From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Sat Oct 22 06:43:29 2005
Subject:Re: Used CX-3 Issue

Hi,

>Hello : I just purchased a used CX-3 from a private party and have
>discovered a problem. When I tried it out it was plugged into a little
>piece of junk and I just made sure the ins and outs, displays and a few
>other basics wer O.K. After getting it home and plugging it into a
>mixer and headphones and later directly into a pair of JBL Eon's I can
>discern a hissing /static noise that corresonds with any key being
>depressed. It is not audible when the not being played. It is fairly
>subtle but I can hear it. Does anyone have a theory and or remedy
>concerning this? If so, please help. Thanks!

If you are talking about the digital CX-3 (as opposed to the '80s CX-3), and it has the newer OS (there is a drawbar animation on the screen during startup), a parameter called Noise was added -- to mimic the way a vintage Hammond/Leslie always had some background noise from the amp to deal with! (I always thought that this was a BAD thing about vintage organs!) It has a range from 0-99, but any setting besides "0" will be audible.

If this is the problem, you must turn the Noise setting to zero in each patch. :-|

Regards,

-BW

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Bruce Wahler
Design Consultant
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