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OK, you can take your minds out of the gutter, or your noses off the
table. I'm talking about Coca Cola, spilled into my hard drive.
This actually occurred about three months ago. At the time, my MOTU
outboard gear was in storage (I was between moves). But my soundcard
was in there.
Following standard procedure for these sorts of incidents, I
meticulously cleaned out the hard drive, along with its various cards,
with a toothbrush and clean water. The PC returned to working
condition, with no discernable problems since.
But I just got moved into my new place, and just set up the rest of my
stuff, and I swear I'm hearing degraded audio. Now, I'm willing to
chalk it up to an overactive imagination. I'm also willing to chalk it
up to perhaps not yet having properly set all the options for my
monitors, playback software, etc. Either way, it just doesn't seem to
SOUND like it used to sound.
So, tell me: I know we're dealing with the digital domain here. And
isn't it a basic truism that a digital device either works or doesn't
work? As in, there's no in-between? As in, if my MOTU soundcard were
actually damaged by the Coke spill, it would simply not function at
all?
Now, I know mechanical gear can result in degraded sound. Speakers can
quit vibrating correctly, bad circuits can add noise, etc. But can a
simple digital device -- like my soundcard -- actually go "halfway"
bad?
I'm hoping the answer is, "No, if the soundcard were affected by the
Coke,you wouldn't have sound problems, you just wouldn't have sound at
all." But please give me the hard truth either way.
FYI: I've got the 2408 outboard interface, with the standard PCI-324
card.
Thanks. I'm sure most of you can understand my neurotic worrying about
this.
Chris
OK, you can take your minds out of the gutter, or your noses off the
table. I'm talking about Coca Cola, spilled into my hard drive.
This actually occurred about three months ago. At the time, my MOTU
outboard gear was in storage (I was between moves). But my soundcard
was in there.
Following standard procedure for these sorts of incidents, I
meticulously cleaned out the hard drive, along with its various cards,
with a toothbrush and clean water. The PC returned to working
condition, with no discernable problems since.
But I just got moved into my new place, and just set up the rest of my
stuff, and I swear I'm hearing degraded audio. Now, I'm willing to
chalk it up to an overactive imagination. I'm also willing to chalk it
up to perhaps not yet having properly set all the options for my
monitors, playback software, etc. Either way, it just doesn't seem to
SOUND like it used to sound.
So, tell me: I know we're dealing with the digital domain here. And
isn't it a basic truism that a digital device either works or doesn't
work? As in, there's no in-between? As in, if my MOTU soundcard were
actually damaged by the Coke spill, it would simply not function at
all?
Now, I know mechanical gear can result in degraded sound. Speakers can
quit vibrating correctly, bad circuits can add noise, etc. But can a
simple digital device -- like my soundcard -- actually go "halfway"
bad?
I'm hoping the answer is, "No, if the soundcard were affected by the
Coke,you wouldn't have sound problems, you just wouldn't have sound at
all." But please give me the hard truth either way.
FYI: I've got the 2408 outboard interface, with the standard PCI-324
card.
Thanks. I'm sure most of you can understand my neurotic worrying about
this.
Chris