Gswitz

I think it's just reverb.

@jesse g I usually pair certain mics. You don't have to have a single group. Like what bapu said about room mics... phase alignment kinda defeats the purpose. You could align them together though. This will ensure the snare hit occurs concurrently from both mics. also, I tend to click analyze, then change the button for memory and do it again. Then I compare the two. You can usually hear the difference.

I thought about the grounding too, but it should be sufficient that it is in a steel rack with other grounded things. Whatever it is, I'm sure it is my fault.

My neve is a 5211. I have used samson patch bay. I'm by-passing it and filming with a web cam looking for whether the meters jump when it happens. I've recorded for like 20 hours without error. I'm going to leave it like this and get back to recording music. We will see what happens.

I'm still trying. I'm filming the thing trying to catch it messing up. Recording TV for days. Maybe the whole time my problem is in my patch bay. Idk

There is no change after adding the furman. The Neve is unreliable. I'm sad but I know what to do. I'm going to pull it from the rack and not look back.

Bummer!! Maybe a virus scanner?

I measure from the center of the snare to the mics using a mic cable so they are close. I use mautoalign by melda. It usually accurately tells me how far apart mics were. Kinda fun. You can tell if a mic was moved two feet to the left at Set break.

Thanks so much. The furman arrives tomorrow. I'll learn a lot after that.

This is all in my house. I've relocated a couple of times in the last five years. I've really struggled to keep recording, but i do play music with friends. I want the stuff to still work. After we moved into our current spot, some friends installed an ac unit at a cut rate and I'm grateful for it. Idk, but i suspect that it may draw more power than the old one and may strain our electrical system. It is close to my set up. That's why I tried running extension cords around the house. I was trying to see if another circuit might not have the problem. I can record for hours without issue, but at any time, it might go bad.

The behavior is that I start recording and everything is fine. At some point during the recording, 1 or more channels goes glitchy. The level drops a ton but might come back. https://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20250302_GeoffMark(4).wav https://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20250302_GeoffMark (1).wav https://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20250302_GeoffMark (3).wav https://gswitz.blob.core.windows.net/tunes/20250302_GeoffMark (2).wav Please excuse the awful music. The point is the recording. These tracks were recorded together. They should be one track through the compressor and one straight for each of two microphones. Where i plug in in the house seems to matter. If i run a cable to the garage, i have fewer issues, but i was recording the TV the other day just for a source and even plugged into the garage it happened. The neve preamp has 2 outputs for each channel. They do not always go bad in pairs. They do not go bad identically when both lines on one channel go bad. I have replicated the problem with the Neve plugged into the rme ucx and the Neve plugged into the audient asp 880. Neve let me mail them my preamp and they tested it and say it is fine. Just the rme does not mess up. Just the audient works fine. So, i think i have excluded the interface. I just have to think it is power. I have ordered a furman voltage regulator to try to get a handle on the problem.

I have had some power sags that impacted recordings. I'm looking at getting my first power conditioner. I'm looking for something that does not get too hot. Furman? Thoughts?

Interesting post, Kenny. Thanks.

I think this is a great idea. Probably silly, but i bought it to see.