davidcbeaman
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I recently moved into a new house, and after setting up all of my equipment I noticed that I was getting a pretty strong AM Radio signal on everything:
Otari mx5050 8 track tape machine, Soundtracs Solo Midi 16-8-2 console, Focusrite Clarret 8PreX, and even my bus powered Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. Same radio station across the board.
All my equipment and cables are grounded and the power outlets in my house are grounded. I have tried swapping cables, microphones, headphones, adapters, power cables, and I've even tried reorganizing/rearranging power and signal cables. I've moved everything between every room in the house and no matter where I set up I'm still getting the signal. It isn't just coming in from my headphones or direct monitoring, because this radio signal is tracking onto my tape AND into my DAW.
After some research I found that I live pretty much across the street from the tower for WCRT Bott Radio Network 1160 AM. I confirmed that is indeed the station I'm hearing.
Is there anything I can do about this? The only help I've found online was the usual cable-swapping/ grounding advice, but I've already ruled those things out and this is across every piece of recording equipment I own, across every room in the house.
After crossing off a massive troubleshooting list, I have to believe it's not my equipment. Everything worked fine before I moved into this place.
Obviously I can't just move houses, is there a solution here?
Otari mx5050 8 track tape machine, Soundtracs Solo Midi 16-8-2 console, Focusrite Clarret 8PreX, and even my bus powered Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. Same radio station across the board.
All my equipment and cables are grounded and the power outlets in my house are grounded. I have tried swapping cables, microphones, headphones, adapters, power cables, and I've even tried reorganizing/rearranging power and signal cables. I've moved everything between every room in the house and no matter where I set up I'm still getting the signal. It isn't just coming in from my headphones or direct monitoring, because this radio signal is tracking onto my tape AND into my DAW.
After some research I found that I live pretty much across the street from the tower for WCRT Bott Radio Network 1160 AM. I confirmed that is indeed the station I'm hearing.
Is there anything I can do about this? The only help I've found online was the usual cable-swapping/ grounding advice, but I've already ruled those things out and this is across every piece of recording equipment I own, across every room in the house.
After crossing off a massive troubleshooting list, I have to believe it's not my equipment. Everything worked fine before I moved into this place.
Obviously I can't just move houses, is there a solution here?