soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

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Original Message 1/26 31-Oct-97 @ 03:51 PM - soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kilo

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I was informed by a highly technical boffin mate yesterday, that he had wrapped his soundcard in tin-foil, and acheived a noticable lowering of noise..... you have to be careful not to short out the tracks etc........ dunno how he did it...... also, he strongly advised placing the audio card as far as possible away from the video card..... again this can reduce noise......

well, I started thinking, wether it was possible to utilise a short ribbon cable and connectors to isolate the soundcard in a box outside the pc completely..... ??..... then you could experiment with earth straps on the card to PC chassis etc..... surely this would work, as the cable would also carry the power supply too...... I'd have though it would work, as long as the cable was hort..... but maybe not......I know the Lynex sampler design ran into problems when they tried to implement the memory add on module that was connected by ribbon cable....there were timing problems....... any thoughts ??

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Message 2/26 31-Oct-97 @ 03:53 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kilo

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actually, I was thinking that you could keep the foil away from the card with bluetac peices strategically positioned, or wrap it in packing tape first..... my mate wrapped all his IDE cables in packing tape, then tin kitchen foil, then more packing tape, and got less noise..... that was in a rack sampler module......

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Message 3/26 01-Nov-97 @ 02:31 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

quiq

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if you take the soundcard out of your computer it doesn't make any noise, or if you hit it with a hammer(kids dont try this) lots of times, being carefull not to hit the computer, it then doesn't make any noise. These are a few things i found out.

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Message 4/26 01-Nov-97 @ 04:26 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

INISMAT

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SORRY KILO BUT I HAVE TO SAY QUIQ`S SUGGESTION MADE ME LAUGH

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Message 5/26 01-Nov-97 @ 03:33 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Avene

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What sort of soundcards are we talking about here anyway? Wouldn't it be easier just to get a new card? In my computer I've got an AWE64 and a Tropez plus and I don't have any noise problems. Well, maybe if ya turn the amp level way up, but at an average listening there's no noise. These cards aren't expensive either, and they both work out a similar price.... My old AWE32 had a bit of noise though, and I've actually still got this card aswell, maybe I could wrap it in some foil and throw it in the BBQ.....It'd probably go well with sausages..

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Message 6/26 02-Nov-97 @ 07:03 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kid303

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I wrapped mine in Kryptonite and it sounds great now.

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Message 7/26 03-Nov-97 @ 01:46 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kilo

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Inismat mate, it made me laff too I can tell you :-)....

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Message 8/26 03-Nov-97 @ 03:10 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Mike

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I've also though of having the soundcard located outside the PC via a short cable, but lacked the know how. Has anyone tried it? It sounds like a bloody good idea.
Another, less technologically problematic option, is to locate the power supply (and the fan)outside the PC. I know on my system, the fan causes the most inteferance.

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Message 9/26 04-Nov-97 @ 02:24 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

bpi

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i saw a recording magazine article on this; i'll dig it up and tell all...

ratfink

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Message 10/26 04-Nov-97 @ 08:36 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

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I was wondering if the pulse-beats that come from my computer (through a pinnacle card into an amp) are natural. It's a bit annoying actually. AND, if ya throw away yer soundcard in the deep dark woods, does it make any sounds then when ya boot up yer computer? aha!

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Message 11/26 05-Nov-97 @ 11:37 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

freestyle

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Moving your soundcard outside your PC would just be asking for trouble...the timing problems you'd get would be horrendous. It *might* be technically possible for an ISA card - but never, never, never for a PCI card.

Oh, BTW, the shielding and termination etc. needed to keep the data intact is going to cost *lots*. It'd be cheaper (and less stupid

to buy an external sampler. ISA & PCI were not designed for either long track runs or being put through cables. That's what SCSI is for.

later.

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Message 12/26 05-Nov-97 @ 04:19 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kilo

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well, a mate of mine wrapped his in foil and it was quiter and fine......... he is by the way one of those mega computor wizzkids who talks a totally foriegn language......

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Message 13/26 10-Nov-97 @ 05:36 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

mc Hammer

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come on lets get this to the top so wee can have fun on the swings and slides then on to the round about. Live so fun, but its horrible being in love when your twelve and a half.

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Message 14/26 10-Nov-97 @ 06:34 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

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cant touch this

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Message 15/26 11-Nov-97 @ 10:46 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Vanilla Ice

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Bloody MC Hammer ! , thought I'd heard the last of that guy...why some bastards always have to remind us of that shit is beyond my understanding.....

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Message 16/26 11-Nov-97 @ 10:48 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Kilo

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how're the racehorses going Hammer ?

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Message 17/26 11-Nov-97 @ 02:49 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

betty boo

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go away vanilla ice your so crap your film you did was crap too, wana fight?

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Message 18/26 11-Nov-97 @ 04:21 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

kilo

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Betty !!...... so what went wrong after you left Rhythm King then !!?... heh heh....

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Message 19/26 12-Nov-97 @ 04:41 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Hilevelt

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Alright, I gotta say it. Vanilla Ice lives in San Diego, California, and drives a white Jeep Cherokee with the license plate 'Yo Ice!' MC Hammer still has his studio, owned by the bank, in Hollywood. A bunch of film scoring guys are waiting for them to put it up for auction.

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Message 20/26 12-Nov-97 @ 11:59 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Vanilla Ice

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Hang on a minute, aren't you that guy who keeps following me, asking for an autograph ?

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Message 21/26 12-Nov-97 @ 01:25 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

cliff richard

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listen guys, you all need to go on a summer holiday with me ok, hu hu?

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Message 22/26 13-Nov-97 @ 12:14 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

patrick

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If you are vanila ice then you are from dallas your real name is roby vanwinkel and your
brothers name is kip. so are you?

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Message 23/26 13-Nov-97 @ 12:31 AM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

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thats patrick.5@juno.com vanila ice

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Message 24/26 13-Nov-97 @ 03:07 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Rapper from 2 unlimited

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At least Hammer and Vanilla made their money and got outta the game. I'm sure there'd be a lot of pissed of people around the world if those guys were still making records. Lets just hope the current crop of [c]rappers like puff donut and the rest of em, pis off for good once they've been paid, that shit really sucks...............

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Message 25/26 13-Nov-97 @ 06:50 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

jimmy nail

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has anyone seen my croc shoes?

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Message 26/26 23-Nov-97 @ 04:32 PM - RE: soundcard quieteners....wrap it and isolate

Rob Base

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wrap'er up in tin foil not alluminum that the secret!Try and distance your self as far away as possible.My sound is amazingly after about 50ft-if that doesn't work turn your speakers off.Does it every time

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