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Uncle Grandfather · Post by **Uncle Grandfather** » Sun Dec 13, 2015 11:24 pm

elcapistan wrote:Wow I really like whatever was going on in that second clip

pretty sure the ct5 was set up in reverse to get that drone going in both clips, its doing its cycling through notes thing in the first clip. all the other stuff is just the seppuku pedal being awesome.

elcapistan · Post by **elcapistan** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:05 am

Yeah I looked up the memory loss after listening. Seems super weird and cool. I'll have to mess with that sort of sound you were using on the ct5 when I get mine. Still super excited to get it. I feel like I want to discuss it over and over but at this point I think it's just time to wait it out til I can get it plugged in myself haha

Uncle Grandfather · Post by **Uncle Grandfather** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 12:37 am

haha you're right to be so excited

its quite the incredible pedal, every time i pull it out i discover some new way to use it with all new interesting sounds/textures. you're in for a real treat

rainlet · Post by **rainlet** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 10:53 pm

Anybody with a Ct5: is a lot of digital hiss/degradation normal? I really love the pedal, but mine puts out a lot of noise, too much to let me use it in a recording scenario. I've tried tweaking the gain trimpot, but it didn't really do anything noisewise. It happens in all three modes.

Just finding it frustrating to have a pedal that's so fun but so noisy that it screws with anything I play.

DRodriguez · Post by **DRodriguez** » Mon Dec 14, 2015 11:17 pm

rainlet wrote:Anybody with a Ct5: is a lot of digital hiss/degradation normal? I really love the pedal, but mine puts out a lot of noise, too much to let me use it in a recording scenario. I've tried tweaking the gain trimpot, but it didn't really do anything noisewise. It happens in all three modes.

Just finding it frustrating to have a pedal that's so fun but so noisy that it screws with anything I play.

I had quite a bit of noise on my v1, but it went away in my v2. I'd ask multi_s to see if he could take a look at it.

Strange Tales · Post by **Strange Tales** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:10 am

rainlet wrote:Anybody with a Ct5: is a lot of digital hiss/degradation normal? I really love the pedal, but mine puts out a lot of noise, too much to let me use it in a recording scenario. I've tried tweaking the gain trimpot, but it didn't really do anything noisewise. It happens in all three modes.

Just finding it frustrating to have a pedal that's so fun but so noisy that it screws with anything I play.

Noise and hiss is going to be due to the Offset trimpot more than the gain trimpot. Turning the offset fixed it for me on a V1. Have you updated to the newest firmware? The newest one removes the need for the offset trimpot and you won't have noise any longer.

resincum · Post by **resincum** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 2:09 pm

I haven't experienced noise or hiss with the three count to 5s I've tried. the one I have now has a bit of a boost tho, so I always have it on/blend in the mix when I want to use it. I didn't know there was a gain trimpot

that helps

rainlet · Post by **rainlet** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:16 pm

Strange Tales wrote: Noise and hiss is going to be due to the Offset trimpot more than the gain trimpot. Turning the offset fixed it for me on a V1. Have you updated to the newest firmware? The newest one removes the need for the offset trimpot and you won't have noise any longer.

I've got one of the newer ones from the summer batch. Don't even see an offset trimpot. Upgraded to the latest firmware, but no improvement. Dunno. I've got an email out to Scott, maybe he'll have some ideas.

Uncle Grandfather · Post by **Uncle Grandfather** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 8:40 pm

rainlet wrote:I've got one of the newer ones from the summer batch. Don't even see an offset trimpot. Upgraded to the latest firmware, but no improvement. Dunno. I've got an email out to Scott, maybe he'll have some ideas.

i've got a v1 and don't recall it being excessively noisy? didn't have a computer I could use to update mine when he first mentioned the upgrade but recently got a new computer....should I do the upgrade? what does the upgrade change cause I really love everything as it is tbh.

DRodriguez · Post by **DRodriguez** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:15 pm

[quote="Uncle Grandfather"]I think it added a couple of quantization modes and is not the final update. If you like it as is, leave it as is. the v1 thing was just some of them were noisier than other. Most of them were fine.

rainlet · Post by **rainlet** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 9:18 pm

Uncle Grandfather wrote: i've got a v1 and don't recall it being excessively noisy? didn't have a computer I could use to update mine when he first mentioned the upgrade but recently got a new computer....should I do the upgrade? what does the upgrade change cause I really love everything as it is tbh.

http://mtlasm.blogspot.com/2015/08/coun ... 3-for.html

Looks like new quantization modes and stuff. I'd probably upgrade, but if you don't really want the new modes or anything, well, there's probably not much need.

Uncle Grandfather · Post by **Uncle Grandfather** » Tue Dec 15, 2015 11:56 pm

thanks for that link, i'm just so lazy most of the time haha

seems the upgrade keeps all the old behaviour and adds some new intervals with quantization. need to check which circuit board I have and get on with this upgrade.

multi_s · Post by **multi_s** » Wed Dec 16, 2015 2:00 am

rainlet wrote:Anybody with a Ct5: is a lot of digital hiss/degradation normal? I really love the pedal, but mine puts out a lot of noise, too much to let me use it in a recording scenario. I've tried tweaking the gain trimpot, but it didn't really do anything noisewise. It happens in all three modes.

Just finding it frustrating to have a pedal that's so fun but so noisy that it screws with anything I play.

Hi,

sorry im a bit behind on emails so if i haven't replied yet i apologize. i would suggest (to anyone) including a sound clip with your email questions if they are about the sound of the pedal. up to rev j is only 12 bit audio so there is a small amount of grit added but you should be able to achieve any demo for example on the internet since no rev k have shipped yet. if you feel you aren't getting that leve of qualityl please send a clip that illustrates the issue.

for the rest: yes upgrading rev h and i to current firmware renders the offset pot irrelevant. we have detailed comments of all firmware effects on our web page. if you have any questions after reading the info please let me know. all the updates are relatively minor so far. some early rev j's (summer 3 switch version) shipped with a minor bug, so the firmware update fixes that. for h and i (older 2 switch versions) the update basically just gives more quantization modes as someone already mentioned, and changes the behaviour of how layering works in mode 3 to be more intuitive.

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elcapistan · Post by **elcapistan** » Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:56 pm

Couldn't find an exact answer. But maybe I just skipped over it

Can you overdub in modes 2 or 3?

I see that you can keep holding the momentary switch and the loop will wrap around, but can you record a loop and hold the switch again to record a layer on top?

goosekevin · Post by **goosekevin** » Sun Dec 20, 2015 1:49 am

Mode 3 yes mode 2 no

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