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JR.junior
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Topic: Noisy mixer channel.Posted: 12 January 2012 at 9:39am |
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Hello all!
I have one noisy studiomaster mixer channel. I've replaced all condensers, transistors, op amps.. but I couldn't manage to get rid of the white noise. Had anybody the same problem, what could be done here to get the noise off?
Thx for any advice.
JR.
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Posted: 12 January 2012 at 10:08am |
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If you have changed all the caps, transistors and op amps I would think that it should be reasonably straightforward as it must be with one of the few remaining parts.
If it were me I would run the channel and check if the noise is controlled or altered by any of the controls (zb if it goes up and down with the input gain then it is clearly upstream from that control, so just a handful of parts, A bit too obvious I know, but if it is affected by the mid sweep but not by the treble then you are getting close or if none affect the noise then look at the pfl circuit, if no noise there.. well you get the idea) There was a common problem on some of the older, large format Yamaha desks that would whistle quietly to themselves, that was one of the multiway pots, not that I'm saying change all the pots but in this case it was located by simply swinging the pots until one was located that had an effect. |
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Posted: 12 January 2012 at 10:29am |
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Yes Steve, this mixer is from 1990. So I turned up from the first pot in chain so gain, treble, cut off pot, mid pot, bass pot, all altered noise, (on all pots goes noise up and down). I by-pased al the input connectors ( line & insert), but still white noise there. But I gues it has to be some pot or? |
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Posted: 12 January 2012 at 10:42am |
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The supply to the phantom power is upstream from the gain somewhere near there, not quite sure what would happen if the strip was fed by one legged phantom? does switching the 48v on make any change? (ie 2 legged)
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Posted: 12 January 2012 at 11:39am |
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I'll try it out. Come back soon.
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Posted: 25 January 2012 at 8:27am |
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Solve the problem!! It was a smal glass 1N4148 diode coupled to the op amp! By messuring it was looking good, but I've replaced it with a new one and the noise is gone now. Edited by JR.junior - 25 January 2012 at 9:08am |
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Posted: 25 January 2012 at 10:48am |
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Good stuff, random component swappage is always a useful tool when one gets completely stuck, I hate to think how many dodgy bypass caps that has located for me.
Hopefully this thread will help someone out in future. |
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Posted: 27 January 2012 at 5:56pm |
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I think this might have just helped me out infact.. Studiomaster 16-2 diamond club desk, channel 15 has white noise and interference on R side.. I'm intrigued now to see what's happening on this board
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