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Title: Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: John Kelly on December 12, 2003, 07:48:51 AM

Ok, after tracking out the first show with the Firewire 410, I find something that concerns me a little.  Take a listen (warning, don't have the volume all the way up):
http://mason.gmu.edu/~jkelly8/weirdnoise.mp3

That happened 4 times in a short period, then the rest of the tape has those noises throughout, only they're much quieter.  I'm just wondering if this could be explained by anything, or if I should immediately blame the 410?  I'm hitting up two shows tonight, so hopefully it was just a one time thing...

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: Sean Gallemore on December 12, 2003, 08:01:58 AM

someone playing with light sabres?
I hope things work better tomorrow night.  + for trying out new gear tho

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: 1st set only on December 12, 2003, 10:37:54 AM

how are you powering this 410 thing? could be a bad power cable

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: Tim on December 12, 2003, 02:00:44 PM

sounds like a power issue.

where you set up near any lights?

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: dklein on December 12, 2003, 02:35:48 PM

cell phone near the box?

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: John Kelly on December 12, 2003, 04:14:09 PM

Shouldn't have been a power issue.  I was running it off of bus power with a Valance NCharge.  It didn't even use half of the charge.

The only thing near the rig was the FOH board.  But why would it suddenly pop up 3/4 of the way through the show?

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: joeshambro on December 13, 2003, 12:39:11 AM

Try a high quality sheilded cable...  it sounds like some sort of interferance.

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: John Kelly on December 13, 2003, 07:29:30 PM

Well I was using an Apple slim firewire cord.  I'll try using something a little bigger, like the one that came with the 410.  I didn't think it would matter, but hopefully that's the only thing that's wrong.

I did two shows last night without any hiccups.  I really do like this thing...

Title: Re:Hmm...odd noise in my tape
Post by: MattD on December 13, 2003, 07:58:27 PM

I learned with the ULN-2 that FW cables matter. MH forgot to include their FW cables in my initial package, so I got a cheapo one somewhere just to use. It was the only time I've ever had trouble with the computer even seeing the device.