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When I play or record guitars with ampsims with distortion and high gain I get a very nasty buzzing noise.
It's not normal feedback you would get when being close to the amp (it's even there if I use headphones, so feedback is out of the question).
I don't think it's 60hz hum, because it's there even if I use the in-between position in my pick-up selector.
The cable, the audio interface and the guitars' wiring are fine. I've changed audio interfaces and the problem was always there. I've had the guitar checked today: no problem when I've plugged it into a normal amp with high gain and distortion, although I wasn't at home, but in a guitars shop.
I've tried several different ampsims and no progress.
It's been suggested to me that the problem could be the room's electric wiring which could not have ground; but I've tried setting up everything in another room, using a socket which I know has ground connection, and the buzz was there nonetheless.
Before anyone asks, in the room I play and record in I have no CRT monitors, fluorescent lights or lights' dimmers, though I do have a wi-fi router and, obviously, a computer.
The guitar is a LTD Strat copy with 3 stock single coils.
I usually get by using a noise gate, the least possible gain and turning the treble down considerably in my ampsim, but it's hardly an ideal solution.
Here's a clip. I'm using two different FX chains here: the first emphasizes the problem, the second is the one I normally use.
In both cases I'm using the bridge pu, the gain isn't cranked and the treble is cut on the ampsim, and in both the two parts you can hear the noise before I put my hand, then me actually putting my hand on the fretboard and playing some notes and then turning the pick-up selector to the in-between position to let you hear the difference.
noiseclip.flac - Google Drive
This, instead, is a screenshot with a frequency analyzer (ReaEQ) run before any effects:
noiseeq.jpg - Google Drive
I'd like some advice to solve this annoying problem.
Furthermore, if all else fails, would active pickups be a solution?
Thanks.
It's not normal feedback you would get when being close to the amp (it's even there if I use headphones, so feedback is out of the question).
I don't think it's 60hz hum, because it's there even if I use the in-between position in my pick-up selector.
The cable, the audio interface and the guitars' wiring are fine. I've changed audio interfaces and the problem was always there. I've had the guitar checked today: no problem when I've plugged it into a normal amp with high gain and distortion, although I wasn't at home, but in a guitars shop.
I've tried several different ampsims and no progress.
It's been suggested to me that the problem could be the room's electric wiring which could not have ground; but I've tried setting up everything in another room, using a socket which I know has ground connection, and the buzz was there nonetheless.
Before anyone asks, in the room I play and record in I have no CRT monitors, fluorescent lights or lights' dimmers, though I do have a wi-fi router and, obviously, a computer.
The guitar is a LTD Strat copy with 3 stock single coils.
I usually get by using a noise gate, the least possible gain and turning the treble down considerably in my ampsim, but it's hardly an ideal solution.
Here's a clip. I'm using two different FX chains here: the first emphasizes the problem, the second is the one I normally use.
In both cases I'm using the bridge pu, the gain isn't cranked and the treble is cut on the ampsim, and in both the two parts you can hear the noise before I put my hand, then me actually putting my hand on the fretboard and playing some notes and then turning the pick-up selector to the in-between position to let you hear the difference.
noiseclip.flac - Google Drive
This, instead, is a screenshot with a frequency analyzer (ReaEQ) run before any effects:
noiseeq.jpg - Google Drive
I'd like some advice to solve this annoying problem.
Furthermore, if all else fails, would active pickups be a solution?
Thanks.