With the pedal engaged but I am not playing anything I can hear a very low level phasing. Anyone else experiencing that ?
That's pretty typical of a lot of analog phasers, I've found. As long as you don't have excessive noise being amplified through the effect I would just accept that as normal.
+1. Very low level. Nom Nom is the same.
The pedal will phase when engaged, so your ambient noises in your signal chain will be phased and you will it. I don't think the tractor beam itself adds much to the background noise. I probably hear more noise in my Mobius Strip and Blueprint pedals than I do in the Tractor Beam.
Thanks All, it is indeed very low level, I am glad it is correct for this pedal, gives me a little confidence boost as I am getting parts for a Matchless 2 Channel. And I appreciate a forum where people help/respond even to someone who is new doesn't post a lot. I'm amazed/confused/irritated when I post a question on a forum (that is not easily googled/searched for) and it gets a number of views but no one has any input ??? Oh well, thanks again, I think I am going to make either the triplet of alpha dog next.
I haven't made the Triplet (yet), but I really like the Alpha Dog because it has a lot of tweaks to the sound. Whichever one you build, let folks know how it comes out for you!