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Re: mkh 40 humidity?

Subject: Re: mkh 40 humidity?
From: "Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=E9s" hexresedit
Date: Sun Dec 6, 2009 10:52 am ((PST))
Thank you for your responses. I swaped the cable and channels but the
noise was always with the 40.
Let see tonight in the field... good thing i=B4m not in the rainforest, =

damn mkh! :)
Best,
jc
=7F
El 06/12/2009, a las 18:11, Rob Danielson escribi=F3:

> At 8:48 AM -0500 12/6/09, Marc Myers wrote:
> >
> >Bad ground would do this as well. I take it the
> >noise gradually faded away over time?
>
> Maybe swap the cables and set it out again and
> see if you can duplicate the noise.
>
> Juan Carlos Blancas Avil=E9s asked:
>
> >Hello.
> >I was recording yesterday night an ambience with a sennheiser 40/30
> >pair and sound devices, when suddently the cardioid started to make
> >this noise:
> ><http://homepage.mac.com/coeval/filechute/40humidity%3f.mp3>http://
> homepage.mac.com/coeval/filechute/40humidity%3f.mp3
> >I was in Madrid - 21:00h - 8=BAC / +-85% relative humidity.
> >The thing is that one hour later at home the noise started to
> >disapear, and today i=B4m using the mic in the studio with no problem
> >at all.
> >Have you ever listened to an mkh making this kind of noise?... it
> >sounds to you as an humidity problem?. Thank you in advance.
> >Best regards,
> >jc
> >
>
> Hi Juan Carlos--
>
> Yes, I have, and with a MKH-30 as well.
> Dissipation of the noise over time is common,
> even if you leave it turned on in the same
> conditions.
>
> When weather conditions seem conducive for to
> misbehavior, I power them up several hours before
> I need to make crucial recordings.
>
> Over time, if the noise gets worse and happens
> more frequently, a component in mic might need
> replacing. Include some samples of the noise
> incidents if you send it in. Rob D.
>
> --
>
>
>










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