I am geting a very loud hiss from this box if i turn the gain past about 9 o clock. Is this typical of this pedal or what can I do to improve this?
231694
It's very common for any pedal with some built in distortion settings. If set too high you will get this problem. May need a noise gate in your chain of effects.
231695
To be honest I have always ran the gain pretty low because I use it as a direct amp and use other pedals for higher gain. The high or mid equalizer maybe? If the volume is really high alomg with the gain there could be more hiss.
231696
It is not typical. You are probably accentuating a wiring issue, house or guitar.
231697
Probably, I find it noisy in the effects loop of my amp. Not so much directly into input.
1596300
Your source is doing that. Try plugging it in a different device. Hiss gone, guaranteed. (Late answer, but might help future inquirers).
558411
Whenever you get that dreaded hum, be sure to check your ground connections.Could be something as simple as trying out a new instrument cable.I've even had some brand new cables with an open ground.You may have to re-solder the ends.
1714751
First thing in my pedal board signal is a boss Noise Suppressor, which is always on. Beyond that, there's not much that can be done to tame the hum of the Magnum 44 as far as I know. Them's the breaks. I only own this as a back-up for any amp issues, not as my main amp.
1983204
Have your amp checked by a factory installer. Planet Audio is very good at making it right with there customers. I'm sorry but I have never had one do that. So it my be internal.
1434501
I sold mine too as it hums like crazy. I bought the Zoom G1XN Guitar Multi Effects Pedal from Amazon instead. This one has so many good stuffs. I love to use it each time I play guitar in the church. It acts as a great preamp even with effect turned OFF.
819556
Also, Jeff: Even after all the electrical questions are answered, this still makes a low level hum which might be annoying. Having tightened all the external screws on mine, the hum was far less but could still be heard during the silence between musical tracks or even with very quiet passages.
380645
Well first check you input gain but on mine the meter suddenly maxed out then dropped to nothing and hasn't worked since. That was on the first day of use.However, everything else works as it should (if a little noisy, it's not the quietest pre-amp). Since my interface has either all phantom power on or off I use the preamp for using both condenser and dynamic mics together. I don't think pinned in the red is normal.
1470861
I don't think this pedal will do anything for that problem. This problem is simply a volume regulator. Your problem could be anything from a bad cord to a bad 1/4" jack in the amp.
1651234
I have not noticed a hiss. I don't turn my tunes up that high unless I'm mowing the lawn or something and in that environment is doubt I'd hear a hiss
1231653
I haven't had any buzzing problem ( well, my Strat hums some, but that's not from the amp, since it's not present with the Les Paul ). And i haven't experienced the "hissing" that people have complained about on various forums. I 've read that this was a problem with earlier runs that Vox eventually solved. Also, there's a variable noise reduction feature/control on the amp. But, using a good quality instrument cable, i've heard very little to no "hum" or "buzz" even without using the noise reduction.
2160241
I'm not an electronics expert, but the thing is dead quiet. I've used it daily for about a year with no issues whatsoever. I power up 2 delays, a Morley Bad Horsie Wah and an OCD overdrive pedal and it works great. I play with a lot of gain - no issues. I hope that helps.
471016
Turn off auto gain and manually set the gain somewhere near half way or lower so as to not overdrive the sound and introduce the unwanted hiss.
305789
That box already has a 3.5 kHz crossover to keep the lows out of the tweeter. Maybe it has failed? How much power are you putting to it?
1197106
Have you tried switching your cable? I've never gotten any humming when playing this, either through a tube or solid state amp.
452225
Thank you! I finally solved the hum problem by plugging the iMic into "Line Out" on my amplifier instead of directly into my turntable. The hum disappeared! Hope you got your hum solved, too. Maria
1741346
Sorry to be so long, but while the problem seemed to clear up, it suddenly developed the hum again. I have a Technics receiver with a phono output, so I have the turntable set to Phone Off. This worked until today, when it suddenly developed a hum, and when I tried to reconnect the wires the white wire produced a pronounced hum and the red wire produced an explosive pop. I played it this afternoon without incident, and have played it for hundreds of hours since last summer, but today the hum came back with a vengeance.