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Re: LS-10 operational question

Subject: Re: LS-10 operational question
From: "Michael Oates" msohooates
Date: Sat Feb 14, 2009 3:34 pm ((PST))
Bernie,

Yep it would appear so.

I will have to try and find out how to report this to Olympus.

Anyone else have issues with the other problem I have had about the gain dr=
opping 6dB on
one channel?

Mike

>Thanks, fellas. So the problem looks to be electronic, internal and
>intermittent, right?
>
>Bernie
>
>On Feb 14, 2009, at 11:33 AM, Max Catterwell wrote:
>
>> Glad to hear that, as I've just updated!
>> Max
>>
>> Michael Oates wrote:
>> > Just a follow up... Both these issues have occured before and
>> after the firmware update to
>> > 1.1. So they are not related to any changes there.
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >> Bernie,
>> >>
>> >> Unfortunately, I have also had some glitches, they can occur on
>> either right or left but
>> >> never at the same time. The glitch is electronic in that is
>> spread across the full
>> >> frequency spectrum and looks very similar to those you can get on =

>> the PC when your audio
>> >> editor gets interrupted by another process or when the latency is =

>> not setup correctly.
>> >>
>> >> I have produced a sonograph of a couple of typical pops here:
>> >> http://www.mikeoates.org/arl/misc/ls-10_pop.jpg
>> >> The left pop is 0.02 seconds in length while the one on the right =

>> is 0.01 seconds.
>> >>
>> >> I was thinking it may have been some electrical interference
>> because the battery box I am
>> >> using for my external mics is not screened. In fact I am right
>> now this weekend building
>> >> another one in a metal box in the hope that it solves the
>> problem. Now I am wondering if
>> >> it will :(
>> >>
>> >> The glitch or pop sound has happened when recording inside in the =

>> warm and outside in
>> >> freezing conditions. It has also occurred at the two recording
>> settings I use: 44.1kHz
>> >> 24bit and 96kHz 24bit. The image above is from a 96kHz recording.
>> >>
>> >> I should add that it only occurs on a small number of recordings, =

>> most are fine.
>> >>
>> >> I have also got another problem, that I can't replicate, it has
>> happened just twice, in
>> >> that (again using the same battery box and external mics) the
>> Left channel recorded at 6dB
>> >> lower. This is from the moment of starting that recording, even
>> when I had just done
>> >> previous recordings that were fine and all I did was press stop,
>> them start record again.
>> >>
>> >> I too am now rather concerned that there may be a fault with the
>> machine. But as I only
>> >> ever use it with external mics, I have not been able to rule that =

>> part out yet.
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Mike
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> I haven't be following posts on the LS-10 closely so forgive if
>> this
>> >>> is a repeat.
>> >>>
>> >>> A student of mine just purchased one on my recommendation and
>> when we
>> >>> came back from a short field trip there were a number of
>> disturbing
>> >>> pops and clicks in the clip that sounded electronic or like
>> sampling
>> >>> errors. She was recording 44.1/24bit and was not overloading. Any
>> >>> similar experience with LS-10 owners in the group? If so, have you
>> >>> identified the problem?
>> >>>
>> >>> Bernie
>> >>>
>> >>>
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>> >
>> >
>> > ------------------------------------
>> >
>> > "While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
>> > sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie
>> Krause
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