When are we gonna do a tips document that collects all these good ideas into one source, of particular use to new owners and new list members? ========================================================================= pete Hot Java, Cool Tunes: Visit Café Pierre www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/4024/ > From: "Brow, Paul [LTS]" <p.brow@...> > Reply-To: DTXpress@onelist.com > Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:13:49 -0000 > To: "'DTXpress@onelist.com'" <DTXpress@onelist.com> > Subject: RE: [DTXpress] Played live...want to hear about it? > > From: "Brow, Paul [LTS]" <p.brow@lmu.ac.uk> > > Just to back up what Giles has said - use good shielded and grounded cables - > we use a 30m multicore with unbalanced outputs from DTX or a Korg synth and we > have no hum pickup or interference at all. The multicore just acts like a > bunch of long screened leads - works fine. Guitar leads are fine too. A UK > company called Canford Audio also do an excellent range of cables, > particularly good for DTX is the twin heavy duty single screened highly > flexible HHS-M2 at about 60p per metre. Its also good for midi, hifi, leads in > general. And a company CPC in Preston UK, do gold plated phonos and jacks at > crazy prices - about 75p each. > > Paul Brow > p.brow@... > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Giles Hearn [SMTP:giles_hearn@...] >> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2000 12:06 PM >> To: DTXpress@onelist.com >> Subject: Re: [DTXpress] Played live...want to hear about it? >> >> From: Giles Hearn <giles_hearn@...> >> >> I use a 30 foot cable and it's fine. The point is to >> make sure you use good quality shielded cable with >> proper insulation and solid earthing at all points. >> Even a short cable will pick up background noise if it >> is not properly shielded. Most guitar cables are of >> good quality since the potential to inheret noise >> between guitar pickups and amplifiers is quite high. >> But, as you rightly point out, a longer cable will be >> more susceptible to noise than a shorter one. >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > GET A NEXTCARD VISA, in 30 seconds! Get rates as low as 2.9% > Intro or 9.9% Fixed APR and no hidden fees. Apply NOW! > http://click.egroups.com/1/936/5/_/643449/_/953208960/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Community email addresses: > Post message: DTXpress@onelist.com > Subscribe: DTXpress-subscribe@onelist.com > Unsubscribe: DTXpress-unsubscribe@onelist.com > List owner: DTXpress-owner@onelist.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://www.onelist.com/community/DTXpress > >
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Re: [DTXpress] Played live...want to hear about it?
2000-03-16 by pdk