hey, all. wondering if i'm fucked.
i blamed the extremely faint, distant, non-musical crackling during the guitar-heavy parts of one slayer and two manson shows on a pair of radio shack RCAs. schoeps mk4s > rmod box > my modsbm-1 > my d8. i'll try to post samples soon. Alex told me i was high when i told him about the problem as we listened together, but, alas, i was more than sober.
now, after recording a local show last night with my rig (dpa 4061s > modmps-6010 > modsbm-1 > d8), i hear the same crackling, but only during the guitar parts again!
my levels in all cases were hovering certainly below 0 and i can hear the crackling during a guitar fade-ins and -outs when the overall levels are far below 0. this problem has now happened with two rigs, so the problem has to be either:
-modsbm-1i have no idea what could be wrong with it.
-d8i ran a cleaning tape before the three-show slayer/2x manson run and immediately before last night's show. any other ideas?
-playbacki'd be happy to blame the problem on plaback problems, but nothing adds up! why would the crackling only be audible during guitar parts? could three vastly different PA systems (slayer/manson/local dive) have the same flaw? shoot, last night, the guitars weren't even run through the PA, just their amps.
i'm using either:
waveterminal 2496 (set to either -10 dBu or +4 dBv, with varying ouput gain) > canare interconnects > denon avr-1603 > canare speaker cable > b&w dm302s
waveterminal 2496 (set to either -10 dBu or +4 dBv, with varying ouput gain) > canare interconnects > denon avr-1603 > sony mdr-7506s
alex's home setup
old-ass rotel cd player > rotel amp > linn keilidhs (crackling lessened or eliminated)
d8 > sony mdr-7506s (crackling lessened or eliminated)
why in the world would i only get crackling during guitar parts only?
argh, i don't want all future shows ruined! any ideas?
armen