7500 hz
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CatharsisStudios
trcksngsrpbngs
- Jun 25, 2008
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This reminds me of a really annoying hiss and tick I had a while back. Whatever it was was looping through everything I owned. I thought it was just bad house wiring, but go figure, it was an SPDIF jack on my old interface that was touching the metal chassis. Just lifted the ground on those jacks and all the noise went away.
Could be something simple like that, but unfortunately it could be thousands of different things.
Could be something simple like that, but unfortunately it could be thousands of different things.
rlcramer
Tone is not in MY fingers
- Apr 16, 2008
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Let me preface this by saying I don't know if Joey's problem is exactly like mine, and if I'm starting to threadcrap, please let me know. But Notuern's comment about the electric fence really started to make sense to me. In my case, my noisy studio is much closer to my neighbor's property than my 'noiseless' living room. So if it was something like an electric fence (in this case for a dog, and not a cow) something like that could clearly be the problem, at least in my situation. And one other thing that I was thinking, is that maybe Joey's studio is close to the point where the actual electrical feed comes into his house? Maybe the proximity of the main electrical line could have something to do with it also? I'm FAR from an electrician, so this might not even make sense, but throughout all of my troubleshooting, and time wasted looking for ground loops, replacing breakers, replacing cables, shutting down power to my entire house, and the fact that our noises are both centered at 7500hz, I'm hoping that I can save Joey some of the time and headache that drove me nuts for the past few years (and is starting to drive me nuts again, thanks to this thread!!).
Bobby
Bobby
my neighbors have a dog with invisible dog fence
and my control room is where the main power comes into the house
unfortunately, i think the noise was here before the neighbors moved in (and thank god they're moving out now, hate those dogs)
don't know much about the power situation being in close proximity yet
im still in session so i can't shut down the power
coldthrn
Chris Cauthen
El_Gato
I love this gain
I also have noise issues when tracking guitars and I'm also in the room closest to the power mains.
amarshism
Member
joey you should check this article out by ethan winer, has some good info
http://www.ethanwiner.com/dimmers.html
something like this would probably solve the problem if you connect all your stuff to it
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...400_AR_P_2400_AR_Voltage_Regulator_Power.html
http://www.ethanwiner.com/dimmers.html
something like this would probably solve the problem if you connect all your stuff to it
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/produ...400_AR_P_2400_AR_Voltage_Regulator_Power.html
alright guys
it has nothing to do with physically connected AC electricity
tested every room in my house with a laptop and firebox, running on battery power, and got the tone consistently in every single room
what next?
it has nothing to do with physically connected AC electricity
tested every room in my house with a laptop and firebox, running on battery power, and got the tone consistently in every single room
what next?
abt
BT
I assume you tested with the mains power off?
Take the laptop outside and test to see if the signal is higher on a particular side of the house. That might give you some idea of what direction it is coming from.
abt
BT
No. That only eliminates the AC>DC step down transformer. Highly unlikely to be that. The interference you are getting is airborne for want of a better term, turning of the mains to the build will either eliminate that the source is coming from inside the building or not. If the building power is off and you still get the signal then you know its coming from somewhere else. At this stage you really want it to disappear with the main off because at least then you have an opportunity to track it down and fix it.
coldthrn
Chris Cauthen
i vote this idea
Glad someone got it
I can see Joey's control room encased in chicken wire or tin foil. This would help him on his studio atmosphere, a good contrast to the wood paneling. It would definitely be more metal. \m/
Glad someone got it
I can see Joey's control room encased in chicken wire or tin foil. This would help him on his studio atmosphere, a good contrast to the wood paneling. It would definitely be more metal. m/
lol
the wood paneling is not here to stay, it was just that way when i bought the house
the living quarters have already been remodeled a bit, but studio is last unfortunately. i want it to be really awesome obviously, so it will be the last thing i upgrade.
hey I just read your comment about the ticking every second noise and I too had this. I am still mystified as to the original signal of the ticking, which had a period of 1 second it turns out. It was solved when I put a hum-x in the socket before my powered subwoofer which connects to my speakers
