Background Noise Issue, DSI Mopho

[chembros]

Have you checked to see if the VCA is open slightly in the menu? You said it's on other patches so that's probably not it. Have you tried turning each of the oscillator waves off completely by selecting the shape to off? Does it happen with both oscillators? Also, have you tried the calibration routine?

[Pierre Hazan]

Hi, thanks for the quick response. VCA is not open and it happens with both oscillators. Unfortunately running the calibration routine didn't do anything either. I have read that all Mophos and Prophet 08s have slight oscillator bleeding issues, so perhaps this is another common issue. If anyone reading has a Mopho and can confirm whether or not they have this issue, I'd appreciate it.

Here's an image of my current settings:
http://tinypic.com/r/10xwnqw/6

[chembros]

I have the mopho keyboard and tetra and no, I don't have this problem. Maybe try contacting DSI support or check out dsiforum.org

[Pierre Hazan]

Thanks, I'll contact them.

[Pierre Hazan]

I got a quick reply from DSI. I also sent them the recording I made:

"What you're hearing is a combination of the oscillators bleeding through the filter as well as the noise floor of the synthesizer. The oscillator's bleeding through the filter is expected, nothing is physically wrong with your synth.

Due to the analog nature of our synthesizers, the signal to noise ratio on our instruments is about 80db. If you're used to using digital instruments (plugins) with zero noise floor, the noise floor of our instruments can come as a surprise. If you are finding the noise to be problematic when recording, you might use a noise gate to gate the noise away."

So it seems I have nothing to worry about.