Electro-Harmonix The Worm - SO MUCH NOISE!?!

miqer · 4th September 2007

I took my Electro Harmonix the worm out. Had not used it in about 2 years. And it makes a huge amount of noise... I can't use it!?!

I listen to recordings I did with it, and they are a bit noisy (in a funky way), but not as bad as this... or was it?

Anyone have the worm... is it this noisy or is something wrong?

Someone suggested to use less power than the 24v that comes with it.

M.

bluestarbass · 4th September 2007

welcome to all EHX effects ive ever used. Ive never noticed it on my big muff, but its supposed to be noisy. Every electro harmix pedal ive ever used was like that, if it was altering a clean signal. Get a noise supressor or whatever guitarist put in thier signal path to calm it down. Alot of famous people use those pedals so theres kinda be some way to calm them down.

RCM - Ronan · 4th September 2007

I have a few of their pedals that I love, but some of them are just way too noisy. I bought one of the reverb pedals and sold it the next week because it was too noisy to record with.

mrface2112 · 5th September 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by rcm

I bought one of the reverb pedals and sold it the next week because it was too noisy to record with.

i had the same experience with the Holy Grail reverb. beautiful, lush sounding verb.......but the noise was just a deal breaker. i took mine back. still looking for a good pedal reverb, too.

cheers,
wade

over-man · 5th September 2007

Ditto on the Clone Theory Stereo Chorus. I liked the sound, but it was WAY too noisy to record with. I'm saving up for the Fulltone ChoralFlange, which costs 3X the EH.

usamike · 4th May 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by over-man

Ditto on the Clone Theory Stereo Chorus. I liked the sound, but it was WAY too noisy to record with. I'm saving up for the Fulltone ChoralFlange, which costs 3X the EH.

I just picked up an old Boss CE-2 like I had in high school. Sounds great and I think I am going to get the Robert Keeley mods on it.

Sean Sullivan · 4th May 2008

I really dig the Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus if you are a CE-1 fan. I paid $25 for it (Guitar Center didn't know what they had) but I would pay what they usually sell for, it's the best chorus I've come across. Great on electric piano as well.

4th September 2007	#1
miqer Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Amsterdam Holland Posts: 684 Thread Starter	Electro-Harmonix The Worm - SO MUCH NOISE!?! I took my Electro Harmonix the worm out. Had not used it in about 2 years. And it makes a huge amount of noise... I can't use it!?! I listen to recordings I did with it, and they are a bit noisy (in a funky way), but not as bad as this... or was it? Anyone have the worm... is it this noisy or is something wrong? Someone suggested to use less power than the 24v that comes with it. M.

4th September 2007	#3
RCM - Ronan Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 4,414	I have a few of their pedals that I love, but some of them are just way too noisy. I bought one of the reverb pedals and sold it the next week because it was too noisy to record with. __________________ Ronan Chris Murphy+ http://ronansrecordingshow.com Six Day Recording Boot Camps in Los Angeles July 16-21, 2012

5th September 2007	#5
over-man Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 274	Ditto on the Clone Theory Stereo Chorus. I liked the sound, but it was WAY too noisy to record with. I'm saving up for the Fulltone ChoralFlange, which costs 3X the EH. __________________ _______________ Ryan Miller http://www.sq1studios.com http://www.myspace.com/squareonestudios

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bluestarbass Gear addict Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 344	welcome to all EHX effects ive ever used. Ive never noticed it on my big muff, but its supposed to be noisy. Every electro harmix pedal ive ever used was like that, if it was altering a clean signal. Get a noise supressor or whatever guitarist put in thier signal path to calm it down. Alot of famous people use those pedals so theres kinda be some way to calm them down.

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Sean Sullivan Lives for gear Joined: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 3,439 1 Review written	I really dig the Voodoo Lab Analog Chorus if you are a CE-1 fan. I paid $25 for it (Guitar Center didn't know what they had) but I would pay what they usually sell for, it's the best chorus I've come across. Great on electric piano as well.