. . ............. ... .. ............. ................. .... .. . .. . .. ...

........and once upon a time you could switch on a synth and instantly get down to the business of making music. All this high technology......is it really worth it? It really does change the creative process. Musicians have to be trouble shooters to get their equipment to work how they want as well as being song writers.....or is it just me?

DS