Constant Static and Hissing

Re:Constant Static and Hissing (vinski)

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 09:39:04 GMT

Ensure that you're using balanced cables for the output to the speakers, also make sure your firewire chipset is by Texas Instruments (T.I.).

Re:Constant Static and Hissing (jackn2mpu)

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:01:17 GMT

theinz_4

From the mixer I'm taking a stereo pair of 1/4 cables into the inputs in the front of the FA66. Then I'm going out of the FA66 via a firewire 4 pin and into my laptop via DV.

DV? Digital video?
Just go from the FA66 firewire port to the computer firewire port.
Could be a ground loop problem, even bad (intermittent) audio cables, oxidized audio connections. Or your power amp go be going south. Is it a tube amp by any chance? If so, check the tubes.

Re:Constant Static and Hissing (jhughs)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:46:24 GMT

Ok, I'm not an expert on the Edirol's, but it looks like for line level output from a mixer you should plug into the RCA inputs on the back (Inputs 3 & 4)

Re:Constant Static and Hissing (theinz_4)

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:37:08 GMT

From the mixer I'm taking a stereo pair of 1/4 cables into the inputs in the front of the FA66. Then I'm going out of the FA66 via a firewire 4 pin and into my laptop via DV.

Re:Constant Static and Hissing (jhughs)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:57:26 GMT

How are you connecting the mixer to the FA66; from what outputs on the mixer to what inputs on the FA66?

Constant Static and Hissing (theinz_4)

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:04:13 GMT

Quick question... I Just got Sonar 7 along with Roland RSM-90 monitors and a Edirol FA-66 interface. I'm new to this so I'm already a little lost! I hooked up the monitors to my power amp and ran my mixer into the interface, etc. When it came time to connect the DV/firewire cable to my laptop immediate, static, fuzz, you name it-- started coming out of the monitors. Even when I turned the interface off the fuzz was still there, and I can even close out of Sonar and there's still fuzz. I was convinced it was the power amp at first, but i played my keyboard just fine through them using the mixer and interface. So now i think it must be the firewire to DV cable but I was just experimenting and I got clean playback from the demo song but I'm not sure what I did and its back to static again. I have no idea what to do. I'm running Vista with a 2gb of RAM and a 1.66ghz processor. Ideas anyone??