Fx board sounding staticy, help

[thejedilestat]

try another speaker if u have one that is

[Jedi coral]

Could it be that you are over running the speaker? I am not sure but I know that if you pump too much sound through a speaker it can distort could it be the same if you over run it?

To be honest I haven’t a clue but I thought I might as well throw that one out there

[Dark Navel]

Listen to Do-Clo, he knows what he's talking about. I would bank on three things: Try a new speaker, make sure the batteries are fresh and make sure your solder joints are all good to go. I have seen bad solder joints do this same thing from experience...Also make sure the board is not touching the hilt itself causing some type of grounding.

[airsoftmode]

MMMMM maybe its grounding, good tip

[Novastar]

If the speaker has been tried with alternate setups... and the problem follows the speaker... it is usually going to be the speaker.

I have several speakers that are getting "static-y" and it's usually due to dust/dirt, the poor suckers getting a few smacks or whacks via some serious abuse (it happens... at least--with MY sabers)... or who knows--could just be age + the current flowing.

But yeah... a few STANDARD practices when troubleshooting are to:

* Replace/swap out the questionable part with a "known good" or different part, and see if things change...

* Replace/swap out whatever else you can just to rule it out...

* Do any of the above, but do them ONE at a time.

In most cases--your problem will be revealed. In "worst" cases... it can be an electronics board (multiple components + lots of possible random results)... and you can chase it around quite a bit before determining: "Oh wait. Duh. All this random stuff... it's the board."