picked up my MSR from the tech today

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Seeker of Rock said:
Notice ch. 1 meter pegging. Only happens when the Dolby S is activated, but ins and outs are not hooked up yet. Did the same thing with Chs. 2 and 3 as well intermittently when I first powered up.
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OK after reading this thread yet again I think the whole power thing is probably a red herring, I'm guessing something's unstable or noisy in that channel - quite possibly a relay. Do what Ghost has suggested and get them to double check it.
 
Quick follow-up...talked to Tom my tech today and he says don't worry. If it re-occurs to contact him, but similar situations have happened and as long as it is not a recurring problem, the MSR should be fine. Furman M-8 is on the way as well. :) :)
 
Everything is hooked up and I got to "hear" the MSR for the first time last night. Wow. What a cool sound. Just recorded some drum diddling. I love the sound of it!

Unfortunately, my transient level jumping is back on the LEDs. Not peaking, just occasionally "chattering" and only when Dolby S system is active and machine is idle. Did not affect any of the recording, just see it on the meters and now occasionally on the board now that the two are linked.
It did seem like I got a little crosstalk from channel one onto channel two, ever so slightly but enough to flicker the bottom bar on the meter. Is this common or no?
Now I have to figure out how to work my board for recording mode versus playback monitor mode and how to switch between the two. Too many buttons, damnit :mad:
 
If you are running the dbx you dont need to hit the meters hard on record.
peaks of 2 and 3 are plenty. That may take care of your crosstalk some if thats what you are doing on record.
 
just because the meters appear to cross talk doesn't mean its necesarily going to tape that way. actually, when you overload channel 1, you will see channel 2's LEDs light up..but the crosstalk should actually come out on track 16...so figure that one out.

about the chattering...it sounds like there is a noise coming from within your system....if it doesn't come out on recordings dont sweat it....it might just be the LED flickering.
 
It's random on certain channels. Again, it is ONLY when Dolby S is engaged, so logic may say it could be something in the Dolby system searching for noise and sparking the LED circuits as it sweeps through doing its job. If it doesnt' have a strong signal via recording, maybe it is just overly doing its job, and the meter sensors are reacting to the electronic stimuli. OK, as long as I believe that, I guess it's alright :D
I agree, though. It is not an issue during play, record, Rew, or FF, so I am not going to worry about it.
What cool machines reel to reels are, though, I must say. I've recorded on reels before but in studios in my youth and in my youth did not pay that much attention to the mechanics, only that I had a product at the end. Can't wait to hear the rest of the timbres through it. Tile work in my bathroom is being done simultaneously, so little play time on the MSR for me, little tile work for the wife :(
Thanks for the input, man :D

ps-I was hitting the red pretty hard on the MSR on my diddling, only because I'm getting used to the new setup coming from a portastudio, so there is a learning curve I'm dealing with. But in short, yes, I was redlining pretty hard on track 1 so maybe, as you said, that is jumping my track 2 meters. Once I get more familiar, I'll isolate track 2 and check for bleed.
 
you know it just occured to me that you might have a power problem in your studio and thats why the meters are jumping.
 
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