Topic: 722 noise?

[musicsherlock]

cellphones should be banned in concert environments.

But what would we do during the Power Ballads?

[kidtexas]

is it possible that the active cables may be the culprit?

so far Tony and I are  the only ones here that seem to have had interference with the 722 and we were both running the mk46 cables

Speaking entirely out of my ass, I can't imagine active cables would help the situation at all.  After all, your sticking a long (most likely unbalanced) cable in between the capsule and the mic body, meaning any noise that enters at that point in the system then gets boosted up by the electronics in the mic body, etc.  It's a point of entry that mics without active cables just don't have.

Not to say they are the problem, but in my mind, it could hurt.  Though in my experience, I've gotten cell phone noise in just about every system I've put my cell phone up to if I positioned it right.  I've never tried on my 722 since I just turn off my phone.

[ts]

picked up a little sample of cell noise agian last night at CSNY

mod 460 (ck1x/mk46) > 722

i believe it occurred when i remembered to turn off my phone right at the end of the 1st song, not devestating but its clearly there 

Yep, my guess is it's the cheesey active cables. My only experiences with the noise is with those actives. I have found some noise on an earlier recording. Brief, but there. No noise on any of my V3>722 recordings, using Bumblebees.

Can a better cable be used in those actives?

[cshepherd]

Our old rig had cel phone interference issues pretty regularly, to the point of frustration.  We were running km 184's>>V2>>ad1000>DA-P1 with Harmonic Tech cables.  After switching to Van den Hul cables, cel phone interference has never been an issue, regardless of rig setup.  I've run 184's>V2>ad1000>SV3800, 184's>V2>722 and 184's>722 with VdH cables.  We've tried to induce cel phone noise after shows and have never heard it come through on the recording.

Chris

[it-goes-to-eleven]

Can a better cable be used in those actives?

With that in mind I asked what cable was being used but nobody ever replied...

The circuit is a very important part of noise rejection. So cable alone may not make a diff.

[thegreatgumbino]

It's the AKG mk46 active cable.

[F.O.Bean]

wow, very interesting read, ive personally taped prolly about 30 sets w/ my 722 since getting it in june and i have not heard anything out of the ordinary, thats using bumblebee mic>v3 cables and regular/silver interconnects going from v3>722

gotta be those active cables