hello all
i am building a studio in my basement and i am near the start of running
my wiring. almost all of my recording will be done on my daw and most of my processing will be done in the box as well. also, i will not have video gear.
so my question is what should i do? star ground or balanced power?
can someone clarify when to use what?
if it makes a diff. my service is 100 amp.
thanks in advance
jdf
star ground or balanced power
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hi aaron
yes my whole house is on this box. including ac. i have two open circuits
that i will use for the studio(unless you suggest otherwise).
my only gear at this time is just my G4 and my Motu interface everything
else that i use to process is a plug-in.
do i even need to have balanced power or will a star ground take care
of what i need?
thanks
jdf
yes my whole house is on this box. including ac. i have two open circuits
that i will use for the studio(unless you suggest otherwise).
my only gear at this time is just my G4 and my Motu interface everything
else that i use to process is a plug-in.
do i even need to have balanced power or will a star ground take care
of what i need?
thanks
jdf
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Have you looked under the Stickies above and been to Equi-tech's site? There's nothing cheap about balanced power. Fo as little amount of gear that you have, if you do get a unit, just get the small rack mount version. Really, you probably don't need one. But I would recommend a UPS w/ surge protection. I guess the main thing, if you're not having issue's w/ the power, you probably don't need to spend $1500+ for balanced power unless you have the budget. At some point I would like to have balanced power myself, but I doubt I'll really need it. At least for the time being.
The star grounding allows all ground points to have a central location where they all meet. See the stickies...
I don't know if that helped or confused you more. Steve could probably answer this much clearer. Balanced power is still farely new to me. I've known about it for years, but have never worked w/ it.
The star grounding allows all ground points to have a central location where they all meet. See the stickies...
I don't know if that helped or confused you more. Steve could probably answer this much clearer. Balanced power is still farely new to me. I've known about it for years, but have never worked w/ it.
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