beepin sound

[thekidd316]

hey, I think it's the mic or it just could be my soundcard....but when I record there's always a loud beeping sound that comes along wit it....It's not that loud to the point where it drowns out the music but still it's pretty loud....I was just wondering, since I don't have the money to buy a new mic right now...Is there any sofware that can eliminate this beep...if so let me know.

your help is already appreciated

 

[Massive Master]

This might sound strange -

If it's a fairly steady sound... Like a "whine" as opposed to a "beep" -

Could you sweep a parametric EQ with a very narrow "Q" across a recording with this sound on it and let us know what frequency it's at?

Certain frequencies can be certain things on computer recording systems.

If it's actually a "beeping" sound... Are you using any demo or otherwise "non-kosher" software? Many demo apps do just that (beep every several seconds) so it's generally unusable without purchase.

 

[crazydoc]

Try turning off your answering machine. Coffeepot? Heart monitor?

Is it present with the mic off or not plugged in?
Does it get louder and softer as you turn the gain up and down?

What is your signal chain? (Type of mic, preamp, outboard equipment, soundcard.)

 

[cornjchob2]

CD Audio

In my experience, I've found the culprit usually to be the CD audio on the soundcard--especially on onboard soundcards. Foot-long unshielded and unbalanced cables running across equipment operating at high frequencies will tend to induce some noise--and assuming your not into ambient, I doubt you dig it. I had the same thing as well--just this intermittent faint beep. So try going into your soundcard's software mixer (for example, the volume control under windows) and mute CD in both the playback and recording windows--you never know when software will try to grab from your card's master out. If that doesn't work, try turning your volume up reaaaallly high (make sure nothing else will pop up and make actual sound! Ya don't wanna blow anything) so that you can hear the ambient noise the computer makes. Mute and unmute things until you have the least noise. Back in my days of recording with onboard sound (ya know--up until a week ago ) those techniques are what got me through the toughest time. Hope it helps.

 

[thekidd316]

Could you sweep a parametric EQ with a very narrow "Q" across a recording with this sound on it and let us know what frequency it's at?

Certain frequencies can be certain things on computer recording systems.

I'm new to all this...do u mind puttin it i laymans terms....wat exactly u want me to do and how should I do it using cubase SX. get back to me as soon as u can and thanks for the help.. and it's one long stretch, high pitch tone...not constant beeping....
thanks in advance

 

[DJL]

My guess is that it's some kind of a looping problem.

 

[John Mayes]

I'm new to all this...do u mind puttin it i laymans terms....wat exactly u want me to do and how should I do it using cubase SX. get back to me as soon as u can and thanks for the help.. and it's one long stretch, high pitch tone...not constant beeping....
thanks in advance

Is this a registered legal version of SX? Reason I ask is there are some cracked versions of Cubase out there that do some of the things your saying.