HELP! Distorted input signal!?

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OK... here's the story. Recently made the switch from a Fostex VF-16 to a Roland VS-2480CD. I am trying to take a CD of some mixes and upload them onto stereo tracks on the 2480 so that I can overdub some vocals. I used the coaxial output of my CD burner into the 2480's coaxial input. I am getting some weird distortion through the monitors (Roland DS-90As)... can't quite tell what it's coming from... seems to be a certain bass frequency, but the distortion is coming from the tweeters. I also tried the optical connections and got the same problem. I tried using three different sets of RCA cables and got the same thing. I also tried going out of a DAT machine and a DVD player, but still got the same weird distortion. I tried several different CDs and a DAT, so it isn't the source material... I even tried some commercial CDs. I thought maybe it was clipping, so I tried adjusting the rec att. dial and still got the same thing. If I play the CD in the 2480's CD drive there's no problem... I only hear the distortion when going out of a CD burner, DAT machine, or DVD player and into the 2480. Any suggestions would be helpful... I need to get this figured out ASAP. Could it be dust? Am I routing the signal wrong? Let me hear some solutions. Thanks in advance for all replies.
 
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Wow, what a problem. Routing, maybe, are you using some effect when inputing the signal, or is it dry? Tell us step by step how you set up the signal chain. Then we might can narrow it down.
 
Coaxial in of 2480 is DIGITAL !!!

Dear Crayon,
You seem to be giving the input to the coaxial input.
Try giving the DAT/CD output into the analog line input on the top panel near microphone inputs.
There is probably some mismatch somewhere.
I hope the coaxial out you arew giving from the DAT/CD is Digital out ????, since the coaxial input of 2480 is not analog....but is digital.
Get back to me if problem is solved.
Bye
sanjeev.
 
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