Studio Monitors / Radio Interference, radio incoming thru my studio monitors Options

[fishboisfo]

Has anyone experienced this and know a solution to this ?

Recently we moved to a new house, and apparently ( now ) we are in a relatively close proximity to a radio tower. I frequently get the radio station to play through one of my monitors.

Is there any way I can shield for this ?? It is driving me NUTS !!

Thanks !

[tommy96]

You say that only one of the monitors is picking up the RFI? Try moving that one monitor around.

And after thinking (for a w h i l e! ) about just one monitor having the problem.... and IF they're powered monitors,... I'd bet that this one monitor is the one that has the transformer hooked into it for power? The transformer may be the cause? Is it the original one that came with your monitors? Maybe find a replacement one of the same voltage and current specs.

What else is connected to your 'puter? When you're experiencing the unwanted radio, try unplugging things one at a time to see if there's something else bringing this signal in. (It could even be the keyboard!)

And always, keep your cable runs as short as possible, not wound up in loops... separate audio or signal cables from the power cords as much as you can. Clean the connectors, jacks and plugs too.

Again I wish you luck and relief!

Standard Atari STs are not really up to the demands of audio recording, but the souped-up Falcon variant works reasonably successfully as an 8-track recorder with the appropriate hard drive and software (such as Cubase Audio for Falcon). The main advantages of such a system over a PC or Mac are stability (a properly set-up system will be much less prone to crashing), simplicity, and quietness (I believe that the Falcon has no internal fan, although any hard drive you used would still make a noise).
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