TheAquired
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Hi all,
So this really weird thing was happening during our band practice yesterday, and I was hoping somebody would be able to tell me what it was, so I can stop it next time.
Our Lead singer plugged his acoustic guitar in (He uses an XML cable) and then his mic. We have a little mixer that then hooks up to the speaker. This is where things got weird. There was a hum coming through on the speaker, and it seemed it was being caused by the mic. Well, its my mic, and I knew for a fact it never caused any kinds of hum. So after some trying to sort it out, we came upon this weird thing. If the lead singer touched his acoustic guitar (Anywhere, the wood or strings or anything) and then touched the mic, the humming would instantly stop. if he touched the mic without touched the guitar, then the humming wouldn't stop. I also tried this, and i could stop the humming in the same way.
Ok, so what on earth is this? I do live and studio audio engineering as a hobby, so I'm pretty familiar with these kinds of things normally. But this was beyond my comprehension. Any thoughts would be great!
So this really weird thing was happening during our band practice yesterday, and I was hoping somebody would be able to tell me what it was, so I can stop it next time.
Our Lead singer plugged his acoustic guitar in (He uses an XML cable) and then his mic. We have a little mixer that then hooks up to the speaker. This is where things got weird. There was a hum coming through on the speaker, and it seemed it was being caused by the mic. Well, its my mic, and I knew for a fact it never caused any kinds of hum. So after some trying to sort it out, we came upon this weird thing. If the lead singer touched his acoustic guitar (Anywhere, the wood or strings or anything) and then touched the mic, the humming would instantly stop. if he touched the mic without touched the guitar, then the humming wouldn't stop. I also tried this, and i could stop the humming in the same way.
Ok, so what on earth is this? I do live and studio audio engineering as a hobby, so I'm pretty familiar with these kinds of things normally. But this was beyond my comprehension. Any thoughts would be great!