As you guys know I've been having power problems with my pedals. The main culprit was a boss DD-7. After trying out the Cioks Adam and encountering completely different noise issues, I've gone back to my tried and true 1-Spot. How do I get rid of the noise from the lone digital pedal that seems to be giving me problems? The Diago Isolator seems to be just the ticket.
Basically, you add it to any of the daisy chain taps and it will isolate that pedal from the rest of the chain. With the DD-7 isolated, the clock noise should go away completely.
Now, after fiddling with my board for a good few hours today, I decided to try replacing the DD7 and vibe pedal with my Zoom G3. If I used the above method to isolate the G3, I should be able to have my rig set up with no issues right? No. Unfortunately, the G3 needs 500mA and the isolator is rated at max 110mA, so the isolator would not provide enough power.
After doing some research online, I found this image below on Diago's FB page. It's suggesting to isolate the rest of the pedals by using 2 daisy chains. As long as the requirements of the single pedals don't exceed 110mA (overdrives, compressors and tuners usually have low current draw), everything should be fine.
I will attempt this and report back.
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Expensive and completely worth it.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
Just do it, as long as your happy with no impediment to GAS pangs.
For all I know you stave them off by the simple expedient of telling yourself theres no power for it.
I do, but I bought a Panther Cub, Wombtone and Meet Maude over Black Friday sale...I either run every port at 95%-100% capacity with the PSU running hot in a wooden box or upgrade to a bigger PSU.
I value fire safety over sonic enjoyment
The DC-10 and Ciokolate uses a different kind of transformer in them, also shielded so these are truly silent.
The DC10 is around £180.
The ADam is around £85.
If they make the adam using the same toroidal transformer as in their higher range, it would likely to drive the price up to somewhere in between. If it stays under £100 then I would say it is a good upgrade. Anywhere closer to £120 you might as well get a DC8 or even a DC10 though.
Saying that, have you looked into the DC8? I am not sure what transformer that uses, I have a feeling that is like the DC10 with a shielded toroidal transformer too.
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Very weird.