Dimmer Switches...
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Posted on Nov 16, 2002 08:05 pm
PorpoiseMuffins
a.k.a. Porp & Mr. Muffins
Member Since: Oct 09, 2002
I have a TON of dimmer switches in my "studio", and I'm hoping they aren't causing a lot of interferance with my music equipment. The only thing I've noticed is that when the switches are not all the way up or down, my Dell monitor makes a buzzing sound which I hope is not harmful. In fact, it makes this sound even when a dimmer switch UPSTAIRS is on! It should be okay if I just leave my switches all the way up or down, right? (I'm using fairly good quality Live Wire patch cables throughout my system.)
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Nov 17, 2002 07:01 am do like i do and turn everything off before you record. i have to mouse over the [R] button, kill all the florescent tubes and turn off the computer monitor before i click. guitar pickups and mics seem to be most sensitive to interferance -j
Nov 17, 2002 08:03 am Yeah, I tried turning off my monitor and some static goes away (I have my breakout box right next to the monitor), but I think there might be something else interfering as well...
Nov 17, 2002 08:36 am Wow turning off the monitor seems like an extremem measure. Is your electrical system grounded properly? Obviously sut off all fourescent lights, dimmer I dunno about, but if you have noticed a pattern I would say replace them. Put your studio on a separate curcuit all it's own in the circuit box and get a power conditioner (one of those cool rackmount units that have lights in them that shine down the rack and act as a power strip) they are relatively inexpensive and they do wonders sometimes...
Nov 18, 2002 04:04 pm Cool. How much does one of those power conditioners cost? I was thinking about getting one of those some time.
