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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-319925</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[And a well turned tonally descriptive phrase.  :lol:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[And a well turned tonally descriptive phrase.  :lol:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>Ricochet</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-319920</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 02:51:36 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I like happy endings  :mrgreen:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I like happy endings  :mrgreen:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>KR2</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-319911</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[glad we could help.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[glad we could help.]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>gnease</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-319904</link>
                        <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Gnease and kenrogers, I forgot to come back and update this post, but I thought I&#039;d let you know that this was exactly the problem.  I swapped out the battery (Some no-name piece of garbage,...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Gnease and kenrogers, I forgot to come back and update this post, but I thought I'd let you know that this was exactly the problem.  I swapped out the battery (Some no-name piece of garbage, still had juice left) with a new one and it immediately sounded like a guitar again instead of someone farting through a megaphone.<br><br>Thanks so much for your help.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317487</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:05:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Active pup pre-amps are not usually designed for &#039;good&#039; clipping. As you&#039;ve observed, not all clipping is the same. Depends very much on the device and amp/circuit design.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Active pup pre-amps are not usually designed for 'good' clipping. As you've observed, not all clipping is the same. Depends very much on the device and amp/circuit design.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317471</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the audio interface only can detect clipping of it&#039;s own input, which it does by detecting peak signal level going in, but not doing any additional signal analysis (e.g., for harmonic signat...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the audio interface only can detect clipping of it's own input, which it does by detecting peak signal level going in, but not doing any additional signal analysis (e.g., for harmonic signatures). if it did more than peak detection, it would be indicating almost all electric guitar signals appear clipped/distorted -- even if low levels. (you prob know all of this)

Yeah I was using the clipping light as more of an indication of where the clipping was happening.  I knew it couldn't be happening from my GT-10 output or else the audio interface light would light up.  Clipping also seems to sound different depending on where it's happening, although I may just be imagining this (I don't think I am).]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317468</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[the audio interface only can detect clipping of it&#039;s own input, which it does by detecting peak signal level going in, but not doing any additional signal analysis (e.g., for harmonic signat...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[the audio interface only can detect clipping of it's own input, which it does by detecting peak signal level going in, but not doing any additional signal analysis (e.g., for harmonic signatures). if it did more than peak detection, it would be indicating almost all electric guitar signals appear clipped/distorted -- even if low levels. (you prob know all of this)]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317465</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Thanks gnease for the detailed explanation.  I&#039;m actually not sure of the type of battery in there, as I had the pups professionally installed (The small ibanez S body makes for some difficu...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks gnease for the detailed explanation.  I'm actually not sure of the type of battery in there, as I had the pups professionally installed (The small ibanez S body makes for some difficult DIY projects, especially when it comes to adding electronics) and it may just be the battery that came with the pups.<br><br>Kenrogers, yeah I always unplug my guitar when it's not in use, however, it shouldn't drain battery unless the amp or whatever you plug into is on as well.<br><br>Thanks for the info guys.  As soon as I change batteries, I'll let you know how it turns out.  Also, gnease, it definitely does sound like clipping, but I didn't want to use that term unless I was sure that's what it was.  It must be clipping early as you said, since if I plug it into my GT10, and then into my M-audio interface, it makes the same clipping sound, however, it doesn't clip at the audio interface. (The audio interface clipping light doesn't come on).]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/">Guitar Repair and Maintenance</category>                        <dc:creator>jeffster1</dc:creator>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317464</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:37:14 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[also true of just about every battery-powered EFX pedal, KR2.]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[also true of just about every battery-powered EFX pedal, KR2.]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>Re: EMG actives too much?</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/emg-actives-too-much/#post-317445</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Someone told me as long as the guitar cord is plugged into the guitar, the battery is being used (EMG is active?).If that&#039;s true, I guess it&#039;s not a matter of how much you have used the guit...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Someone told me as long as the guitar cord is plugged into the guitar, the battery is being used (EMG is active?).<br>If that's true, I guess it's not a matter of how much you have used the guitar, it's how long the cord is plugged in.<br>You might want to unplug the guitar when not using it . . . to save battery life.]]></content:encoded>
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