greg54

I went ahead and ordered the Mogami cables.    If it helps a little, it's worth it

I appreciate everyone's input.    I am doing everything in order to find the solution - the ferrite choke, ground lop isolator, plugging computer into separate power strip than monitors, etc.    But i also have to somehow get rid of the ham radio wire sticking out of my wall.  My room is not near the kitchen or laundry room.   It's at the other end of the house, so there's nothing near it that would cause interference, except for the radio wire. 

Since the issue is with recording gear, I don't know if the Mogami cables would make a difference.   But to be honest, I'm tempted to try.

Thanks Everyone!   Perhaps doing everything will fix it.

Greg

Tezza, I believe you're right.   After I thought about it last night, I realized that my room currently has no acoustic treatment, and the volume is deceiving.  Because of the excess reverb in the room, it sounds louder than it actually is.   So I realized that I keep the volume pretty low.   And yes, one speaker always comes on a second or 2 before the other, just like one cuts out a second or two before the other.  And this is what's happening.

I'll try it a little later today, but I'm pretty sure that's the issue.

Thanks!

Greg

Well it looks like I spoke too soon.   I just went in and turned on my system and began listening.   After a few minutes, the monitors cut out again.  I have them going through  a Coleman Audio LS3 line selector because I use a mono monitor sometimes to check the mix.   

When the KRK's cut out, I switched to the mono one, and it was working fine.  I would switch back and forth, and the mono was working, while the KRK's were not.    I tried to see if the LS3 was defective, but it seems to be fine.

I have an old pair of M-Audio BX5's, so I switched.  These seem to be working fine for now  (but they don't sound near as good as the KRK's).   If the BX5's don't cut out, then I'll know there is something wrong with the KRK's.  It's just odd that both KRK's go out pretty much at the same time - and start working again at the same time.

Kurre:   That computer is not connected to the internet at the moment, so it wasn't an update.   I've had the computer for about 3 years, and it's never done that before.

Cactus Music:  Monitors are KRK 5's.   I don't think it was a power surge because 1 went out first for about 2 seconds, then the other went out.   A few seconds later they were back on.   If it had been a power surge, i would think they both would have gone out at the same time.   But I could be wrong about that.

It hasn't done it since, but it could do it again.   I'll keep looking for something.

Thanks!

Greg

StarTekh:  No audio drop out.  The monitors just stopped working for a second, one at a time.

msmcleod:   The plugins I have are older.  Nothing new.  So I don't think that would be it.

Thanks!

Cactus Music:  I ordered the usb cable with ferrite choke.  Thanks!

And when the electrician did the GFCI outlets, he used that very tester to see if it was grounded.  So I guess I just answered the question.

metteus:  We remodeled the kitchen and bathrooms before we moved in, and all those rooms are grounded.  We just didn't have the extra money to rewire the entire house.   

I was playing a song back, and 1 monitor just cut out....then the other one cut out.   After a couple of seconds, they both came back on and seem fine.  Nothing wrong in the connections that I noticed.  I've never had that happen before.    Any suggestions as to what may have caused it  (so it doesn't happen again)?

Thanks!

Greg

16 hours ago, mettelus said:

That wire is definitely an antenna, but make sure you know where it really goes before playing with it. The rest of the wiring in the house can be acting similarly to your environment.

Since your house is of the older 2-wire style, it would be worth your time to go through the breaker box and verify circuits (I *hope* you are not fuse-panel, but you could be). Heavy appliances with motors (refrigerator, AC units, fluorescent lighting, furnace) and things you turn on (vacuums, microwaves) can all be feeding back into the house itself. You can control most of those, but the ones that kick on automatically (refrigerator and furnace) are ones you may want to check for feedback. *If* the refrigerator being on/off is a noticeable difference, that is one appliance you may want to make sure is offline when recording.

It also made me wonder with the GFCI comment... where is the ground on that running? If connected to a 2-wire circuit, it may still not have a ground.

I was told the wire coming into the house was an antenna for a ham radio.

Before we moved in, we had the breaker box redone, so it's no longer a fuse panel.   

as for the GFCI, we had an electrician do it simply because the outlets had only two prongs.   I needed something with 3.   And we cannot afford $10,000 + to rewire this house right now.  So GFCI was the only alternative for the moment.

I don't notice any difference with appliances being off or on - at least i haven't yet.

This house didn't have third ground prongs.   We had an electrician install GFCI outlets.   We couldn't afford to re-wire the house, so GFCI outlets will have to do for now.

And yeah, I guess I'll find other issues and what may be causing them as I try to record.

I'm trying to do what comments have suggested.  

Thanks!

I plugged the power cords into one power conditioner, except for the computer and visual monitors   They're in a different one.  It helped a little - and a little is good.  

Thanks!

The internet router is in my room.  Would that be an issue?  Not sure I can change that though.

1 hour ago, jude77 said:

If your monitors are powered plug them into a different outlet than your computer.

Ok. Thanks.

59 minutes ago, Gswitz said:

House on a sacred burial ground?

Just old.  I noticed that the wire hanging out of my window going outside comes into my room and goes nowhere.   So I have to get rid of it.

Chuck E Baby:  Thanks for your advice.  I will check everything.

Thanks, everyone!

Greg

I use 2 power conditioners because of all the cords, so I can't put everyone on one plug.  There's only a couple of plugs in the room.

We just moved into this house.  And outside my window there is a wire going into the house that was cut off and is just hanging outside.  When a leaf blower gets too close, a lot of noise comes through the monitors.  So I know I have to get rid of that wire.

But even when there is nothing going on outside, there is still static noise that comes through the monitors and headphones.  

Tezza:  It's a desktop.  I will check the wires and cables.

msmcleod:  I may try a ground loop.  Thanks!   And i'm using a Scarlett 2i4

Chuck E Baby:   Currently my wifi isn't working.  No internet connection with my recording computer.

Thanks for everyone's comments!  I appreciate it!  I will try and see what works.

I have electrical noise that comes through the monitors a little,  but more through the headphones.    What do you do to get rid of the electrical house noise issue?