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Re: Hi-MD issue - noise from static charge

Subject: Re: Hi-MD issue - noise from static charge
From: "1GDW" 1GDW
Date: Sun Sep 17, 2006 11:31 am (PDT)
I think most of the over the counter alcohol has additives in them
and will leave residue while cleaning most oils.  If you buy a
bottle of Everclear from the liquor store your will have the purest
alcohol sold over the counter.  If that doesn't work for you, you
can always drink it.
Gerald White  Muscatine, IA

--- In  "macmang4125"
<> wrote:
>
> Isopropyl alcohol would work just as well, anything really to
remove
> the grease that acumalates on the connectors.
> Phil
> --- In  "John Hartog"
> <hartogj_1999@> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Bruce, Phil, and Rob.
> >
> > I'm now thinking it might have been only in the ungrounded
headphone
> > line as Bruce pointed out.  Listening to my recordings from that
> > session, I do not notice any of the static noise I heard in the
> field
> > so now I'm hopeful it had no effect on the recording.  Phil's
point
> is
> > also well taken since I have never cleaned my connectors with
> anything
> > stronger than the corner of my shirt.  Would Isopropyl alcohol
> rather
> > than denatured alcohol work for this?
> >
> > If I notice the problem again I will definitely try to record
some,
> > and do more extensive trouble shooting.
> >
> > John Hartog
> >
> > >
> > > Hi John-- I  haven't run across static as yet
> > > with similar rigs. As folks are suggesting, it
> > > does make sense to try and isolate the source
> > > when its doing it again by trying other mics,
> > > XLR->mini cable, headphones, another recorder.
> > > The DC power for the Hi-MD deck and the Rolls
> > > aren't in anyway connected are they? Record a
> > > little bit of the static perhaps? Rob D.
> > >
> >
> > > >I have a noise from static charge issue with my Sony MZ-
RH10.  I
> had
> > > >it set up like this: RH10<RollsPB224<RodeNT1As with the RH10
and
> the
> > > >pb224 inside a vinyl drybag.
> > > >While in rec/pause, I reached into the drybag to reposition
> equipment
> > > >and could hear through the headphones a static crackle with
any
> > > >movement of the gear.  This awoke me to the susceptibility of
> this
> > > >setup to static charge.
> > > >I experimented with the rh10 and pb224 on the bare grassy
ground
> and
> > > >could hear still hear static crackling coming through if I
moved
> the
> > > >equipment or connecting cables.  I know a lot of this had to
do
> with
> > > >the dry weather where I was, but I'm sure not going to use a
> > > >static-prone drybag to protect my gear anymore unless the
rain is
> > > >really pouring down.
> > > >
> > > >Has anyone suffered from similar static noise issues?
> > > >Any ideas for a remedy?
> > > >
> > > >I welcome any suggestions, as I will soon be recording in dry
> > > >static-prone mountains again.
> > > >
> > > >-John Hartog
> >
>









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