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From: giovin@ecs.umass.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: RE: sonic blaster static - is it your fan?
Message-ID: <12401.27b83fe0@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 12 Feb 91 19:20:00 GMT
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>>I'm gettin a whole lot of static while digitizing sound. Is this common
>>with the sonic Blaster? I tried moving the card around to different slots
>>and placing strips of paper to stop intereference between different cards.
>>I'm thoroughly confused. Is static common place durring recording?
>>I'm pretty sure it's not my microphone because when I unplug it, i still
>>see tons of static in the ossiliscope screen.
> 
> I don't have a sonic blaster, but when I digitize with a microphone on a 
> FutureSound board, there is almost no static if you turn off the monitor
> while digitizing.  

Do you have an apple fan?  That interferes with the digitizing thanks
to the wizards who designed the sound chips architecture.

Rocky