{"id":549,"date":"2014-04-02T17:26:36","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T09:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outrecording.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T04:31:15","slug":"down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been some time since my last post. Unfortunately my SPS200 developed a major noise problem. It happened when I was testing my gear before going out recording.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I think this really shows the importance of testing everything before you go out. Had I not tested, I would have driven an hour and a half…walked 20 minutes…and climbed 15 minutes to my destination before realizing I can’t record. I was pissed about the microphone problem, but would have been doubly so had I not found out until I got there!<\/p>\n

Sooooo…after a debacle with Fedex, I finally managed to get it shipped back to TSL in England and it has been fixed free of charge under the warranty. It will be shipped back today hopefully and I can continue on my adventures.<\/p>\n

For those with a Soundfield SPS200 that has developed a noise problem, let me describe mine to you so you don’t spend your time wondering if it’s your recorder or some other problem.<\/p>\n

(I’ll post up some sounds in a few days)<\/p>\n

When I turned on my recorder, I suddenly had a HUGE dose of white noise on one channel. It didn’t matter which input on my Tascam DR-680 I used, it was always there. I tried the mic using a Mackie mixer I no longer use to make sure it wasn’t my recorder and the white noise disappeared. However, there was a slight hum on that channel, as well as an overall drop in level – maybe 7~10db.<\/p>\n

After some searching and question asking, I learned over at groupdiy.com<\/a> that this is a known problem for lower serial number SPS200’s.<\/p>\n

In my research I found that some people were having a noise\/hum problem similar to mine, but was remedied by snipping a green wire within the 4 male XLR’s. TSL said doing this probably won’t fix my problem and would likely void my warranty, so I never tried it.<\/p>\n

