Turn off Cell Phones.... FAIL

When asked to turn off cell phones during a concert, it is because we don't want the ringers to distract anyone, and we don't want them in our recordings. We just learned why simply turning the sound off is not enough! A Wireless announcement mic we had nearby was "live" and communicating with the amp and speakers on the same frequency as cell phone text messages use. The pulse-like transmission of RF signals from the cell phone is picked up by the mic and amplied, then sent to the speakers. The amp was turned off for the duration of the concert in order to stop the bursts of "noise."

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[Kimian111]

yeah, that would be the pulsing noise as it was amplified and then recorded through a minicam microphone, then compressed and converted and sent through the youtube play-doe fun factory, and then through your computer speakers. The banging sounds came from the speakers and are precisely the amplified results of a pulsing interference.

[coondogtheman1234]

didnt hear no pulsing noise, just a few bangs.