I’m considering this solved as the dwarf is quiet without unacceptable noise.
Here is an audio clip of my shimmer board trying to handle my Strega. I will need to be careful with messing with these synths while connected to the dwarf.
There is still a light hiss, but I’m guessing that has more to do with the fact that my instruments are powered and it’s intrinsic to dealing with powered instruments.
In the middle of that clip, you hear a volume increase due to me shifting the blend potentiometer on my Strega into the raw sound. As I move closer to 100% dry on the Strega blending, the signal peaks the dwarf input and output.
Something in my set up is causing the noise issue, I’ve ordered a new PSU for my bluebox and that is the only thing left for me to replace in the setup that is having noise issues.
This has been a really fun adventure, and I’m glad to know that the dwarf is not the issue in my particular set up.
I returned all of the gear purchased during this testing period sans power conditioners, as I need them.
I need to test my dwarf on an amp to continue assisting with the issues that you are all still facing.