Chaos Machine Ticking Noise

[punchy712]

I built this pedal back in 2023 and it's always had a ticking noise that's been bugging me but could never figure out the source of it, or how to go about troubleshooting it. I really like the pedal so I'm looking to get some help to try to figure out how to fix this, so if you have any advice I would very much appreciate it.

The noise can be heard here. I'm just changing the rate during the clip, so the ticking is very much related to the rate.

 

[swelchy]

I see you ran some shielded wire for output jack.. was this you trying to alleviate the clock noise?? do you have the shield to that wire connected to ground?

 

[punchy712]

I see you ran some shielded wire for output jack.. was this you trying to alleviate the clock noise?? do you have the shield to that wire connected to ground?

It's on the input jack and yeah it was an attempt to alleviate the clock noise but it didn't make a difference in this case. I have the wire shield connected to ground at the input jack only (hard to see in the picture).

 

[swelchy]

Yeah... I got mixed up with input/output..... I see C10 is a bit cobbled.. have you tried replacing C10.. it lives in the LFO section

 

[punchy712]

Yeah... I got mixed up with input/output..... I see C10 is a bit cobbled.. have you tried replacing C10.. it lives in the LFO section

I saw that too, but I thought it was just on the surface and wouldn't affect anything. But yeah definitely I can try swapping it out.