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  • Do CFL light bulbs cause interference when recording? (p.3)
2012/10/02 14:34:55
bapu
Beagle
baps - I like my leslie on the large side witha full cabinet and rotating horns.

Got it.
2012/10/02 14:36:43
Mesh
Beagle


what about the lava lamp???


baps - I like my leslie on the large side witha full cabinet and rotating horns.


I hope you have good mic to surround that sound?
2012/10/02 14:36:54
Guitarhacker
I had a lamp burn out the other day and to avoid a trip down the stairs to fetch a new one...I just "borrowed" one from the studio lamp..... and that left me with no light there.... but I did just happen to have a CFL laying around so I put it in the studio.....

all quiet. 
2012/10/02 14:40:01
UbiquitousBubba
I had a bull with rotating horns once.  It was hypnotic, and just a bit creepy.  He showed me excrutiating details of that electric fence I would never have learned on my own.
2012/10/02 14:44:27
Beagle
mesh - yes, a large diaphram condenser.
2012/10/02 14:47:13
Mesh
Beagle


mesh - yes, a large diaphram condenser.


2012/10/02 15:18:25
The Maillard Reaction

The CFLs have little tiny switching power supplies that take the place of the traditional magnetic ballasts.

The magnetic ballasts are safer, less prone to bursting into flame, and less prone to melting than the switching power supplies, but they spray Electro Magnetic Interference into your audio electronics.

That's why older florescent fixtures have the reputation of adding noise to audio circuits.

The CFLs don't exhibit that problem because the switching power supplies, which produce EMI and RFI as well, are routinely and effectively filtered for the EMI, and sheilded for the RFI protection by the manufacturers.


best regards,
mike

2012/10/02 15:25:27
quantumeffect
I prefer my Leslie as large as a Mountain.
2012/10/02 15:26:25
bapu
quantumeffect


I prefer my Leslie as large as a Mountain.

Go West young man.


2012/10/02 15:29:46
Mesh
bapu


quantumeffect


I prefer my Leslie as large as a Mountain.

Go West young man.


....find yourself a queen by the river....The Mississippi. 
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