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Title: Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 02:46:32 PM
Never seen this before.  Transfering a show I taped last night.  Everything is perfect until 50:51.  At that point I have what at first I thought was a dropout.  Silence until 50:57.  Then my home deck will stop playing.  I can hit play again and it will have another couple seconds of silence and then the sound comes back and everything is great.  If I rewind while still playing, when it goes from 50:57 back to 50:51 there IS music there.  Do I need to call a preist to get the demons out of my deck?  Bad spot on the tape?

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: Brian Skalinder on February 29, 2004, 02:51:32 PM
Same problem when playing back on the deck used to record the tape?
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 02:53:39 PM
Haven't tried that yet.  Post back in a while.

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 02:58:34 PM
5 spots of diginoise when played back on the D7.  I'm about to give up on taping.  I can't get through a single night w/o fucking something up.  
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: F.O.Bean on February 29, 2004, 03:01:12 PM
Quote from: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 02:58:34 PM
5 spots of diginoise when played back on the D7.  I'm about to give up on taping.  I can't get through a single night w/o fucking something up.  

i know ive been fluffing the jb3 alot, but seriously kevin, i had these problems ALL the time w/ DAT right before i ditched it, dirty heads, digi-noise, dropouts, etc, were all getting old, i say ditch dat, sell it while you can
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: Brian Skalinder on February 29, 2004, 03:01:49 PM
Is the digi-noise always in the same place when you play back on the D7?  When's the last time both the D7 and playback deck were cleaned?  Heads aligned / serviced?
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: jpschust on February 29, 2004, 03:04:44 PM
this sounds like a combo of head allignment and dirty heads
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: F.O.Bean on February 29, 2004, 03:05:21 PM
Quote from: Brian Skalinder on February 29, 2004, 03:01:49 PM
Is the digi-noise always in the same place when you play back on the D7?  When's the last time both the D7 and playback deck were cleaned?  Heads aligned / serviced?

could def be an alignment issue
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 03:10:37 PM
Deck has been serviced by ProDig within last 6 months.  It just this one spot.  Would I have a problem throughout if it was alignment?

Getting a clip to post.

Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 03:15:40 PM
http://home.comcast.net/~blu666z/newmonsoonprob.mp3 (http://home.comcast.net/~blu666z/newmonsoonprob.mp3)

EDIT: fixed link

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 03:21:25 PM
Quote from: Brian Skalinder on February 29, 2004, 03:01:49 PM
Is the digi-noise always in the same place when you play back on the D7?  

Played it back now several times and the noise is always at the same spots best I can tell.  

Thanks for helping me not go insane guys...+T to everybody when we're done.

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: olyrc on February 29, 2004, 03:50:57 PM
Quote from: blu666z on February 29, 2004, 03:15:40 PM
http://home.comcast.net/~blu666z/newmonsoonprob.mp3 (http://home.comcast.net/~blu666z/newmonsoonprob.mp3)

EDIT: fixed link

-Kevin

I've got a spot on my Stereophonics tape from Wednesday that sounds almost exactly like that.  It is at the beginning of their first song and I think the music completely overloaded everything.  Happened right before I adjusted my levels.
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: olyrc on March 01, 2004, 12:50:56 PM
Had any luck with this yet?
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: dklein on March 01, 2004, 01:30:35 PM
That sounds like digital signal (i.e. cable) going in and out.
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on March 01, 2004, 02:04:07 PM
You thinking S/PDIF from the UA-5 -> D7?  Interference or do you think something is wring with my cable?  Curious why it never happened again the rest of the show.

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: olyrc on March 01, 2004, 02:28:00 PM
Do you remember bumping your bag or your cables at all around then?
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on March 01, 2004, 02:52:46 PM
Not specifically.  I check my bag throughout the show.

-Kevin
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: dklein on March 03, 2004, 12:57:21 AM
Hook up a line signal (cd player or something) to the UA-5>D7 at home and monitor thru your D7 headphone or line out.  See if you can recreate the noise by wiggling your cable.
Title: Re:Weird Dropout
Post by: blu666z on March 03, 2004, 03:24:37 PM
I'll do some testing tonite.

-Kevin