mpc doctor, help me! strange click sounds from mpc1k

sup?
i hope someone can help me, my mpc does these strange click sounds (little bit like metronome) now and then... like once in a minute. and its really annoying when you trying to get the beat to multitracks.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ry1r4n

here is a example for the sound that it makes... please check it and let me know if you know whats up!

its not about wires or anything, makes the sound even when i got only earphones in mpc. i got os JJ OS 3.08...

anyone?

does it do it to all samples? all programs/sequences?

ohh i got the solution now, it was all because of the usb-cable, you shouldnt keep it wired up all the time. haha. didnt know it can create this kind of troubles.
now i know, thanks!

hah, yeah that makes sense. i've heard strange stuff when it's plugged in or when the hard drive spins up but never nothing loud like that metronome-like pop you had.

you don't even need an mpc doctor

word haha
yeah, with usb-cable in, i had also crushing problem in the beginning. but now we are wiser. thanks for the help anyway!

DAMN I LOVE THIS FORUM.

i've been trying to solve this problem for weeks now....


thanks

You have to love unproperly shielded/grounded cables.

You might try with different cables, it's highly likely that you were either hearing a hard drive power load coming through the cable (which would be a computer problem), or possibly picking up radio frequencies which is also not cool (which would be a cable problem). Likely the solution is way easier than trying to find the source of the problem though.

actually I think this is an Akai OS problem

Yeah I thought I remembered that being corrected in JJ too. Akai USB support sux anyway.

Or it could just be a USB ground loop.