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to: CHRIS BAUGH
from: DONALD QUARLES
date: 1996-03-28 16:24:00
subject: mystery hum

Hello Chris!
In a message to Donald Quarles  Chris Baugh wrote:
DQ>> the problem is when i turn the thing up i get a low freg. hum and
CB> Try plugging the Mackie outputs directly into the inputs of 
CB> your monitor amp.  Turn all the Mackie controls all the way 
CB> down and turn up the monitor amp.  If you hear the hum, the 
CB> monitor amp is the problem.
CB> If not, turn the monitor amp back down, push up all the 
CB> Mackie's sliders to their 0 point, then turn the monitor amp 
CB> back up.  If the hum comes up, the Mackie's the problem.  If 
CB> not, leave the monitor amp up and push the Mackie sliders 
CB> all the way up.  If the hum comes up, the Mackie's the 
CB> problem. 
CB> If not, put the Mackie's sliders back down to the 0 point, 
CB> turn off the monitor amp, and plug in your main power amp.  
CB> Turn the amp up and find out if it is causing the hum.  If
CB> not, turn it off, and run the Mackie's outputs directly into 
CB> the amp for your Bose units. Turn up the Bose amp to find if 
CB> it's the source of the hum.  (I'm assuming you have a 
CB> separate amp for the Bose ceiling speakers.  If not, of 
CB> course this step doesn't apply.) 
CB> Turn off the main power amp and plug in the signal processor
CB> (between the Mackie and the amp).  Turn the amp back on, 
CB> turn it all the way up and then turn up the processor's
CB> controls.  If that's not the problem, turn down the amp,
CB> turn it off, take out the processor, replace it with the eq,
CB> and do the same thing.
CB> This kind of step by step trouble shooting should let you
CB> find out exactly which component is responsible for your hum
CB> problem.  If the hum problem does not come up with this
CB> testing, then add back in the other components one at a time
CB> until you find which combination of components generates the
CB> hum.
CB> --- PPoint 1.98
Ok will try that tonight and let you know thank you. also I have
another question for someone I am using hanging choir mikes. the
small ones. I will get the model name. the problem I can not get
much volume without the slides being all the way up.
Donald Quarles A.K.A BAD
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