[Ardour-Users] Puzzling line level interference

[Thomas G. Willis]

On 7/28/07, Sampo Savolainen <v2 at iki.fi> wrote:
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> On Sat, 2007-07-28 at 09:50 -0400, Thomas G. Willis wrote:
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> > I just tried putting one of those 2 prong adapters on the end of my
> > power supply and plugging it in, and that seems to have fixed the
> > problem. I'm guessing this isn't ideal though I don't know exactly
> > why. At least I can put it in temporarily when I want to record.
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> That only proves that it's a ground loop issue. Running a PSU which is
> meant to be grounded can be really hazardous. You need to rewire your
> setup so every device in your audio setup (and everything connected to
> them) are using the same ground source.
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> That, or separate the ground of the /signal/ not the safety ground or
> use isolator transformers.



Thanks , I'm reading up on stuff now. I'm wondering if I can just pick up
something at circuit city like

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000JFGS1G/ref=olp_product_details/102-0871853-3346555?ie=UTF8&seller=

$15 bucks seems like it would be worth a shot.

Sampo
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Thomas G. Willis
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