Matt Greenfield

Hi Mike, thanks for the response, To be honest, yes the noise reduces when a mic is plugged in but I still do not feel totally comfortable handing those files over to a producer/director at the end of the day. It seems strange that the SQN has capacity to put the faders/gain that high if its going to create such noise! Maybe it could use a service? And yes, my bank balance certainly feels like I've brought enough gear for just now. As an aside, is this kind of noise something that a post production mixer is happy to work with/ expects from time to time, or is it a total no no whereby I should expect to never be asked back again? Thanks for your time

I have a hawkwoods np1 adapter powering my bag with 4pin hirose outputs. Any recomendations for a LED light, preferbely on goose neck and clip to light up my bag? Or am I better buying a AA battery powered one? or converting that for the hawkwood. Your thoughts would be great, Thanks! Matt

Hi, I am new to this forum and fairly new to the film sound game altogether so hello all! I have purchased a used SQN 4s mixer but its creating a significant amount of white noise before I've even plugged anything in! I have switched off phantom power I have unplugged all mics I have tried powering from both AA batteries and an external np1 battery I have made a short recording and listened back on my laptop to confirm that it is not merely the sound of the headphone amp The noise is only really acceptable when the faders are very low, could anybody shed some light on what this may be or if Its a common problem I should just put up with or buy better gear? I'm attaching the file I recorded just incase its of any use Any help would be much appreciated Thanks a lot, Matt sqn self noise.mp3