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Title: What's the noise?
Post by: darrenw6000 on September 03, 2016, 07:30:47 PM
If you build an effect and it works but then when you put it in an enclosure you get a high pitch whine/whistle (gets worse as you crank the knobs) and also does it on battery power, what causes this?
Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: jimilee on September 03, 2016, 07:33:53 PM
Power supply? What effect?


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Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: midwayfair on September 03, 2016, 08:54:33 PM
Usually positive feedback.
Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: darrenw6000 on September 03, 2016, 11:30:30 PM
This was a while back. It happened on a tube screamer and big muff build.  What exactly is positive feedback if you could please explain.
Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: JackSkellington on September 04, 2016, 07:55:01 AM
I got a sort of this noise, if I understand, with a TS808. Is that like a theramin high pitch? :o

Anyway, I had to move a bit the wires of the gain pot. I think getting far from the jacks.
Beware the ground wires, too.
What is your off board wiring?
Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: m-Kresol on September 04, 2016, 08:27:56 AM
with high gain circuits like this, it can be a problem of wire placement indeed. You could also try using shielded wiring for in and output.
Title: Re: What's the noise?
Post by: darrenw6000 on September 04, 2016, 11:21:51 AM
Ok thanks will keep that in mind