[sdiy] banana sockets

[Oren Leavitt]

Tune an AM transistor radio off-station and wave it around through your 
tangle of patch cords - or anything with a bunch of oscillators in it - 
and listen to the hash!

Dimmer switches, fluorescent lamps, TVs and computers put way more hash 
than any synth I've had, so I don't reckon it will be an issue with the 
FCC..

Oren

Glen wrote:

>At 02:56 PM 7/9/04 , Oren Leavitt wrote:
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>>With the high signal levels used in most modulars, noise pickup should 
>>be negligable.
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>I've never had the luxury of owning a modular system, but I've always
>wondered about whether they "radiated" any interference from all those
>unshielded patch cords. Remember, it doesn't have to be "radio frequencies"
>to cause some interference with other gear.
>
>I also wonder if a large modular system would pass FCC emission and
>susceptibility standards. I don't think modulars were tested for such
>things back in their heyday. I think most of them are sold as kits now, and
>probably escape testing through some loophole in the rules.
>
>
>later,
>Glen 
>

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Oren Leavitt
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