At 6:19 PM +0800 6/9/06, Secomb's wrote:
>Hi all
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>I have a pair of WL183's recording and using PIP on a Sony MZ- RH10. One
>of the mics decided to play up. The problem is the only sound I can get
>is humming with the occasional crackling. Can get a thud noise when give
>the mic a good tap.
Hi David--
Sounds like you're doing good trouble-shooting: simplifying the
circuit using known, working component(s) to isolate the source of
the problem.
>What happened. Did some fiddling around with both mics on the Fri.
>night, getting ready to go away for the weekend. On the Sat morning when
>recording, only 1 mic was working. After some checking, both connections
What connections? The mini-xlrs? Simplify? Maybe lose those
connectors and go straight into 3.5mm mini-plug?
>were working ( swapped the mics over). Later in the day the a wire on
>the connection on the good mic did go. Swap connections over, which got
>me through the weekend. On the bad mic, there was a lot of crackling
>coming through when recording which was expected.
usually: soldering/partial shorting, moisture or bad cap, in that order. Ro=
b D.
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>Do I assume the worse? Any advise appreciated.
>
>David
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>Loudspeakers are not birds,
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Rob Danielson
Peck School of the Arts
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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