Wednesday, July 30, 2025
The Silent Alchemist sound recording test comparison - noise free.
video upload by myVolts
"Need some silence? 😃
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At myVolts, we're not just trying to power your gear, we want to give you the best possible audio output too.
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You may not realise it, but isolation of your power sources keeps your output clean and as you intended.
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Have a listen (headphones recomended) to our two setups here, the first 30 seconds is USB powered from a standard AC power hub. It's not imposing itself on the sound, but if you listen to that silence at the start, you've got unwanted noise. 😢
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In the second setup, the noise just isn't there. The Silent Alchemist helped you avoid something you now won't need to clean up afterwards.
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We're all about simplifying your process, with solutions that just work.
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Setup info 1:
3 X USB Power ports used
1- Digitakt with 12V Step Up.
2-Korg Volca Drum 9V+ Step Up
Our Crazychain CC47N1 converts polarity and tip size to power the Chase Bliss Onward pedal.
3-Standard USB-C cable takes 5V and Powers the Zoom L6.
Audio setup:
Digitakt connected to Zoom L6
Volca Drum output sent through CB onward into Zoom L6.
Note: we would normally give a mixer/recorded it's own independent power source, this is probably the origin of the noise in the mix. However, with the Silent Alchemist, it's not a concern, isolation means no noise, even when sharing a power source.
Setup info 2:
As above, regarding Audio.
The power setup is slightly different, each device gets it's own USB-C power source, so four in total.
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If you would like to examine these setups, the screenshots in the video are taken from PowerMyGear, our free web tool for planning your power setup.
www.myvolts.com/powermygear
The silent Alchemist is on pre-sale now through our website
www.myvolts.com/"
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