Equipment and SMoke Free Enviorment

[joblack00]

Browsing through EBAY I notice alot of people selling MPC's Keyboards, Turntables and hardware studio equipment sometimes like to say the equipment has been in a smoke free enviorment.

Right now I just got a turntable and Oxygen Midiman 8 so I was wondering since my setup is far from smoke free *if you know what I mean* over time will my equipment be destroyed by my bad habits? It's not htad bad but enough that a prolonged situation has caused me some concern.

Is there some type of direct connection between smoke and equipment performance?


Well someone let me know because I have gotten mixed answers.

 

[HaZwaiOh]

interesting topic.
from what i have heard smoke causes damage with all kinds of contacts. at least that´s what I was told. Appart from that being a non smoker and buying used gear that smeels like an ashtray can suck big time ;-)

 

[milLion]

i never heard of any connection between smoking and equipment performance -- anybody got any articles or info on it???

 

[Copenhagen]

I would be surprised if smoking damages the gear but it will definitely cause the gear to get a yellowish brown 'tan' if it's white or some light colour...also, I might smell like an ashtray as someone else put it.

 

[Scholar]

as a tech i can say yes it will fuck up gear. it causes a thin layer to which dust and other particles can stick giving a bad connection it can also give yu a short but thats alot of smokin' bud smoke is the worse.

 

[JP hardboiled]

smoking will clog up your gear along with your lungs

 

[mike kilo]

smoke ain´t good for any kind of platines......

 

[Cosmonaut]

I smoke personally but not any where close to my equipment. I had a old school mackie 1604 got all crackly basically unusable it took only about 2 years to mess it up. smoke also damaged one of my 1200's. Since that experience no one smokes in the lab period. It's best to stop doing it while your stuff is still working good. It's a pain to buy new stuff since they wanted to charge me almost the same as I payed for the 1604 and the 1200. In the end it isn't worht it.

 

[Louie Lou]

Smoke leave tar and nicotine stain on anything it touches over time.

 

[God]

Here's an interesting discussion regarding smoking AND drinking in studios. Follow the link:
http://sound-on-sound2.infopop.net/...84099644&m=2063057317&r=2183028317#2183028317

It's pretty informative on the subject, and will help answer a lot of your questions.

 

[Billy Bathgate]

I used to be an intern in Too SHorts studio. They smoked in there all the time. Ounces of weed. the faders were shorting out and makeing cracking noises when you moved them. If you value your equipment, Don't smoke around it. i wouldn't even smoke in the house at all. unless yo uhave $$ to burn buying new stuff over time.