I was doing a mix the other day using all outboard gear through my balanced patchbay and summing box back into my DAW and I noticed that I was getting hum/noise from some of my outboard gear which I never did when I was just daisy chaining my outboard gear for mono/stereo insert bouncing. They are all routed using balanced cables into my balanced patchbay.
Some hum/noise came from my DIY outboard which I built with ground lift switches on them but they didn't reduce or stop any hum/noise when I toggled them.
I was reading online that having all my gear plugged into one power socket could be a solution which I cannot do, due to the spread of the equipment and I am concerned that it may put a strain on one socket having all the equipment plugged that way?
I read that using a UPS could be a possible fix so that I isolate the outboard gear and help stop the ground loop from happening. Is this plausible to have my outboard onto a UPS, even if you mix with other equipment that is on the-same patchbay that has equipment not using a UPS?
How many outboard gear can one of these pure sine wave UPS handle - CyberPower VP1600ELCD Value Pro 1600VA / 960W. I have a few DIY tube compressors, preamps, equalisers, power amp, 500 series chassis, effects, synths that I will likely use with the UPS if this is a possible solution.
Is there generally a rule on how you group your equipment to the-same power source to prevent hum/loop noise?
Any tips on resolving this issue?
Thank you.
Some hum/noise came from my DIY outboard which I built with ground lift switches on them but they didn't reduce or stop any hum/noise when I toggled them.
I was reading online that having all my gear plugged into one power socket could be a solution which I cannot do, due to the spread of the equipment and I am concerned that it may put a strain on one socket having all the equipment plugged that way?
I read that using a UPS could be a possible fix so that I isolate the outboard gear and help stop the ground loop from happening. Is this plausible to have my outboard onto a UPS, even if you mix with other equipment that is on the-same patchbay that has equipment not using a UPS?
How many outboard gear can one of these pure sine wave UPS handle - CyberPower VP1600ELCD Value Pro 1600VA / 960W. I have a few DIY tube compressors, preamps, equalisers, power amp, 500 series chassis, effects, synths that I will likely use with the UPS if this is a possible solution.
Is there generally a rule on how you group your equipment to the-same power source to prevent hum/loop noise?
Any tips on resolving this issue?
Thank you.