Recording & Buzzing Interference

[chenners]

hi all:

has anyone had any problems with the sony mz n707 picking up a strange buzzing sound during recording? i have a sound clip of this noise/interference that would provide more info, but i wasn't sure about the md community/forum's policies about posting such links.

i should mention that for the recordings with interference, i'm pretty close to the stage where the performance is taking place (anywhere around 3-5ft away). this means that i'm also close to all the audio equipment on stage.

i became suspicious that MY MD could have been causing some type of interference/feedback when the artist on stage kept complaining of a "buzzing sound," and when the guy at the sound board mentioned how it was "not showing up on the monitors and i don't know what it is."

while i didn't hear the buzzing sound then and there, i did hear it when i reviewed my tracks.

just wanted to check with the community to see if this was an isolated incident (and i'm just too close to the stage area) or if this has happened to someone else also.

cheers,

chenners

[macobi]

Well, I have experienced this twice during my 6 years with minidisc recording live with microphone...

First time was with my sony mzr-30 (bought 98) and second time was yesterday with my sony mzr-909.

I have found that in both cases it was the remote who was generating the hi-frequent buzzing sound. If I unplug my remote, the recordings get as silent (when there is silence) as they possibly can be.

I have searched minidisc.org for any other users experience of this, found nothing - quite weird - there must be other users who have discovered this too?

I would love to have som kind of info on w h y this buzz occurs, my advice is however to keep the remote away from your unit while recording.

[chenners]

macobi:

thanks for replying. it's nice to know that i'm NOT the only one who is becoming frustrated with the whole buzzing sound on the recordings.

now, i've got a sony mz-n707 md and while i do have the remote (it's a necessity since the headphone cord is so blasted short!), i don't use the remote during recordings.

but now that you mention it, i realized that my mic (sony ecm-719) is situated rather close to the md when i AM recording. so maybe that's the cause of the interference. i re-read the mic manual and funnily enough, it does mention feedback and keeping the mic a safe distance away from the minidisc. humm...maybe that's why the mic cord is so long.

thanks again!