Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread Jascha Narveson
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Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread umashankar mantravadi
nd] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird > noise at record start? > > > Hi, John (and Dave) - > > Ah - I haven't tried using just channel 1's phantom power. I *did* try taking > the 788T off of AC power, turning off all the phantom power on it, and

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread Jascha Narveson
Hi, John (and Dave) - Ah - I haven't tried using just channel 1's phantom power. I *did* try taking the 788T off of AC power, turning off all the phantom power on it, and putting AA-batteries in the PPAs as the phantom power source. With this set-up, I still got a weird noise about 12 second

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread Jörn Nettingsmeier
On 04/16/2011 01:48 PM, Andrew Levine wrote: Hi John, On 16.04.2011, at 10:53, John Leonard wrote: You only need phantom turned on on Channel 1 - try turning it off on all other channels and see if the noise goes away. is that recommended behavior? I currently phantom power all four mics. s

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread Andrew Levine
Hi John, On 16.04.2011, at 10:53, John Leonard wrote: > You only need phantom turned on on Channel 1 - try turning it off on all > other channels and see if the noise goes away. is that recommended behavior? I currently phantom power all four mics. Also, has anyone thought about assembling a bo

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread John Leonard
Jascha, You only need phantom turned on on Channel 1 - try turning it off on all other channels and see if the noise goes away. The Baby Ball Gag does work with the TetraMic, by the way; not perfect, but so much better than the foam & furry set-up supplied with the mic. I believe that Rycote n

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread umashankar mantravadi
k > To: sursound@music.vt.edu > Subject: Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird > noise at record start? > > I have had problems with PPA's in the past (Len happily replaced them > promptly), but I've not heard that one before. Have you tried

Re: [Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-16 Thread dave . malham
I have had problems with PPA's in the past (Len happily replaced them promptly), but I've not heard that one before. Have you tried it with different mics plugged in? Dave On Apr 16 2011, Jascha Narveson wrote: Hi, surround list - Thanks for all of your suggestions about windscreens. I

[Sursound] TetraMic and/or Sound Devices 788T question: weird noise at record start?

2011-04-15 Thread Jascha Narveson
Hi, surround list - Thanks for all of your suggestions about windscreens. I decided to try out a heinously over-priced Rycote "baby ball gag" with extra furry. Before I do *that*, though, I have a question for any TetraMic or Sound Devices 788T users out there - Len's on vacation, and can't