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Re: What causes recording rumble?

Subject: Re: What causes recording rumble?
From: "J. Charles Holt"
Date: Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:24 pm ((PDT))
David,

I was using batteries, but after doing additional recordings its clear that=
 the one I posted was getting interference. Here=92s a screenshot from a be=
tter recording: https://www.dropbox.com/s/k76hl2tuvjp3yzy/Rumble2.jpg <http=
s://www.dropbox.com/s/k76hl2tuvjp3yzy/Rumble2.jpg>

I feel a bit foolish. :)

=96 Charles

> On Jun 28, 2015, at 6:52 PM,  [naturerecordists] <natu=
> wrote:
>
> > Here=92s a screenshot showing the signal from the dummy mic: https://ww=
w.dropbox.com/s/tfr8kc5aii1sxlt/Rumble.jpg <https://www.dropbox.com/s/tfr8k=
c5aii1sxlt/Rumble.jpg>
>
> Charles,
>
> Looks like good old square wave mains hum with all the odd harmonics to m=
e
> going by the top frequency scale. The even harmonics cancel out in a squa=
re
> wave due to symmetry. Are you using a mains adaptor or is it near one?
>
> David Brinicombe
>
>









"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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