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Gear / Technical Help => Ask The Tapers => Topic started by: bconnolly on March 05, 2006, 11:23:31 PM
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My recording from Thursday night has a few static glitches in it and I'm trying to pinpoint the problem so it doesn't crop up in future tapes. Here is an example of the glitch:
http://iamserio.us/files/click-n-pop.mp3
So far, I really don't have any sure-fire culprits. I guess it could be the mics, the XLR cables, the UA-5 or my S/PDIF cable but I'm really not experienced enough to know what that sort of glitch usually points to. Would a cellular phone interfere with the signal going through XLR or S/PDIF? Does anyone have any ideas?
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My recording from Thursday night has a few static glitches in it and I'm trying to pinpoint the problem so it doesn't crop up in future tapes. Here is an example of the glitch:
http://iamserio.us/files/click-n-pop.mp3
So far, I really don't have any sure-fire culprits. I guess it could be the mics, the XLR cables, the UA-5 or my S/PDIF cable but I'm really not experienced enough to know what that sort of glitch usually points to. Would a cellular phone interfere with the signal going through XLR or S/PDIF? Does anyone have any ideas?
I didn't hear any, butI'm listening to it on a laptop... Who is that, Mogwai?
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Listening though puter speakers but did not hear a glitch either.
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It's on the right channel. It's like a .... static tinny noise. Not really sure how to describe it.
Also, it's Animal Collective.
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Ok....downloaded into Audition and listened through headphones. Congratz for noticiing the distortation. +T I hear it too. How long has it been since you cleaed the contacts on your cables? Just a guess.
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It sounds like RF leakage...its almost like you can hear the pacing of a conversation... or something emphaising/interacting with the HD writes...It's pretty subtle - I have to listen closely.
Like when a semi-truck goes by my house and the guy is on the CB - it leaks through - you can hear the coversation...but only to a certain point...sometimes it sounds like an untuned LSB/USB radio frequency...like its not de-modulating properly...(sorry for the HAM radio lingo!)
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It sounds like RF leakage...its almost like you can hear the pacing of a conversation... or something emphaising/interacting with the HD writes...It's pretty subtle - I have to listen closely.
Like when a semi-truck goes by my house and the guy is on the CB - it leaks through - you can hear the coversation...but only to a certain point...sometimes it sounds like an untuned LSB/USB radio frequency...like its not de-modulating properly...(sorry for the HAM radio lingo!)
^^^^I agree, sounds like it has a rhythm of some sort. I've heard of cell phone interference but never experienced it personally. maybe this is what people are talking about.
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It does sound like a mobile phone signal to me (can only just hear it with headphones in your sample). I’ve never noticed it in a recording, but I do turn my phone off just in case, I suppose you’re not immune to others close by though. When I play my jukebox in the car through a cassette adaptor, it picks up the mobile signal quite strongly.
I don’t anything about the cables involved to say whether it’s something that can be eliminated or reduced, but good luck with it.
My phone (amplified), attached.
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I'm also guessing that it's a GSM phone. T-Mobile and Cingular both run GSM phones and it sounds like text messaging or sending of pictures or email. I'd be suspecting that you have a broken shield connection somewhere in your right channel mic cable.
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Yes definitly a cell phone. No doubt.
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That is the exact noise I hear right before my cell phone rings when I'm sitting near my computer speakers.
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So it's settled. No more phones around the rig while recording.
Thanks guys.