Topic: Recording Problems - Can You Please Help Me Trace The Cause?

[jamroom]

Leave the gear on for a long time and record it. Then put it in a wave editor to look at the wave form if anything jumps out listen to it. If not its probably a lose connection at the gig with your battery or a input.
Chris

Thanks again for the input, Chris. On the gig waveform, nothing stood out, that's what made me wonder what the fault was. Again, I ran it yesterday for about 40 minutes, but got nothing untoward. It's not the 9100 battery connection - that thing is tight and built to last!

I'll take the advice already given and have another shot.

I would still appreciate advice from anyone as to whether it is possible to "fix" the recording somehow.

[DigitalIndigo]

As I think others have said, it sounds like a connection problem between the mics and the recorder.  Toward the end of the sample you provided, the timing of the static sounds exactly like what I would expect from a swinging cable or pressure being applied to a jack.  The cutout sounds like what happens when the power to a mic is interrupted.  My bet would be on a cable, probably at one of the ends.

As to your other question, it can probably be fixed, but I don't think you'd be happy with the results given the amount of time you'd likely spend.  This sounds like broad spectrum noise, and since it affects both channels, you can copy between them.  Anything you do will likely impact the sound enough to still be noticeable.  I'd say chalk it up to experience and move on.  Maybe you can get a copy from someone else?