GregP Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Hey all, As some of you know, I'm trying to restore some sort of quiet to my recording environment, since moving into an electromagnetically-busy little space. If I put my mixer into a shielded box, and then somehow (not sure how this is done) ground the shield to something, would it help isolate the mixer's preamps from any interference they might be picking up? Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 *shameful bump* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnewman Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Well, a lot of hifi audio equipment is in metal cases that're grounded to the audio input's ground (the ground that actually goes through the audio cables) NOT THE POWER SUPPLY GROUND. Just for what it's worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Hey greg Just through curiosity... have you tried putting a good power conditioner infront of your recording gear? I remember a while back with your initial thread saying that the mains in your house were quite bad, Perhaps with a power conditioner cleaning up the lines a bit before it even gets to your mixer, it may help clean up the preamp stage... Just an idea ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Yeah, I've considered it. They're not instantly available around here, or at least not that I'm aware of. I tend to avoid mail-order from the States as much as possible. HOWEVER.... I just discovered (or re-discovered as the case may be... I once tested all the outlets but I thought this one was OK) that the outlet my gear is plugged into has NO GROUND!! So I'm going to run an extension cable from one of the properly-wired outlets. Hopefully that will help. Also, I'm in the middle of shielding and rewiring my guitar, though I'm hopelessly inept with all this wiring stuff so I'm going to have to bug Lovekraft (or whoever else) some more when I have the time to draw a diagram and take some shots... Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 If you ever need a hand hunting down a half decent Power conditioner or rack gear let me know, Im doing a Music tech course currently and as a student in the course, we hear of so many different outlets for equipment with amazing prices Good luck with this one man, Hope it all gets sorted ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted November 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Cool beans! If you know of any in Canuckia, let me know. Otherwise, I may still look you up. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted November 2, 2005 Report Share Posted November 2, 2005 Ive got 5 lessons of Music Tech tommorow so ill talk to the teacher and see if he knows of anywhere local to you greg Feel free to shoot me a PM anytime with any other rack gear requests... ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TenderSurrender Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Ok mate sorry for the long time to reply, Spoke to him and he seems fairly confident he knows of a few places out near you He is going to try and dig out some info for next weeks lesson (Monday), and so ill post up whatever he finds Greg You tried anything else with the mixer yet? ~~ Slain Angel ~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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