Speaking of hum and/or noise ... (was RE: FCB 1010)

["Michael LaMeyer" <m.lameyer@verizon.net>]

I discovered recently, much to my chagrin, that while my motu midi 
timepeice
was connected to my laptop via USB, WHILE the MTP was OFF (but devices
connected to the MTP via MIDI cables were ON and patched into my mixer),
resulted in my harddrive's activity being audible through my monitors!
:-(  And no, my laptop was not patched into any other equipment by any 
:other
means (audio or otherswise, except maybe the same wall outlet).  When I
removed the USB cable, the noise stopped immediately, and the noise through
the monitors precisely coincided with physically audible hard drive
activity.

[Laptop]<--USB-->[MTP(OFF)]<--MIDI-->[audio
gear]--AUDIO-->[Mixer]--AUDIO-->[Monitors] = hard drive activity noise!!!

Yucky.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Meyers [mailto:evanmeyers@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 5:11 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
> Subject: Re: FCB 1010
>
>
> --- Clifford Novey <om@om-studios.com> wrote:
> > Note:
> >
> > Keep the FCB1010 away from wah pedals etc- it will
> > induce some serious hum.
> > Pick it up and move it around and listen to the
> > results. I discovered this
> > recently.
>
> could be from your midi cable.  i've heard that having
> sound wires newar midi wires creates frequency
> crossovers and hence unwanted noise.
>
> ~e