Dear all. I thought I would update you all on my experiences with mod devices noise. My problem was I was using the mod duo and them mod dwarf with the kemper stage, which resulted in a lot of background hum. As previously mentioned in my posts, I tried everything. Ultimately it turned out to be the issue with Kemper. I believe the reason is that Kemper does not have a true external effect stereo path. I tried hum busters, isolators, and also plugging into a plug with no ground pin. None of that worked.
If I plugged the mod dwarf directly into my audio interface (Antelope audio synergy core) - the noise stopped.
At that point I decided since I’ve been meaning to do this anyway (I really really wanted that stereo signal path) I purchased an AxeFxIII from Fractal Audio. I can attest that there is no noise with either the dwarf or the Duo going thru the AxeFxIII mark II - everything is quite. I am very happy with this - I really love the idea of virtual effect chains!
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