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Bikibedia: "brown power" is usually caused by "brown sugar" p;-) On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Todd Matthews <gtmatthews@gmail.com> wrote: > I experienced nasty hum when trying to work on recording an album at >various > locations. It doesn't happen at home but at a studio and at a concert >hall > when I turned up the gain on my mic pre or RME Fireface there was this >nasty > buzz in the background. I need to get a power conditioner and try to >record > at those places again to see if it solves the problem. > -Todd Matthews > On May 18, 2011, at 5:57 AM, mark francombe wrote: > > Ive never heard of "brown power!" Weirdly except when playing SimCity >years > ago, there was a situation at the power plant called a "brown out!" I >didnt > know what that was either! > > So I guess its a US thing... > > Of course fridges tuning on an off, and light switches an cause clicks >and > pops on recordings. > > > >> > Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 18:02:12 -0700 >> > From: looppool@cruzio.com >> > To: toddreyn@gmail.com >> > CC: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> > Subject: Re: A looping fork in the road. Which way do I go? >> > >> > On 7/22/64 11:59 AM, todd reynolds wrote: >> > > I had one person suggest recently that the problem might be power, >as >> > > one thing which is happening during performance is the addition to >> > > lights, though you can be sure my power isn't on a dimmer! lol. >> > Over the years, Bill and I have both had a lot of problems with >> > 'brown' electricity. >> > The Lexicon Jamman was notoriously unreliable when the voltage in >house >> > got too low. >> > (that's always one salient advantage to owning battery powered gear) >> > >> > Voltage can, of course, vary quite a bit in different venues (at least >> > in the US....what's your take everyone else?) >> > .........especially places like restaurants and >> > coffee shops and museums/galleries where the building was not >designed, >> > specifically, for musical performance. >> > >> > Standard practice is to always be on a different circuit than your >> > lighting but many buildings don't have different >> > circuits for the AC they provide. >> > >> > You can buy a very expensive power conditioner that keeps voltage at >the >> > right level but they >> > are pretty expensive ($500 USD) and they are really heavy. I've never >> > invested, myself, but I've had >> > a few heartbreaking equipment failures in my time during performances, >> > as well. >> > >> > I wonder if Macbook Pro owners have had any problems with brown >> > electricity. Anyone know? >> > >> > rick walker >> > > > > > -- > Mark Francombe > www.markfrancombe.com > www.ordoabkhao.com > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://www.looop.no > twitter @markfrancombe > > -------------------- > Todd Matthews > toddbass.com > twitter: gtodd876 >