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What are you using for power?
The supplied AC adapter should be a 9vDC regulated universal type I think.
If it had batteries in it when you got it, could they have leaked? The gunk that comes out of them can trash electronics.
I doubt the pad switches themselves could cause sound problems, unless ...

Sounds like issues elsewhere in your rig to me, or maybe damage to your motherboard somehow. Has it been exposed to steam/heat/moisture?

I have no Idea, I bought it second hand. Guy who sold it to me states that it was tested (a while ago though) and it was alright.

Another thing is that 1 pad ...

hello everyone. i just got myself used 404. the problem is: it produces very quiet, extremely distorted (samples are nearly unreconizable) sound. The samles which were already on the machine sounded like this, as well as sample I recorded by myself. I know it doesnt look good, but maybe im doing ...