PC Induced?? noise problem/issue ... need help

[tbondo]

First, my gear:

Behringer MX602A (which works just fine, thank you)
Various microphones (SHure SM58, SM57, Marshall MXL1006, Marshall MXL603S plus some Nady stuff)...I'm recording acoustic guitar and vocals

All of the above work fine with my laptop (Sony VAIO), but the soundcard is less than optimum....so I decided to plug into my Micron PC (PIII 733) which has a SB PCI128.....and the sound difference is amazing (nuances, color....just astounding!!!)......but:

I've got noise that ends up on the recorded track....ten "pops", then a pause and then repeats.....I don't hear the noise while recording, and it shows up even with all mixer outputs zeroed.....it really stands out in quiet sections...

I've checked IRQs and ilk, without finding an obvious cause....any one been there and solved that??

TIA,

tbondo

 

[Lame Thrower]

I've never heard of a problem exactly like the one you're having, but clicks and pops seem like they can usually based to hard drive access/buffering issues.

Here's a pretty good article about tuning your computer for optimal audio performance under Win2K.

http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articl...8d399dc825d4cc9686256a800000ac1a?OpenDocument

Most of what he talks about can be applied to 95/98 as well.

Maybe someone else has some other solutions, but I'd bet on your HDD. I used to get all kinds of clicks and static from my old drive.

Good luck!

 

[holistic]

Noise from PC?

Hi There

I don't know if the problem that I have experienced relates to yours, but here's what I did:
Opened my volume controls, muted everything that wasn't currently in use or needed and upped the levels of the signals I was using to max permissable (without clipping) to ensure best signal to noise ratio. eg. I have found noise coming from CDrom even without CD in.
You might also try a setting in the bios which allows you to spread the frequency of the CPU clock, this may create some phase cancellation effects eliminating the noise given that is where the noise is being generated.
You may also look at http://www.epanorama.net
which contains links to sound cards, digital mustic and a plethora of all things wise & wonderful relating to computing and electronics.
I hope this is might be of help to you.
Best regards
Gary

 

[tbondo]

Just thought I'd stop by for an update.....read alot of interesting stuff based on replies, which also gave me some new sources for future questions.......but, I solved the particular problem by loading updated NT drivers for the sound card (which my college age son suggested.....) and voila, everything is bueno!!!

Thanks for the helpful suggestions...