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griffinxi
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Hi hi,
I searched around and couldn't find a thread that addressed my concerns exactly, so I thought I'd post a new thread. I hope that's okay
I've just started a very basic hobby studio setup that I run through my PC: I run the instrument I'm playing or mic I'm using through a Tascam Portastudio (using it as a crude mixer) and from the Tascam into my soundcard, which is an Audigy 2 (on the list of thigns to be upgraded.) I use a PODxt for my guitar; I use an Antares Vocal Producer for the vocals, and I have a Yamaha S90 Synthesizer. I am only ever using one of these items at a guven time.
I am not using a CRT monitor-- it's an LCD flatscreen.
I've recently noticed some pretty incredile buzz in my PC speakers that can occasionally be "wiggled" away-- meaning, moving the Tascam around, moving cords around, etc. That was at first, anyway; now the buzz is pretty much impossible to eliminate, and is overbearing.
One interesting thing: I noticed that when the buzz is present, it is present-- if slightly diminished-- even when the Tascam is turned OFF. It is still plugged in and connected to whatever instrument I was planning to use, connected w/ all the appropriate cables and whatnot.
I'm planning to buy better, shielded instrument cables to see if that may be a factor, and was reading about a ground loop isolator and maybe a premium power strip-- wasn't sure if any of this was necessary, or would help though.
I guess I was wondering if, other than things I can't control-- like nearby spacecraft taking off and landing-- is there some kind of gizmo that can help regulate this hum/buzz and make the signal as quiet as possible? I was reading about the Ebtech Hum X Hum Exterminator (I would link it but VBulletin says nay until I have 5 posts or more), which plugs into an outlet, but I didn't know if this device was intended to solve the problem I seem to have or not.
So, any opinions? Bad cables? Junk soundcard? Solar flares? Muchos gracias.
I searched around and couldn't find a thread that addressed my concerns exactly, so I thought I'd post a new thread. I hope that's okay
I've just started a very basic hobby studio setup that I run through my PC: I run the instrument I'm playing or mic I'm using through a Tascam Portastudio (using it as a crude mixer) and from the Tascam into my soundcard, which is an Audigy 2 (on the list of thigns to be upgraded.) I use a PODxt for my guitar; I use an Antares Vocal Producer for the vocals, and I have a Yamaha S90 Synthesizer. I am only ever using one of these items at a guven time.
I am not using a CRT monitor-- it's an LCD flatscreen.
I've recently noticed some pretty incredile buzz in my PC speakers that can occasionally be "wiggled" away-- meaning, moving the Tascam around, moving cords around, etc. That was at first, anyway; now the buzz is pretty much impossible to eliminate, and is overbearing.
One interesting thing: I noticed that when the buzz is present, it is present-- if slightly diminished-- even when the Tascam is turned OFF. It is still plugged in and connected to whatever instrument I was planning to use, connected w/ all the appropriate cables and whatnot.
I'm planning to buy better, shielded instrument cables to see if that may be a factor, and was reading about a ground loop isolator and maybe a premium power strip-- wasn't sure if any of this was necessary, or would help though.
I guess I was wondering if, other than things I can't control-- like nearby spacecraft taking off and landing-- is there some kind of gizmo that can help regulate this hum/buzz and make the signal as quiet as possible? I was reading about the Ebtech Hum X Hum Exterminator (I would link it but VBulletin says nay until I have 5 posts or more), which plugs into an outlet, but I didn't know if this device was intended to solve the problem I seem to have or not.
So, any opinions? Bad cables? Junk soundcard? Solar flares? Muchos gracias.