thanks for this thoughtful reply. I have no idea what's going on but I really don't think it's an issue solved by cleaning. all the preamps seem to be working fine. it's my Distressor and 1176.... they are picking up a really hot signal at a relatively low input. I think its gotta be...
thanks... I don't think it's either actually. the company just wrote back and said it might be a bad connection inside the patch... which is them basically saying time to spend another 150$ and get a new one. eh... it lasted like 7 years. can't really complain.
the other day, my patch bay seemed to have started glitching. its a DBX pb 48. it doesn't seem to be happening with my preamps, but my Distressor and 1176 are picking up fairly high signals just be being plugged into the patch... meaning... even when I'm not routing them in the chain, they are...