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Title: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: c.b.taper on December 18, 2004, 10:06:35 AM
 a couple of days ago i recorded 5th and 6 grade xmass concert here in town.i set up my mics on the lip of the stage Shoeps mk4-vms-v3-jb3. when i returned home and listened throughout the recording the music sounds garbled; not digi noise; the music is there but the best way i can describe the sound is as if tiny drops of water were dropped arbitraraly upon the tape causing the music to become muffled, garbled. i immediately set up my rig at home and triied to recreate the incident. nothing! anyone else have this problem possably can offer up an explaination for why this happened.
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: caymanreview on December 18, 2004, 10:55:12 AM
kinked optical cable?
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: F.O.Bean on December 18, 2004, 11:11:33 AM
yep, bet thats the culprit

if ya dont have the sp rt angle optical cable, buy it :)
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: caymanreview on December 18, 2004, 11:19:33 AM
yep, bet thats the culprit

if ya dont have the sp rt angle optical cable, buy it :)

truth in Bean's words! i bet it was kinked in your bag, and when you got home somehow you got in un-kinked and it worked fine for the time being
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: c.b.taper on December 18, 2004, 12:13:58 PM
kinked optical cable?
possible but my equipment was not cramped & i will get a rt angle adaper.
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: caymanreview on December 18, 2004, 12:14:52 PM
your best bet is to buy the SP cable that is right angle toslink > right angle mini

i wouldnt use any other cable!
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: c.b.taper on December 18, 2004, 12:16:28 PM
your best bet is to buy the SP cable that is right angle toslink > right angle mini

i wouldnt use any other cable!
good call good place to find such an animal?
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: setboy on December 18, 2004, 12:29:23 PM
your best bet is to buy the SP cable that is right angle toslink > right angle mini

i wouldnt use any other cable!
good call good place to find such an animal?

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=220&item=SP-TMOC-RA&type=store
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: caymanreview on December 18, 2004, 12:31:43 PM
it is great because the toslink end swivels, so you can make the cable to any direction out of the optical out you want. just an added bonus
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: F.O.Bean on December 20, 2004, 07:13:32 PM
it is great because the toslink end swivels, so you can make the cable to any direction out of the optical out you want. just an added bonus

if it wasnt for my own stupidity, i wouldve never found that out
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: caymanreview on December 21, 2004, 07:14:36 AM
it is great because the toslink end swivels, so you can make the cable to any direction out of the optical out you want. just an added bonus

if it wasnt for my own stupidity, i wouldve never found that out

if it wasnt for your stupidity, I would have never figured it out either :P
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: hexyjones on December 21, 2004, 07:44:53 AM
a couple of days ago i recorded 5th and 6 grade xmass concert here in town.i set up my mics on the lip of the stage Shoeps mk4-vms-v3-jb3. when i returned home and listened throughout the recording the music sounds garbled; not digi noise; the music is there but the best way i can describe the sound is as if tiny drops of water were dropped arbitraraly upon the tape causing the music to become muffled, garbled. i immediately set up my rig at home and triied to recreate the incident. nothing! anyone else have this problem possably can offer up an explaination for why this happened.

I doubt it's your optical cable...what you describe sounds more like something happening on the analog side(muffled)...not digital...
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: F.O.Bean on December 21, 2004, 06:35:54 PM
it is great because the toslink end swivels, so you can make the cable to any direction out of the optical out you want. just an added bonus

if it wasnt for my own stupidity, i wouldve never found that out

if it wasnt for your stupidity, I would have never figured it out either :P

good point :P
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: urobouros on December 21, 2004, 06:53:59 PM
your best bet is to buy the SP cable that is right angle toslink > right angle mini

i wouldnt use any other cable!
good call good place to find such an animal?

http://www.soundprofessionals.com/cgi-bin/gold/category.cgi?category=220&item=SP-TMOC-RA&type=store

Thanks for the tip.  I just ordered a digimod ua-5   ;D  and will be needing one of these.
Title: Re: garbled noise on jb3 recording
Post by: c.b.taper on December 21, 2004, 07:44:34 PM
a couple of days ago i recorded 5th and 6 grade xmass concert here in town.i set up my mics on the lip of the stage Shoeps mk4-vms-v3-jb3. when i returned home and listened throughout the recording the music sounds garbled; not digi noise; the music is there but the best way i can describe the sound is as if tiny drops of water were dropped arbitraraly upon the tape causing the music to become muffled, garbled. i immediately set up my rig at home and triied to recreate the incident. nothing! anyone else have this problem possably can offer up an explaination for why this happened.

I doubt it's your optical cable...what you describe sounds more like something happening on the analog side(muffled)...not digital...
exactly besides the way i had everything set up i feel the is no way the connection was compromised.