Hi there new to the forum and was hoping to find a little help,
I'm looking at buying a used Groove Tubes sm5 off a buddy of mine. He let me borrow it first to check it out and it's got a noise problem. The mike sounds fine but has a pretty low frequency noise pop type of thing that comes in every few seconds.
Here is a link to a recording where the noise is very obvious: http://home.comcast.net/~ambirko/soundclips/Noisy%20Mic.mp3
Does anyone have any ideas as to where this noise is coming from and whether it's something thats easily fixable?
thanks,
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Well, it's a tube. Assuming it's a tube? How long have you let
Well, it's a tube. Assuming it's a tube? How long have you let it warmup? 2-3 hours is not unusual before any tube equipment warms up & simmers down. There could also be a electrolytic filter capacitor which have a tendency to age resulting in these types of noises. That could come from the tube power supply or internally in the microphone. But power supply issues are frequent issues.
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One more thing - I've tested two other condenser mics and they d
One more thing - I've tested two other condenser mics and they don't have this noise so it's definitely the mic and not the downstream devices.