Hi,
I haven’t used my Etherwave in a while, and now when trying it these days, it has sounds issues and isn’t playable.
Hoping it has nothing to do with my recent move to a new place — it was well packed within its case bag and with plenty of soft padding around. I also cannot tell if the sound change happened before or after the move, as I didn’t use it for a few months before that. But it had otherwise worked well since 2018.
Could it be that there’s some electrical anomaly with grounding in my new place? (how to test that? I tried a few different sockets)
Could it be that there’s some sort of shortcircuit or similar within the internals of the Etherwave? (it’s the DIY kit one)
How to describe the sound issues…
– It’s like the note isn’t clear and unique anymore. I don’t have enough of a musical ear and knowledge to describe this in detail, but it might even be that there’s actually two notes at once, if that’s even possible.
– Most importantly, using the Pitch knob to adjust the space does not lead a useable set-up anymore (with the lowest pitch where you stand and the highest at the antenna). This result cannot be achievable, and turning the knob does change the range, but never properly. In fact, in most cases it is reversed, with the lower notes away from you and the higher closer.
– There’s a quasi-constant electrical buzzing in the back.
Nothing else have changed. I still have the same set-up as I did before: http://www.thereminworld.com/forums/T/32430?post=215208#215208
(a Behringer MA400 amp to play with headphones, and a custom ground cable – as the EU Etherwave plug does not have a ground pin and I’m not connected to other grounded equipment, but that extra wire solution has worked perfectly in the past)
Any idea of what is going wrong and how I could fix it?
Really hope this is solvable 
Thanks! 