In the meantime I have been working on some other projects (DIY portable preamp for my SPS200…woohoo!) and have been swamped with work. I suppose this was the best possible time for the mic to break. Expect some new sounds when it comes back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been some time since my last post. Unfortunately […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,28,27,1274],"tags":[70,29,31],"class_list":["post-549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-field-recording","category-news","category-1274","tag-soundfield","tag-sps200","tag-tascam-dr680"],"yoast_head":"\nDown But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_TW\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"OutRecording\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"770\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"360\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Glenn\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutRecording\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@OutRecording\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"\u4f5c\u8005:\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Glenn\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"\u9810\u4f30\u95b1\u8b80\u6642\u9593\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 \u5206\u9418\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":[\"Article\",\"BlogPosting\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Glenn\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d\"},\"headline\":\"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\"},\"wordCount\":386,\"commentCount\":4,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Soundfield\",\"SPS200\",\"Tascam DR680\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Equipment\",\"Field Recording\",\"News\",\"\u91ce\u5916\u9304\u97f3\"],\"inLanguage\":\"zh-TW\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\",\"name\":\"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00\",\"description\":\"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"zh-TW\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[[\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/\"]]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"zh-TW\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg\",\"width\":770,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/\",\"name\":\"OutRecording\",\"description\":\"Hiking in Taiwan\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"zh-TW\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d\",\"name\":\"Glenn\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"zh-TW\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/outrecording_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/outrecording_logo.jpg\",\"width\":300,\"height\":257,\"caption\":\"Glenn\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"My name is Glenn. My wife and I operate a voice recording studio in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. We\u2019re both voice actors, so getting into this business came naturally to us. I had originally started this blog to chronicle my field recordings; a hobby to help me get out of the studio. As fate would have it, one day I found myself in the mountains on a rocky trail while looking for a place to record. My scooter couldn\u2019t handle the rough conditions so I continued on foot. This eventually led to me purchasing a dual sport motorcycle \u2013 two in fact. Slowly my field recordings became less and less until I was riding off-road exclusively. This has led to many great adventures that I decided to share here. Hiking seemed a natural extension to the off-roading for me. Many hiking trails begin at the end of a motorcycle trail. So I would often follow them on foot, wondering where they would take me. I didn\u2019t want to forget these hiking trips, so I decided to write about them here. Hopefully they\u2019ll be interesting and helpful to you. Since my first peak, JiuBaoShan \u2013 \u4e45\u4fdd\u5c71 in April of 2018, I\u2019ve hiked to nearly 70 peaks in Taiwan and had a ton of adventures! Taiwan is such a great country to hike. I\u2019m really lucky to have chosen here to live. I was a brand ambassador for Six Moons Designs as part of their 2020 and 2021 International Ambassador Team. They make lightweight, high quality, affordable backpacking equipment. I\u2019m really excited to be a part of their team. Riding and hiking in Taiwan\u2026that\u2019s what you\u2019ll get in this blog!\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/outrecording\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutRecording\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEpnFu3gi2xynEvrF3KbQtw\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording","description":"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/","og_locale":"zh_TW","og_type":"article","og_title":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording","og_description":"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned","og_url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/","og_site_name":"OutRecording","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording","article_published_time":"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00","og_image":[{"width":770,"height":360,"url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Glenn","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutRecording","twitter_site":"@OutRecording","twitter_misc":{"\u4f5c\u8005:":"Glenn","\u9810\u4f30\u95b1\u8b80\u6642\u9593":"2 \u5206\u9418"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":["Article","BlogPosting"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/"},"author":{"name":"Glenn","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d"},"headline":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem","datePublished":"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/"},"wordCount":386,"commentCount":4,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg","keywords":["Soundfield","SPS200","Tascam DR680"],"articleSection":["Equipment","Field Recording","News","\u91ce\u5916\u9304\u97f3"],"inLanguage":"zh-TW","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/","url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/","name":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem - OutRecording","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg","datePublished":"2014-04-02T09:26:36+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-19T04:31:15+00:00","description":"My SoundField SPS200 developed a major noise issue before a field recording trip\u2014here\u2019s what happened, how I fixed it, and what I learned","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"zh-TW","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":[["https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/"]]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"zh-TW","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/sps200-4.jpg","width":770,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/down-but-not-out-sps200-noise-problem\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Down But Not OUT! SPS200 Noise Problem"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/","name":"OutRecording","description":"Hiking in Taiwan","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"zh-TW"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/0ab412d08a28190757d45cc3714c548d","name":"Glenn","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"zh-TW","@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/outrecording_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/outrecording_logo.jpg","width":300,"height":257,"caption":"Glenn"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"My name is Glenn. My wife and I operate a voice recording studio in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. We\u2019re both voice actors, so getting into this business came naturally to us. I had originally started this blog to chronicle my field recordings; a hobby to help me get out of the studio. As fate would have it, one day I found myself in the mountains on a rocky trail while looking for a place to record. My scooter couldn\u2019t handle the rough conditions so I continued on foot. This eventually led to me purchasing a dual sport motorcycle \u2013 two in fact. Slowly my field recordings became less and less until I was riding off-road exclusively. This has led to many great adventures that I decided to share here. Hiking seemed a natural extension to the off-roading for me. Many hiking trails begin at the end of a motorcycle trail. So I would often follow them on foot, wondering where they would take me. I didn\u2019t want to forget these hiking trips, so I decided to write about them here. Hopefully they\u2019ll be interesting and helpful to you. Since my first peak, JiuBaoShan \u2013 \u4e45\u4fdd\u5c71 in April of 2018, I\u2019ve hiked to nearly 70 peaks in Taiwan and had a ton of adventures! Taiwan is such a great country to hike. I\u2019m really lucky to have chosen here to live. I was a brand ambassador for Six Moons Designs as part of their 2020 and 2021 International Ambassador Team. They make lightweight, high quality, affordable backpacking equipment. I\u2019m really excited to be a part of their team. Riding and hiking in Taiwan\u2026that\u2019s what you\u2019ll get in this blog!","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.outrecording.com","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Outrecording","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/outrecording\/","https:\/\/x.com\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/OutRecording","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCEpnFu3gi2xynEvrF3KbQtw"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=549"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6819,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549\/revisions\/6819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outrecording.com\/tw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}