ChristopherTodd
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Hey, I'm Chris and I live right around the Dallas area.
I record voice over, hip hop, and metal vocals from my home for various albums and purposes and I have run into an immense problem.
No matter what I've done, I've been completely unable to avoid this awful background, hissing, static sound that I can only describe as probable radio frequency interference. It's not very loud at all, but if I boost my input signal through my interface, it becomes noticeable.
Even worse, if I try to EQ or compress whatsoever, it's INCREDIBLY annoying, and intolerable. It has absolutely crippled my ability to record entirely.
I have my computer, monitors, preamp, and interface running to a Furman power conditioner, so I've eliminated the possibility of faulty wiring. I have also tried removing my preamp, running different preamps, running different interfaces, and still nothing.
I have even gone as far as to completely remove my interface and plug it into a seperate room with nothing but a speaker attached for monitoring and the problem STILL persists.
Is there anything at all that you could possibly suggest that might be able to help this problem? I've really been considering purchasing an Ebtech Hum X, or possibly a ground loop isolator... I'm just not entirely sure if any of that would even be beneficial, seeing as I don't feel that it's a ground loop problem. However, I'm beginning to get desperate at this point in time.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a soundcloud link to a boosted constant of the interference. Thanks again!
https://soundcloud.com/christopher-todd-18/problematic-background-noise
I record voice over, hip hop, and metal vocals from my home for various albums and purposes and I have run into an immense problem.
No matter what I've done, I've been completely unable to avoid this awful background, hissing, static sound that I can only describe as probable radio frequency interference. It's not very loud at all, but if I boost my input signal through my interface, it becomes noticeable.
Even worse, if I try to EQ or compress whatsoever, it's INCREDIBLY annoying, and intolerable. It has absolutely crippled my ability to record entirely.
I have my computer, monitors, preamp, and interface running to a Furman power conditioner, so I've eliminated the possibility of faulty wiring. I have also tried removing my preamp, running different preamps, running different interfaces, and still nothing.
I have even gone as far as to completely remove my interface and plug it into a seperate room with nothing but a speaker attached for monitoring and the problem STILL persists.
Is there anything at all that you could possibly suggest that might be able to help this problem? I've really been considering purchasing an Ebtech Hum X, or possibly a ground loop isolator... I'm just not entirely sure if any of that would even be beneficial, seeing as I don't feel that it's a ground loop problem. However, I'm beginning to get desperate at this point in time.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Here is a soundcloud link to a boosted constant of the interference. Thanks again!
https://soundcloud.com/christopher-todd-18/problematic-background-noise