Nizhny Tagil
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I've subscribed to this forum specifically to try and solve this problem, which I've had since forever but never solved.
When I play or record guitars with ampsims with distortion and high gain I get a very nasty buzzing noise.
It's not normal feedback you would get when being close to the amp (it's even there if I use headphones, so feedback is out of the question).
I don't think it's 60hz hum, because it's there even if I use the in-between position in my pick-up selector.
The cable, the audio interface and the guitars' wiring are fine. I've changed audio interfaces and the problem was always there. I've had the guitar checked today: no problem when I've plugged it into a normal amp with high gain and distortion, although I wasn't at home, but in a guitars shop.
I've tried several different ampsims and no progress.
It's been suggested to me that the problem could be the room's electric wiring which could not have ground; but I've tried setting up everything in another room, using a socket which I know has ground connection, and the buzz was there nonetheless.
Before anyone asks, in the room I play and record in I have no CRT monitors, fluorescent lights or lights' dimmers, though I do have a wi-fi router and, obviously, a computer.
The guitar is a LTD Strat copy with 3 stock single coils.
I usually get by using a noise gate, the least possible gain and turning the treble down considerably in my ampsim, but it's hardly an ideal solution.
I'd like some advice to solve this annoying problem.
Furthermore, if all else fails, would active pickups be a solution?
Thanks a lot.
When I play or record guitars with ampsims with distortion and high gain I get a very nasty buzzing noise.
It's not normal feedback you would get when being close to the amp (it's even there if I use headphones, so feedback is out of the question).
I don't think it's 60hz hum, because it's there even if I use the in-between position in my pick-up selector.
The cable, the audio interface and the guitars' wiring are fine. I've changed audio interfaces and the problem was always there. I've had the guitar checked today: no problem when I've plugged it into a normal amp with high gain and distortion, although I wasn't at home, but in a guitars shop.
I've tried several different ampsims and no progress.
It's been suggested to me that the problem could be the room's electric wiring which could not have ground; but I've tried setting up everything in another room, using a socket which I know has ground connection, and the buzz was there nonetheless.
Before anyone asks, in the room I play and record in I have no CRT monitors, fluorescent lights or lights' dimmers, though I do have a wi-fi router and, obviously, a computer.
The guitar is a LTD Strat copy with 3 stock single coils.
I usually get by using a noise gate, the least possible gain and turning the treble down considerably in my ampsim, but it's hardly an ideal solution.
I'd like some advice to solve this annoying problem.
Furthermore, if all else fails, would active pickups be a solution?
Thanks a lot.