Troubleshooting

Tensor making a loud hiss or humming sound
The Tensor may be drawing more power than your power supply can deliver.  The Tensor requires 250 mA of current and we recommend an isolated power supply. ...
Sat, 7 Jul, 2018 at 9:57 PM
Context (V1) - distortion in room and hall modes
The Context’s headroom is about +3 dBu, but earlier firmware versions can run out of internal headroom with the decay cranked up on the room and hall algori...
Sun, 12 Nov, 2023 at 9:06 PM
Context (V1) - blend knob affects the signal level in bypass when trails are on
The blend control affects the volume in bypass with trails on.  From a circuit point of view, that's because it is muting the input to the reverb but st...
Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 at 2:42 PM
Particle (V1) won't turn on
This applies to Particle V1 (no USB) only. Earlier versions of the Particle switched power on/off using the input jack. It requires a mono (TS) 1/4” plug...
Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 at 2:44 PM
Particle (V1) blue LED turns on, but no sound
This only applies to Particle V1 (no USB). Please try the following troubleshooting steps.  If this does not solve the problem, send us a message descri...
Thu, 28 Jun, 2018 at 2:48 PM
LED changes to magenta/purple/pink and pedal switches to bypass
If our pedals detect a problem with the power supply, the bypass LED with change to magenta (or pink), the pedal will switch to bypass and enter a low pow...
Mon, 22 Mar, 2021 at 11:27 PM
Troubleshooting pedalboard power supply problems with digital pedals
This article discusses how to troubleshoot power supply issues on your pedalboard.  It applies to any digital or high-current pedals. Symptoms: a peda...
Thu, 21 Mar, 2019 at 9:55 PM
Replacing a soft touch footswitch
Our pedals that use soft-touch footswitches have user replaceable footswitches.  The footswitch wire has a Molex connector:  P/N  22-01-3027 with P/N 08-50-...
Tue, 31 Dec, 2019 at 12:07 PM
Context (V1) - loud oscillation
Check the trails switch, which is on the bottom of the circuit board and visible if you remove the bottom plate.  If it is short-circuited, that would cause...
Sun, 27 Dec, 2020 at 3:42 PM
Blend knob does not go to 100% wet
Pedals: Context 2, Particle 2, Raster 2, Tensor Symptom: Blend knob will not go to 100% wet.  Dry signal is always present. Solution: The pedal m...
Fri, 25 Jun, 2021 at 11:15 AM