MF-103 unwanted distortion

Dannymon · Post by **Dannymon** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:05 pm

Hello guys, I bought my 103 Phaser not to long ago and I use it with both my guitar rig and my Keyboard/sampler rig. The pedal performs superbly with my guitar, but whenever I use it with my keyboard(KorgKarma) or my Sampler(mpc1000) I get this nasty clipping/distortion in the sound, even with the drive knob all the way down. In order to avoid this, I always find my self lowering the volume of samples or keyboard patches and sometimes this doesn't fix it either.

Now, Is this a normal behavior of the pedal (low headroom) or is my pedal F***ed up?

Thanks for any answers!

MC · Post by MC » Fri Sep 17, 2004 5:24 pm

You might have a nasty ground loop. Is your audio chain keyboard->mf103->mixer->amp? Try a two prong adapter on the three prong plug of your Karma; if that works then you have a ground loop which is manifesting itself in the mf103. The fault is not any of your gear, it's the way you have gear plugged into the wall outlets.

Dannymon · Post by **Dannymon** » Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:49 pm

Thanks for your answer MC, i'll try this out and let you know if it worked. The funny thing is that my MF-102 works perfectly.

Peace!