Hi. I've had a problem recording since getting my new dual core athlon pc. I originally posted this in the PC forum because I thought it was soundcard related but I have realised that it's an electrical issue.
When I record a track I can hear an electrical interference. I have all my stuff set up with a patch bay and checked everything. It's now become obvious that the noise comes from the pre amps when they are plugged in (power). If I listen to the track coming from a pre that is plugged into the mains (whether it's on or not) the interference sound is present but as soon as I unplug the pres power cable the noise goes away. This is exactly the same with both the penta and twintrack.
I haven't changed anything around except the PC and I can't just unplug that to test it! The extention leads are set up as 2 coming from the same port on the wall leading to 2 4ways.
Am I right in thinking this is an earthing thing?
Any help very welcome, I'm desperate to record some new tunes.
***Cubase sx3, AMD 4600 Dualcore, 2Gb fast RAM, ATI RADION graphics card 256mb, NTK, NT1000, SE2a, Penta, Twintrack, etc...***
When I record a track I can hear an electrical interference. I have all my stuff set up with a patch bay and checked everything. It's now become obvious that the noise comes from the pre amps when they are plugged in (power). If I listen to the track coming from a pre that is plugged into the mains (whether it's on or not) the interference sound is present but as soon as I unplug the pres power cable the noise goes away. This is exactly the same with both the penta and twintrack.
I haven't changed anything around except the PC and I can't just unplug that to test it! The extention leads are set up as 2 coming from the same port on the wall leading to 2 4ways.
Am I right in thinking this is an earthing thing?
Any help very welcome, I'm desperate to record some new tunes.
***Cubase sx3, AMD 4600 Dualcore, 2Gb fast RAM, ATI RADION graphics card 256mb, NTK, NT1000, SE2a, Penta, Twintrack, etc...***