Help to fix an audio file?

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Re: Help to fix an audio file?

Post by Trebor » Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:31 pm

fernandorees wrote:Any idea of how to avoid that for next time?
An aluminium/ aluminum/kitchen foil shield may help with a 5-10mm hole in it to let the sound reach the mic.

Don't permit the foil to touch anything metal, [If you get electrocuted sue Kozikowski it was his suggestion].

Hey what about a dud CD/DVD a shield: they're coated with Aluminium and have a hole in the middle for a mic.

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Re: Help to fix an audio file?

Post by kozikowski » Sun Jul 04, 2010 11:10 pm

Cellphones negotiating a connection of any sort can interfere with sound production. I was doing a simple voice capture and no matter what, I got odd sounds mixed in with the voice, and we were in an electrically quiet room. "Where," I said, "is your cellphone?"

I didn't have mine with me.

He pulled out his Motorola which was trying frantically to establish a connection in our cellphone challenged neighborhood. Turn that off and poof, no more problem.

<<<Hey what about a dud CD/DVD a shield:>>>

You need to form a Faraday Shield around the device --wrap it like a burrito -- and no hole can be larger than quarter wave at the interfering frequency.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrito

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Re: Help to fix an audio file?

Post by whomper » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:22 pm

indeed
the number one rule for home studios
all cellphones in the house off
amongst other noise inducing gadgets

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