Faulty Audio Buddy, or Me?

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According to the manual the Buddy's green signal lights are supposed to show the presence of a signal for either the rear XLR or front jack. The signal lights on mine only comes on for the front instrument only, not for the rear XLR’s! (And of course I don’t have an instrument pluged in at the same time as the XLR). I hear a healthy signal from the XLR but no light. Does yours operate this way?

My new Audio Buddy has the M-Audio label on it rather than Midiman. Is this the older or newer version?

The M-Audio manual supplied lists the Power supply specs as 9VAC, 500mA, however the label on the external power supply (that came in a separate box, because it’s 240v mains here) says only 300mA! So is it underpowered? I notice the instruction manual for the Midiman Audio Buddy says 300mA. What does it say on your power supply?

Also, I seem to get a healthy signal without turning the gain up much, but if I do turn it right up I do hear signifcant noise (no audible or light warning clipping though). I’m not sure if this is normal or not because I am a newbie.

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rathpy
 
Thanks, I’m not so worried about the clipping light sensitivity as I am about the signal light not coming on for XLR. Maybe my power supply is the problem(?).

So please, if you have the "M-Audio" version of the Audio Buddy, how many milliamps does your power supply say it is - 300mA or 500 ma?

Regards,
rathpy
 
I'll try to remember to check it the next time I'm in my studio.
 
From what I understand, the important thing about the milliamp rating on a piece of gear is this: if the product requires, say, 300 milliamps, you can use a power supply of the same voltage rating that is 300ma or more. You only get into trouble when you feed the device less than the minimum ma. What I don't know is how that is affected by the 240 line in your area.

What I would do is contact the manufacturer and simply ask. You might have a unit with a bad LED. Since it seems to sound OK, thats my guess.
 
The Ironic thing about 1000ma is that it = 1 amp. So we scoff at it but we freely will say something like 10dB. and I never hear anyone say 1 Bell.

In fact only in this measurement of sound do you even hear anyone use deca (1/10th of a full unit). to describe a unit of metric measurement.
 
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