TexRoadkill
Audio Bum
Try turning off the AC/Heater and unplug the fridge and turn off any fans. I live in an older house and have to do that everytime I record.
SonicAlbert
Super-Sonic "Herb" Albert
None of these suggestions really addresses the fact that the only thing that changed (apparently) was the studio desk. They are all good suggestions though.
So yes, going to balanced cables could be a good idea assuming that the gear feeding the monitors has balanced outputs. But the original problem could still be there.
It seems to me that if literally *nothing* changed except the desk, the problem could be the placement of the monitors in relation to other pieces of equipment. Or it could also be caused by how the cables and power wires are run. Power and audio cables should never run parallel, but cross at right angles. It is also possible that there is a power supply like a wall wart or lump in line near the audio cables now that wasn't there before. Or the speakers could be nearer a computer monitor or other source of interference.
Those are the areas I would look at first.
So yes, going to balanced cables could be a good idea assuming that the gear feeding the monitors has balanced outputs. But the original problem could still be there.
It seems to me that if literally *nothing* changed except the desk, the problem could be the placement of the monitors in relation to other pieces of equipment. Or it could also be caused by how the cables and power wires are run. Power and audio cables should never run parallel, but cross at right angles. It is also possible that there is a power supply like a wall wart or lump in line near the audio cables now that wasn't there before. Or the speakers could be nearer a computer monitor or other source of interference.
Those are the areas I would look at first.
CoolCat
Well-known member
yeah, the desk. is it a rack mountable type desk with metal rails?
maybe the rails are now connecting some kind of chasis ground hum between units?
not that I've ever heard a desk causing this issue, but I have seen unit to unit issues at work, although usaully it helps to have them all wired together chasis to chasis.
just a SWAG.
maybe the rails are now connecting some kind of chasis ground hum between units?
not that I've ever heard a desk causing this issue, but I have seen unit to unit issues at work, although usaully it helps to have them all wired together chasis to chasis.
just a SWAG.