 Static Is Killing Me, Using The Scientific Method |
 Sat 31 Jan 2004, 20:44
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I'm wondering if some of you might be able to offer me some suggestions as to eliminate some static in my recordings.
My Setup: I've got a 800 MHz G4 running 10.3.2 with 1.5 GB RAM and an Echo Mia PCI sound card which is connected to a Behringer Eurorack UB1202 mixer which has a single Shure SM58 microphone plugged into it. I'm using Deck for all of my recordings. I have all of this plugged into a UPS, which is then plugged into my wall. My Problem: Anytime I record with this setup, I get frequent static noises. I bought the UPS because I thought that the power from the utility company was causing the problem. After hooking up the UPS, I found no change in the frequency of the static. However, when I record using the cheap little microphone that came with my computer, I get no static on the recordings. This suggests to me that it is my setup with the sound card, mixer and microphone. What's really frustrating is that I avoided getting a USB interface for recording so that I wouldn't have the seemingly common static problems associated with USB. My Question: Is there an easy way for me to figure out where this static is coming from (within the sound card, mixer or microphone) without having to buy any more equiptment? I don't have access to another set of these components, so I can't just swap other ones in place of mine to test. I also can't return the sound card, mixer or microphone, so I'm stuck with them. Is there a likely culprit that is causing my problems? Has anyone else solved a similar problem? Or does anybody have a better suggestion in how to connect a XLR plugged microphone to a computer for relative cheap? If so, I've got a virtually unused sound card and mixer for sale cheap! |
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Sun 1 Feb 2004, 21:35
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To put a completely different area into question here, could it be a digital sync problem?
I am not familiar with the interface or mixer you are using, but I get noise that sounds like "static" if I mistakenly don't have all my digital devices on the same clock, or if one device is not sending at the same sampling rate as the rest. I have a preamp that defaults to 96khz when I turn it on, and if I don't change it to 48khz to match the rate of my Digi 001, I get all kinds of cracks and pops and fuzz and static. I also have the same problem with a digital mixer that can only send at 44.1khz. Just another place to look! |
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sfsurfer Static Is Killing Me Sat 31 Jan 2004, 20:44
lepetitmartien The noise source is either a noisy power unit some... Sat 31 Jan 2004, 22:45 Nels Lepetitmartien has pretty much covered all that co... Sun 1 Feb 2004, 03:07 ArchivalAudio This may sound strange, but di dyou ever try burni... Sun 1 Feb 2004, 09:36 lepetitmartien If you have this on monitoring and not on the burn... Sun 1 Feb 2004, 19:54 lepetitmartien It can be… sure…
Another cause not listed here of... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 00:02 zelen0 are you so certain the static is caused by your se... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:23 zelen0 One thing worth metioning as well is that not all ... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 06:24 lepetitmartien I think he put the UPS in the circuit in case it w... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 18:31 zelen0 what I meant to ask was, does that particular UPS ... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 19:53 sfsurfer Thanks so much for all the suggestions! I... Mon 2 Feb 2004, 23:47 lepetitmartien (head scratching)
well… it may be something in th... Tue 3 Feb 2004, 19:41
sfsurfer Well, everyone, I'm sorry that I didn't ge... Wed 11 Feb 2004, 04:24 |
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