Greg Simmons wrote:
> Try disconnecting the 0 volt wire from your mics and see if the noise still
> happens. (That's assuming your mics can work without the 0 volt connection.)
>
thanks, sounds interesting, i'd love to give this a try. however...
what's a 0 volt wire?
this is a very simple pair of self-built contact mics, which i wired to
the xlr connectors based on some recommendations from rob at aquarian
audio. the ceramic and outer rings of the piezos are wired to pins 1 &
2 resectively, and pin 3 is wired to a foil shield which surrounds the
piezo. then the whole shebang is plasti-dipped. does something in
there equate to a 0 volt wire?
and for the record, the recorder is a fostex, fr2-le, super-modded by
oade bros. it *only* happens with these self-built mics, though, so i
strongly suspect the problem is mine and not the recorders. i am no expert.
best,
patrick
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