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Good logica thinking, van, but in my case there this GK cable isn't even sending audio - only data to from strings pitch reading. But you could send also audio through this cable and I assume that's the weak point causing its fragility. I was looking for a shorter cable but could only find the 5 meter long one in the shops. Greetings from Sweden Per Boysen www.perboysen.com http://www.youtube.com/perboysen On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 1:31 PM, van Sinn <vansinn@post.cybercity.dk> wrote: > I don't know too much about the GK system, but I'm thinking.. > > You have an ordinary guitar cable, which of course is shielded, with the > shield connected to ground/chassis on your rig (whatever that is). > The shield is also (assumed) connected to ground on you guitar. > > Then you have this GK cable, which is said to have crappy shielding. > Maybe, maybe not, but I assume it actually does have a shield, which is > hopefully connected to ground/chassis on the (GK) device, plus, I assume, > connected to ground on your guitar, which could easily create a > ground-loop. > > Even if your GK cable isn't connected to ground on your guitar - is this > one > of those stand-alone, between-bridge-and-pickup hex MIDI/synth > transducers? > - it could well be that if the GK cable in itself has less optimal > (shielding) quality, a ground-loop elsewhere in your rig setup could > still > amplify whatever noice is picked-up, and create the experienced problem. > > If the problem really is the GK cable itself, couldn't you simply replace > the multicore cable between the two bulky connectors with a better > shielded > one? > > /van > > > Per Boysen wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm experiencing fatal noise issues with the Roland GK cable. If I >> move or touch the cable all hell breaks loose in the PA. Are these >> cables normally this sensitive? >> >> Greetings from Sweden >> >> Per Boysen >> www.perboysen.com >> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen > > > > -- > rgds, > van Sinn >