Radio signal

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I'm putting together a home recording studio, and am a complete novice. I have a used Tascam 424mkIII, and a couple of used Shure mics, an SM57 & SM58. I'm picking up radio signals on my initial test recordings, & I don't know if it's the microphone cables, the mics themselves, or something else in my set-up. Any suggestions?

Brian
 
I got a friend who got some really weird arabian kind of radio post through his guitar amp.:)

seriously, what else is in the room that you are recording. Other electronic equipment, like computerscreens, stereo-deck, refrigerator, etc. often cause the noise. Try switsching them off and also try different spaces in the room so you can find where the most noise is.

In a well equipped control room you normally have no radio signals.
 
Try disconecting everything and reconnect the cables one by one until you hear which cable or piece of gear is causing the problem.
 
i once had c.b. signals coming through in a recording, sounded great! actually i was using a porta studio when that happened, hmmmm, but from memory the signal was coming through the bass amp i was recording.... i just realized this post is of absolutly no help to you at all...:D
 
I've had that happen to me before, turned out to be a very wierd cable a friend of mine had.
 
Radio signals in the mix

Thanks to all of you who responded to my cry for help. I have not yet gotten to the bottom of the cause of my troubles, but it's kind of reassuring to hear that my problem (something in my apartment is acting as a radio antenna) is not unheard of. Oddly, (or perhaps not so odd) I had a similar problem with a an old guitar amp which i sent to an amp techie, and he did ...something, and now it does'nt do that anymore . My recording set-up is fully integrated with my fabulous 21st century lifestyle, by that I mean it's in my living room, sharing space & receptacles with my stereo, tv, amps, & whatnot, so there are culprits aplenty. SCience has an answer, I'm sure. Again, thank you one & all.
 
Yea, I recently made a nice recording of a German shortwave broadcast through the dedicated guitar input on my Korg D1600, with a guitar plugged in. I am talking PERFECT.

I am sure there is a solution to this. I think its caused by high impedence circuits (like a guitar pickup) and happens when your input circuit rectifies an AM station somehow (usually in the SW band - sometimes in the AM band).

I am a HAM and should know how to solve this...

VA3ZED
 
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