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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: MattD on September 24, 2004, 11:55:59 AM
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I'm a laptop taper and the past two times I have taped Lotus, I had to set up somewhere near the subwoofers. Both times, the log file my recording program generated said I had buffer underruns almost every minute and thus dropped samples. The first time, I thought it might have been due to my drive not having a ton of free space, but I had 8 GB free last night, so that shouldn't have been it, plus this sounds feasible.
How can I prevent this in the future if I don't have a choice in setup location? I set up on a towel this time, but didn't expect it to do much (it's not like I can prevent the sound travelling through the air). I think the buffer is maxed out, so that's out as a solution. Thanks for the help!
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maybe isolation/vibration control products made for home audio like turntables, etc? might search AudioAsylum tweaks/diy for cheap solutions.
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I'm a laptop taper and the past two times I have taped Lotus, I had to set up somewhere near the subwoofers. Both times, the log file my recording program generated said I had buffer underruns almost every minute and thus dropped samples. The first time, I thought it might have been due to my drive not having a ton of free space, but I had 8 GB free last night, so that shouldn't have been it, plus this sounds feasible.
How can I prevent this in the future if I don't have a choice in setup location? I set up on a towel this time, but didn't expect it to do much (it's not like I can prevent the sound travelling through the air). I think the buffer is maxed out, so that's out as a solution. Thanks for the help!
ive got an extra laptop bag (one of the thinner targus laptop bags with nice padding on the bottom) that you can have. i think setting up inside of that should help the vibration. i know it does on bumpier plane rides.
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Also you may want to avoid setting up next to subwoofers with a laptop. You may be having problems with the magnets inside them, not the vibrations.
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yea, i've heard of issues with the HD's in the FR2 doing the same thing. isolate it as much as possible i've seen good results by surrounding the FR2 with a bunch of foam surrounding it. good luck.