AUX Passthrough Crackle

Jonesy9

Evening all,

I have a slightly annoying issue with my Boss ME-50, I wonder if anyone else has resolved similar with their effects pedals. 

When using the AUX passthrough (I’m using it to play blues backing tracks to jam to) every 10-15 seconds I’ll get odd crackles and cut outs here and there. 
The aux cable itself seems to be ok as it works flawlessly playing directly through the aux input on my amp. It just doesn’t seem to like it on the effects unit. My first thought was a connection issue on the pedal but I’ve made sure the cable is perfectly still to test movement causing issues and it still occurs. 

So, I thought to save my sanity I’d ask the experts whether you’ve had similar in the past and if so, did you manage to resolve it?

thanks!

skunkwerx

I had odd crackles through my patch cables once. Might not be the same thing, but I blew into all the jack sockets a few times, and cleaned the jack itself on the cables. 

Helped clear any residue or dust, and made a difference. 

Jonesy9

I didn’t even think to try that. I’ll give that a go and see if it helps. Good shout. Thanks 

ICBM

Could it be that the level is too high and causing the ME-50 to overload?

I have an ME-50, but I've never used the Aux input so I'm not sure if it could be sensitive to that.

Jonesy9

That's also a great shout. I have the volume of the source device set to maximum so that could well be the case. I'll give that a shot too. Thanks!