so, i'm more that halfway through tracking my band's new record, and a few times in the process, i had some wierd problems with static-y clicky noise on some guitar tracks i was recording... so i figured... it must be some wierd telecaster pickgaud static (i had a tele that got wierd static buildup in the plastic)... but then it happened last night recording a gibson hollowbody (no plastic in sight) so then i got really suspicious.
so, i was tracking guitar into input one on my motu 24i/o... reasonable levels, peaking at -9 to -6 ish.... on the output side of the interface, i had kick drum coming out channel 1... really hot... hitting 0 on a few occasions, since i'm not mixing yet and still just running roughs for overdubs... and then it occurred to me in one section of the song, that whereever the kick drum hit 0 hard, there was a click on the INPUT where the guitar was coming in... now... i don't know if this is a problem with the converters not having enough power or something so that a huge transient coming out sags the input chip.... or if it's a matter of crosstalk in the console where the ammount of voltage coming back into the board is arc-ing at the patchpoint (TT) and somehow putting a little DC spike into the signal.
ARRRGGGHHHH.
my studer doesn't do this... why can't i just afford 12 reels of tape to do this record. please don't taunt me dave....
john