More problems with backgroung "hum". Any input is greatly appreciated!

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More problems with background "hum". Any input is greatly appreciated!

I've posted somethin' simular to this a couple of weeks ago, but I didn't really get any real huge feedback from it, probably because I didn't quite explain the problem well. I record all of my tracks on the Boss BR-8. I mainly do Hip-Hop/Rap music and a little bit of R&B. Everytime I get ready to record the vocals for a song and go to the "MIC 1 (Vocal)" input, I get a real bogus hum all through the song. Sometimes even if I unplug the mic I STILL get the hum. I can even put the recording input on the Guiter setting and get the same thing. At first I just thought it was just the kind of mic I was using, or even the cord, but I'm not sure. ALSO, I've noticed that the button right next to the zip drive that I use to open it, lights up at the exact time I hear a HUGE burst of a HUM! Could it be the drive? I have no idea what is going on here... It didn't always do this either. I also thought that the reason for it humming was because of the heat... we have no air condition in the studio, just the fans (which we shut off during voice recording). Could it be the heat causing the BR-8 to do this? Because in the winter we weren't having this problem at ALL!!! Now that summer is here, all hell breaks loose....

If ANYONE knows what's going on, please drop me a couple of lines. This is really messin' up our recording process and we are not sure rather or not to continue to record with the hum without knowing how to eliminate it. Hope to read some nice advice. Thank You! :-)
 
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Do you have all your gear connected to the same outlet? If not you could be getting a ground hum.

Try disconnecting the drive and only use it when your not tracking. Start unplugging stuff and try to isolate the source of the hum. Try a groundlifter on the plug just to see if there is a bad ground in your home wiring.

You won't fix it until you find the source. What else do you have connected to the BR-8?
 
yeah sounds like machine noise to me. . . start with unpluging the zip drive but you probably won't get rid of all of it. What type of sound card is it?
 
the problem could possibly be w/ the power you are receiving in your home...

i had a problem like this when i originlaly got my recording gear... if was never constant, only sometimes would it happen... i then did some research and found a possible problem... outlets are rated at 60 hz, ideally... but for my indiana/michigan power for example, it is "acceptable" for them to give anything ranging from 50-70hz... of course this can create an unacceptable problem.....

im not sure if this was the exact problem, but it fixed itself when i bought a power conditionor from musicians friend... they arent' that expensive, 40-70 bucks..... of course you could also get industrial ones that cost hundreds, but thats not necessary.
 
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