Remember static electricity with carpet? Also, is the mic condenser with phantom power or dynamic? In either event is the mic mount a spider mount, or, just one which you screw onto the boom? It's probably plastic, but I'm wondering if there is a grounding problem, if the mic and stand are breaking or floating the ground?
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Hi. No no no, it's not just when you touch a mic. it's when you touchanything metal connected to the power conditioner, like the control surface,computer, audio interface, and the conditioner itself. as soon as the mic is unplugged, everything is back to normal. Cameron. -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of D!J!X! Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 2:02 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggest ions?Interesting, and you get shocked everytime you touch a mic plugged into themixer??? How about when you touch the mixer itself? D!J!X! -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Cameron Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:45 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggest ions? carpet. -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of D!J!X! Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:36 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggest ions? Put on shoes and try it, or wait, are you on carpet? D!J!X! -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of Cameron Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 12:32 PM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggest ions?Hi. not wearing shoes, my desk is not metal, and I am not touching the mics when I get shocked. although, touching the mics will shcok me too if I do.they are all 3 prong outlets. Cameron. -----Original Message-----From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] OnBehalf Of albertm13@xxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 9:57 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] Re: getting shocked by equipment in home studio, any suggest ions? Hi, If you have three pronged outlets you could possibly start by going to a hardware store and buying an outlet tester. Sorry, I couldn't find one at homedepot.com. You can read about them at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptacle_tester and www.acmehowto.com/howto/homemaintenance/electrical/outlettest.php Make sure you get one that can be plugged into the outlet and not just putnear the outlet. You would need sighted help because they only have lights.They are not expenssive.If you have two pronged outlets then it's probably a bad piece of equipmenton your end but turning the plugs around might help. I don't know of an easy way for you to test for the problem without a voltmeter. If the problem isn't your house wiring then you need someone who couldfigure out what piece of your equipment is causing this problem. Old piecesof equipment like a tube amps are notorious for causing this problem. Whenever you get shocked, electricity flows through you which means it has to go in one part of you and out another. Birds on power lines don't getkilled because they are only touching one thing. You are touching your micsbut you must be touching something else too. That's why someone elserecommended a rubber mat. Using a rubber mat is only hiding the problem butthe problem is still there. Are you wearing shoes? Perhaps your desk is metal and it is touching something. Albert --- Cameron wrote ---Hi all. I have a problem, hopefully someone can give me some suggestions orshed some light on why this is happening. The apartment complex I'm living in now was built in the early sixties I believe. The outlets are not very good, worn out, you can't plug anything into the top of any of them because it just falls out. You can only plug things into the bottom plug. Anyways, when I was using my FW1884, I didn't notice any issues withanything except for noise because I am on a dirty circuit/loop being sharedby all sorts of appliances and god knows what else. My current setup is now my ADK rack mount machine, Motu896 MKIII firewire interface, and BCF2000 control surface, which is all plugged into a power conditioner. I started doing some tracking with my new gear for a new job this week and whenever I used a mic that required phantom power, as soon as the mic wasplugged into the interface, I would get shocked if I touched anything metalthat was plugged into the conditioner, including the mic itself computer,control surface, interface, etc, . It's not enough to cause damage, but itis unplesent and is enough of a jolt to make you quickly stop touching whatever control you're touching. This happens even when the phantom power is switched off for every channel on the interface. I found out this afternoon that it also happens with dynamic mics too. As soon as all mics are unplugged, everything is fine. My power conditioner doesn't appear to have a ground lift switch. Is thisthe issue? Is there anything I can do to remedy this? I've got 5 months ofwriting and recording ahead and I really don't want to be freaking shocked every time I touch my gear!I'm going to make this issue known to the apartment manager on Monday but I really doubt they will understand what I'm talking about, or give a damn forthat matter. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Cameron. ____________________________________________________________ Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2131/fc/BLSrjnsEGrEk4pskLBP4ZOsBHxT0WgIY T56vO82nb4RJqjhTY7eqkoksJUk/ PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! 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