No, Mike, the IR was not plugged in. It was stand-alone.
Bernie
On Feb 20, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Michael Oates wrote:
> Bernie,
>
> Do you know if the IR remote was plugged in?
>
> The pops I am getting are also not equal. And it is definelty not
> the internal mics as I
> only use external mics with their own power.
>
> Mike
>
> >We went into the field again yesterday AM and found the same pop and
> >click issue with the same
> >device that introduced it a few weeks ago. While I believe now that
> >the problem is internal, the pops are not equal level across both
> >channels. I. e. one channel contains a "click" at a higher level than
> >the other. So it's probably not the (internal) mics.
> >
> >Also, yesterday, we got a serious sampling error (loud electronic
> >noise overload across both channels) that lasted about 2 seconds.
> This
> >is all very curious. Olympus tech support has offered to change out
> >the unit so we hope that will eliminate the problem. Stay tuned...
> >
> >Bernie
> >
> >On Feb 20, 2009, at 6:38 AM, Philip Tyler wrote:
> >
> >> Some people have reported that the LS10 'drifts'.
> >> It could be possible that these 'pops' could
> >> be as a result of this?
> >> Just a thought as I have had problems
> >> with digital gear where if the clocking isn't
> >> accurate enough you get 'pops' and 'clicks'
> >> as a result.
> >>
> >> Let's hope it is the remote that causes them!
> >>
> >> Phil
> >>
> >> On 20 Feb 2009, at 14:07, "Michael Oates" <> wrote:
> >>
> >> Following up on this, I have had a few emails with Olympus support
> >> and I have even let them have some files to look at. They say that
> >> the recorder needs to go back for repair. Well to be honest I don't
> >> think so, seeing as there are a number of people having the same
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> Now a thought has just occurred to me: I am thinking that the
> problem
> >> is one of the processor being interrupted while recording, but as
> >> this is a dedicated machine, how can it be interrupted. Then it
> came
> >> to me... I am sure that in the cases where I have had the pops, the
> >> IR remote has been connected. Not necessarily been in use, but
> >> plugged in. Perhaps the recorder is getting signals from that
> causing
> >> the glitch?
> >>
> >> A long shot I know, but I want to ask all of you that have
> >> experienced these pops, did you also have the remote plugged in at
> >> the time?
> >>
> >> I am going to use the recorder with the remote taken off to see if
> >> that stops the pops.
> >>
> >> If this is not the case, or even if it is, I urge everyone to
> contact
> >> support giving as much detail about the problem as you can. If we
> >> don't tell them, they are not going to do anything about it. This
> is
> >> a dammed fine recorder, and I really want to be able to use it
> >> reliably. The people here on this forum are more likely to spot
> these
> >> pops as we tend to record rather quiet scenes. Someone recording a
> >> band at a concert will not notice anything!!!
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >> --- In Michael Oates <>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > 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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