Hi,
I have a problem with my Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1 patchbay which I hope someone out there can help me solve. I don’t have much experience with patchbays, but at this point I’m simply trying to connect my Apogee Ensemble with the patchbay to bring Insert 1-4 to the front for easy access. The problem is that when I do that I detect a great deal of buzz.
Here is what I did:
I removed the Apogee Ensemble and the Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1 from my rack and placed them on a wooden table, not touching each other and not touching anything else that might serve as a conductor. I then did the following test using flawless instrument jack cables to connect the two devices:
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TEST (numbers shown are levels of noise in Logic Pro):
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear): -44
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear) + touching patchbay: -30 (the noise increases significantly when I touch the patchbay)
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear) + guitar plugged into Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/front): No noise.
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Obviously it’s a good thing that no significant noise is detected when I plug in a guitar, since in practice I can actually make useful recordings, but my question is:
Is this noise normal? I would think that even without anything plugged in on the front of the patchbay it should still respond with silence? It just feels wrong to switch to input 1 in Logic Pro and then watch the level meter go up instantly…
I’m confused! Please help if you can and thanks in advance!
- ClausM
I have a problem with my Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1 patchbay which I hope someone out there can help me solve. I don’t have much experience with patchbays, but at this point I’m simply trying to connect my Apogee Ensemble with the patchbay to bring Insert 1-4 to the front for easy access. The problem is that when I do that I detect a great deal of buzz.
Here is what I did:
I removed the Apogee Ensemble and the Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1 from my rack and placed them on a wooden table, not touching each other and not touching anything else that might serve as a conductor. I then did the following test using flawless instrument jack cables to connect the two devices:
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TEST (numbers shown are levels of noise in Logic Pro):
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear): -44
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear) + touching patchbay: -30 (the noise increases significantly when I touch the patchbay)
Ensemble(In1/Insert) + Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/rear) + guitar plugged into Neutrik NYS-SPP-L1(B1/front): No noise.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Obviously it’s a good thing that no significant noise is detected when I plug in a guitar, since in practice I can actually make useful recordings, but my question is:
Is this noise normal? I would think that even without anything plugged in on the front of the patchbay it should still respond with silence? It just feels wrong to switch to input 1 in Logic Pro and then watch the level meter go up instantly…
I’m confused! Please help if you can and thanks in advance!
- ClausM