Blast of White Noise

bobdaspit · 12th January 2008, 12:44 AM

So I'm happily working away doing some comfortably loud guitar overdubs, maybe around 90-92 dB when PT decides to spit out a 300ms blast of full scale white noise.

Aside from ruining the vibe and nearly giving me a heart attack, I'm pissed!

I should send

Digi my doctor bill.

Aaargh!

OK, back to work.

PTHD 7.4
Mac Pro 2.66 Dual x 2

Skrazz · 14th January 2008, 07:48 PM

That happens on occasion at our studio when doing heavy editing. It'll happen on the same part of an audio region and requires a save, and quit of pro tools. there's nothing like your heart racing and adrenaline pumping over something so random and silly! makes you look like quite the n00b when someone else is in the room!

xmostynx · 15th January 2008, 05:54 PM

hahahahaha i've had this happen to me! and i've seen it happen to other guys.

nothing funnier than someone concentrating then trying to fight off imaginary white noise blasts with their hands! hahahahahahahaahaha

aeonsound · 16th January 2008, 01:19 PM

takes your heart a few minutes to settle down, doesn't it?

last week i left my sequencer open whilst i went outside for a spliff. partway through i heard a funny alarm - a kind of insistent, repetitive bleeping which seemed to be increasing in intensity. it got louder and louder, rougher and rougher, until i thought we were being targetted by some kind of sonic assault weapon.

then came the horrible realisation that it was coming from our house. specifically, the studio room. turns out i'd left an endless delay with saturated feedback on a return track and it must have tapped some tiny, infintessimal noise... it built into something truly spectacular. so spectacular in fact that i learnt how to turn my monitors off with my elbows (it was SERIOUSLY loud in there).

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12th January 2008, 12:44 AM	#1
bobdaspit Gear nut Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 82	Blast of White Noise So I'm happily working away doing some comfortably loud guitar overdubs, maybe around 90-92 dB when PT decides to spit out a 300ms blast of full scale white noise. Aside from ruining the vibe and nearly giving me a heart attack, I'm pissed! I should send Digi my doctor bill. Aaargh! OK, back to work. PTHD 7.4 Mac Pro 2.66 Dual x 2 __________________ Bob Daspit http://myspace.com/bobdaspit http://myspace.com/thegoldbrickers

15th January 2008, 05:54 PM	#3
xmostynx Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,642	hahahahaha i've had this happen to me! and i've seen it happen to other guys. nothing funnier than someone concentrating then trying to fight off imaginary white noise blasts with their hands! hahahahahahahaahaha __________________ -Make no mistakes I am what you make me http://www.myspace.com/xmostynx

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14th January 2008, 07:48 PM	#2
Skrazz Gear Head Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: St. Petersburg Posts: 44	That happens on occasion at our studio when doing heavy editing. It'll happen on the same part of an audio region and requires a save, and quit of pro tools. there's nothing like your heart racing and adrenaline pumping over something so random and silly! makes you look like quite the n00b when someone else is in the room!

16th January 2008, 01:19 PM	#4
aeonsound Gear maniac Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 264	takes your heart a few minutes to settle down, doesn't it? last week i left my sequencer open whilst i went outside for a spliff. partway through i heard a funny alarm - a kind of insistent, repetitive bleeping which seemed to be increasing in intensity. it got louder and louder, rougher and rougher, until i thought we were being targetted by some kind of sonic assault weapon. then came the horrible realisation that it was coming from our house. specifically, the studio room. turns out i'd left an endless delay with saturated feedback on a return track and it must have tapped some tiny, infintessimal noise... it built into something truly spectacular. so spectacular in fact that i learnt how to turn my monitors off with my elbows (it was SERIOUSLY loud in there).