Refurbished Electric Blue
Refurbished Electric Blue
So I finally got a Voyager! played it last night for the first time. I got a deal on one that had been refurbished so I'm going through and looking for problems while I can still get my money back (45 days). On the Electric Blue, how loud is the "whine" for the backlight? Mine is pretty loud. A very noticeable "weeee". I could compare it to a fan in a very noisy hard drive on a computer. It's not the biggest deal in the world, but is this normal? If not, is it a sign of a deeper problem? is it fixable?
Are there other problems i should be watching out for? Since I got such a good deal on it, I expected it to have visible damage. It doesn't - looks perfect, so I'm worried that there might be bigger internal problems.
I haven't blasted it through the monitors yet, but I did notice that there's an "airy" sound through the headphones when a note is on, especially with bass sounds.
I love this thing, though, and if I can convince myself that there's not much wrong with it in the next 45 days, I'll have myself a great Moog.
Thoughts?
Are there other problems i should be watching out for? Since I got such a good deal on it, I expected it to have visible damage. It doesn't - looks perfect, so I'm worried that there might be bigger internal problems.
I haven't blasted it through the monitors yet, but I did notice that there's an "airy" sound through the headphones when a note is on, especially with bass sounds.
I love this thing, though, and if I can convince myself that there's not much wrong with it in the next 45 days, I'll have myself a great Moog.
Thoughts?
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Re: Refurbished Electric Blue
Unfortunately (or fortunately from your POV), this is normal. They squeal like a b. It is just an inherent trait of that type of lights. Fortunately, it doesn't come through the audio output. To minimized the whine and to ensure a long life of your lights, only turn them up about 25%.Sambeaux wrote: On the Electric Blue, how loud is the "whine" for the backlight? Mine is pretty loud. A very noticeable "weeee".
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OK. I know I'm not crazy:
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopi ... =backlight
http://www.moogmusic.com/forum/viewtopi ... backlights
Wonder what the deal is? It doesn't make sense that some whine and some don't. Do we have a lot of deaf people here? Just kidding....
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Re: Refurbished Electric Blue
My AE does the same thing. Only realy noticable if I have the light full blast, but I never do keeping the back light around 35% and off if I'm using the gooseneck lamp. I think most people aren't really listening for it, don't have it set at 100% or have just lost their hearingSambeaux wrote:On the Electric Blue, how loud is the "whine" for the backlight? Mine is pretty loud. A very noticeable "weeee". I could compare it to a fan in a very noisy hard drive on a computer. It's not the biggest deal in the world, but is this normal? If not, is it a sign of a deeper problem? is it fixable?
It's Normal
It's normal for the backlight to whine a little, but I can guarantee you that it doesn't make it's way onto the audio tracks. It's always going to be there because ithe backlight has to be powered. If you don't like it, you can always turn it off.
The Blue Backlight is a great feature in a gig situation, but in the studio....do you need it on? HONESTLY? prolong the life of your backlight by turning it off in the studio.
If you are looking for faults, there can only be ones that crop up through extensive abuse of the instrument or general component failiure. Those are the usual suspects. Components failiure in any machine can happen after day two or last for years..(dare I say it--- my Multimoog was back and forth to the shop every six weeks. My Polymoog was fortunate to be hassle free for years). Let's face it, the Voyager is awesome. Too big for words....
You won't find faults in the sound of the machine.
The Blue Backlight is a great feature in a gig situation, but in the studio....do you need it on? HONESTLY? prolong the life of your backlight by turning it off in the studio.
If you are looking for faults, there can only be ones that crop up through extensive abuse of the instrument or general component failiure. Those are the usual suspects. Components failiure in any machine can happen after day two or last for years..(dare I say it--- my Multimoog was back and forth to the shop every six weeks. My Polymoog was fortunate to be hassle free for years). Let's face it, the Voyager is awesome. Too big for words....
You won't find faults in the sound of the machine.
I think people get confused as they are trying to listen for the whining out of the speakers. As mentioned the noise comes from the actually lighting and is definitely has no effect of the audio outputs.
A few techies have given accounts of why this whine occurs and it is my understanding that all backlight Voyagers will whine when the illumination is turned on full or indeed, over about 50%. Obviously you have to be in a very quiet environment to hear this as it is quite quiet.
Clearly if some of you are saying that there is definitely no noise coming from your backlighting (even on full) then the techies are wrong..
A few techies have given accounts of why this whine occurs and it is my understanding that all backlight Voyagers will whine when the illumination is turned on full or indeed, over about 50%. Obviously you have to be in a very quiet environment to hear this as it is quite quiet.
Clearly if some of you are saying that there is definitely no noise coming from your backlighting (even on full) then the techies are wrong..
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