Hey!
Newly registered here! I'm trying to find help identifying the source of an intermittent noise that's being picked up by my instruments pickups. It's not a 60hz hum. I could deal with a constant noise being part of the "character" of the instrument, but the intermittent nature of this noise kinds of bugs me and I'd really like to get rid of it from my recordings.
I attached a file - the volume is massively boosted, but it's pretty easily audible at normal volumes. I only get it with an instrument plugged. This is my bass with single coil pickups, both at full volume. If I turn down either of the pickups, I get the characteristic background hum of single coils, but the intermittent noise still comes through. I also tried with a guitar with humbuckers - the noise was considerably lower, but I could still hear it. I tested with three different instruments.
I tried powering off my computer screens, desktop speakers, a nearby ceiling fan with lights, turning off the wifi from the PC itself (but didn't try powering down the router that feeds the wifi around my appartment yet).
It *mostly* goes away if I put my hands on the strings or on the bridge, or touch a metal object on my desk (e.g. the DI's case).
Any ideas?
Newly registered here! I'm trying to find help identifying the source of an intermittent noise that's being picked up by my instruments pickups. It's not a 60hz hum. I could deal with a constant noise being part of the "character" of the instrument, but the intermittent nature of this noise kinds of bugs me and I'd really like to get rid of it from my recordings.
I attached a file - the volume is massively boosted, but it's pretty easily audible at normal volumes. I only get it with an instrument plugged. This is my bass with single coil pickups, both at full volume. If I turn down either of the pickups, I get the characteristic background hum of single coils, but the intermittent noise still comes through. I also tried with a guitar with humbuckers - the noise was considerably lower, but I could still hear it. I tested with three different instruments.
I tried powering off my computer screens, desktop speakers, a nearby ceiling fan with lights, turning off the wifi from the PC itself (but didn't try powering down the router that feeds the wifi around my appartment yet).
It *mostly* goes away if I put my hands on the strings or on the bridge, or touch a metal object on my desk (e.g. the DI's case).
Any ideas?