I've been asking for cell phones to be turned off for all sessions I do for
about 4-5 years now. I can't control the concerts, but I can do the
sessions. BTW, many wired mics also have issues. The Neumann KM 18x series
is particularly sensitive to cellular interference. The early Yamaha
digital consoles are also pretty easily hit.

--Ben

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Benjamin Maas
Fifth Circle Audio
Los Angeles, CA
http://www.fifthcircle.com

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"WillStG" wrote in message
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OK, this is weirdness. When some new cell phones ring (with the
ringer
muted) they emit an electronic pulse that has been causing a extremely
loud
electronic BAZAAAAP! noise in my Sennheiser Lavalier mics. I have been
wondering on occasion lately, "Hey what the hell was that?", and now I
have
found that the ridiculous electronic noise is invariably accompanied by a
muted
cell phone going off.

So you guys might like to be specific when you ask people to turn
their
cells off, some people will just mute them and if they have an offending
model
it could screw up a take pretty damn well and leave you wondering what is
wrong
with your gear! Doesn't sound anything like mic noise, it's digital pulse
buzz
like I might imagine an "E-Bomb" might give off to knock down electronic
communications or something. Could something like that screw up a digital
mixer or interfere with a computer/DAW? Hey maybe that's the nefarious
plan,
when all the Samsung cell phone go off at once Dr. Evil takes down all our
communications!

Or something...

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Audioist / Fox News
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