Zendrive issue with Godlyke power supply.

fretfinder

I've just downsized my board and connected the pedals up to a Godlyke power supply and daisy chain. Tested it out and all the pedals worked fine except the Zendrive which caused a funny intermittent swooshing noise, not so much when you first hit the guitar strings but very audible on the decay. My larger board has a PP2 which won't fit on the Pedaltrain Mini without taking up masses of room on the top. I used the Godlyke for ages before I got the PP2 and never had a problem, but didn't have the Zendrive then. The pedal order is:

Polytune Mini > true bypass looper > TS9 > looper > Zendrive > OCD > Analogman chorus > Carbon Copy

I know three ODs is a bit OTT but I've been running the Zen and OCD with a FD2 for a couple of years on the larger board with no problem whatsoever.

Any idea why this is happening? Please let me know if you have any thoughts on the issue. Cheers.

JDE

Have you tried running the Zen off a battery and seeing if the noise still happens?

fretfinder

No, good idea!

ChrisMusic

Maybe worth trying just the Zen running from the PSU and see if they play nicely together with no other pedals.  Then add pedals back in to the PSU and signal chain.  It may eliminate a PSU drain or interactivity problem.  Just a thought.

fretfinder

Weird, I tested the board again this morning and the swooshing noise had gone. Played a gig with it tonight and again all was fine. Maybe there was something electronic in the room when I first tested it, that only interfered with the Zendrive? Cheers all.