Micromoog recording problem

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:30 am

Well, I was trying to record my Micromoog, line in into a mixer, and then mixer into a laptop, with Garageband. I noticed that when I hit a key, there was a thin staticy click that occured right at the attack of the sound, along with the sound that the synth made. I can't seem to make it go away. It just lasts for a second or so, and then fades off and the synth sound continues. If I turn the volume off, it goes away, but if I just turn the cuttoff to the point where there is no sound coming out, I can here it.

Here's a audio clip of the problem: http://blip.tv/file/1609800/ Wear headphones and listen closely.

I was just informed that this is normal behavior for an analog synth (I've been trying to fix this problem for a while now).

And I've already tried upping the attack and release, it does nothing.

Maskin · Post by **Maskin** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:59 am

It sounds like the opening and closing of a gate to my ears.

Have you listened to it through your mixer? If it also occures when you listen to the output signal of your mixer it is likely to be the behaviour of the Micromoog.
If not, check the Audio/MIDI Setup in the Utilities folder which you can find in your Applications folder. Set the input and output to 96kHz/24 bit for optimal recording results.

acorkos · Post by **acorkos** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 1:52 pm

did you try tweaking your envelope attack controls?

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 2:05 pm

acorkos wrote:did you try tweaking your envelope attack controls?

Yes, I wrote that in my post.

And yes maskin, I can hear it through the mixer, as well as with headphones directly into the synth.

It's not really a problem for live playing, but when I record it, that click is very prominent and sounds bad.

acorkos · Post by **acorkos** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:34 pm

what about sustain/decay?

Maskin · Post by **Maskin** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:37 pm

Blackie wrote:And yes maskin, I can hear it through the mixer, as well as with headphones directly into the synth.

It's not really a problem for live playing, but when I record it, that click is very prominent and sounds bad.

Then it will probably be the gate bleeding through the amp.

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:49 pm

acorkos wrote:what about sustain/decay?

Yep, said that in the post also.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:51 pm

Acorkos,
It doesn't have sustain/Decay, its a "Contour generator" not an envelope generator lol.

Blackie,

I couldn't hear the file cause my computer won't play files from that site.
On my Micro though, I think its the High output, when I turn the volume CCW past 12, I start getting a constant fuzz that sounds just like the white noise generator was left on.

So whether or not Im using hi or low audio output, I always max the volume out when I record and adjust the levels on my recording mixer to accomodate.

HOpe you can get that fixed cause the Micro is a great synth.

Eric

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:54 pm

Ok, I'll try it.

So far the Micro has been great, I got it for $365 a few months ago, and it's serial number 1501. Great eh?

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:58 pm

Man thats a great steal there. Even if you have to send it to get some work done to it. I have seen a progidy just recently with the starting bid at 1000. People are seriously getting raped online at auctions for moog synths. THe Micro is a great synth that has a feature or two I wish the Voyager had (auto/S&H)

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:27 pm

I've seen a Prodigy with broken keys and missing knobs for $750!

At the same store they had a near-mint Micro for $550. Stupidly, I passed it up.

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:26 pm

Yeah, mine is is top-notch condition, with all switch covers, knobs, and everything. One problem is that the filter mode switch is weird, because the tone part doesn't trigger right, you have to push the switch down sometimes. Other than that, it's great.

And it's my first and only (for now) synth.

EricK · Post by **EricK** » Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:36 pm

Mine does the same thing, it will detune the whole keyboard sometimes. It is a little crackly and you just have to mess with it and it will fix itself right up.

Does yours have the Attenuator on the back?

Jiggle it a little it'll open.

Mine is a williamsville 569X. You really have to post some pics of yours.

Welcome to the Micromoog club! lol

Eric

Blackie · Post by **Blackie** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:36 am

attenuator? Not sure, what is that?

Here are some pics:
http://img379.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0199ml8.jpg
http://img529.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0200oa0.jpg
http://img128.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img0203hq1.jpg

Voltor07 · Post by **Voltor07** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:26 am

EricK, do you mean the fine tune knob? I don't see an attenuator other than the fine tune knob.