Path: utzoo!utdoe!generic!pnet91!taob
From: taob@pnet91.cts.com (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: sonic blaster static
Message-ID: <520@generic.UUCP>
Date: 17 Feb 91 02:00:08 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet91], Etobicoke, ON
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From: whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song)

> I don't know your setup, but here goes.  One of the most common problem
> is that your getting gain is WAY TOO high... the volumn going into the
> Sonic Blaster is too loud... I guess your mic is connected to a amp,
> try turn it down, and you should get much better results.

    Nope, that's not it.  The "static" is the hum which is quite definitely
associated with EM and RF interference.  The clipping and popping isn't the
problem (when the gain is set too high).  I've experimented with all different
volume levels on my CD, but the level of the buzz remains the same.  I'm
convinced it is the ribbon cable inside the GS which is picking up waves from
the motherboard.  There must be a safe way to properly insulate that.

Brian T. Tao   *B-) |        taob@pnet91.cts.com         | "Though this be
U of Metro Toronto  |               - or -               |  madness, yet there
Scarberia, ON       |  t569taob@bluffs.scar.utoronto.ca  |  is method in 't."