 Static Is Killing Me, Using The Scientific Method |
 sam. 31 janv. 2004, 20:44
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I'm wondering if some of you might be able to offer me some suggestions as to eliminate some static in my recordings.
My Setup: I've got a 800 MHz G4 running 10.3.2 with 1.5 GB RAM and an Echo Mia PCI sound card which is connected to a Behringer Eurorack UB1202 mixer which has a single Shure SM58 microphone plugged into it. I'm using Deck for all of my recordings. I have all of this plugged into a UPS, which is then plugged into my wall. My Problem: Anytime I record with this setup, I get frequent static noises. I bought the UPS because I thought that the power from the utility company was causing the problem. After hooking up the UPS, I found no change in the frequency of the static. However, when I record using the cheap little microphone that came with my computer, I get no static on the recordings. This suggests to me that it is my setup with the sound card, mixer and microphone. What's really frustrating is that I avoided getting a USB interface for recording so that I wouldn't have the seemingly common static problems associated with USB. My Question: Is there an easy way for me to figure out where this static is coming from (within the sound card, mixer or microphone) without having to buy any more equiptment? I don't have access to another set of these components, so I can't just swap other ones in place of mine to test. I also can't return the sound card, mixer or microphone, so I'm stuck with them. Is there a likely culprit that is causing my problems? Has anyone else solved a similar problem? Or does anybody have a better suggestion in how to connect a XLR plugged microphone to a computer for relative cheap? If so, I've got a virtually unused sound card and mixer for sale cheap! |
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lun. 2 févr. 2004, 19:53
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what I meant to ask was, does that particular UPS state it provides 'line conditioning", that is what he's after. There's gear that specifically does that task, and while some UPSes do it properly, a lot do not.
I don't know if the line is the source of the static, but it very well can be. |
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sfsurfer Static Is Killing Me sam. 31 janv. 2004, 20:44
lepetitmartien The noise source is either a noisy power unit some... sam. 31 janv. 2004, 22:45 Nels Lepetitmartien has pretty much covered all that co... dim. 1 févr. 2004, 03:07 ArchivalAudio This may sound strange, but di dyou ever try burni... dim. 1 févr. 2004, 09:36 lepetitmartien If you have this on monitoring and not on the burn... dim. 1 févr. 2004, 19:54 PristineRec To put a completely different area into question h... dim. 1 févr. 2004, 21:35 lepetitmartien It can be… sure…
Another cause not listed here of... lun. 2 févr. 2004, 00:02 zelen0 are you so certain the static is caused by your se... lun. 2 févr. 2004, 06:23 zelen0 One thing worth metioning as well is that not all ... lun. 2 févr. 2004, 06:24 lepetitmartien I think he put the UPS in the circuit in case it w... lun. 2 févr. 2004, 18:31 sfsurfer Thanks so much for all the suggestions! I... lun. 2 févr. 2004, 23:47 lepetitmartien (head scratching)
well… it may be something in th... mar. 3 févr. 2004, 19:41
sfsurfer Well, everyone, I'm sorry that I didn't ge... mer. 11 févr. 2004, 04:24 |
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