I am micing a Fender Blues Jr. with an SM58 that's hooked into a Presonus Studio Channel Preamp. This is output into my Motu Ultralite mk3 which is hooked via firewire to my PC and recorded via Cubase 5 in Windows 7 64-bit. The VU meter on my pre-amp does not indicate any clipping not does the input level within cubase. The waveform does not appear to have any clipping either. Does this type of buzzing sound like anything to you guys? Maybe it's not clipping but it certainly sounds unpleasant. I've bypassed all of my pedals at this point and there is only a slight amount of gain ( like .5) in there.
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Edit:
Ok, so I went back to guitar center and exchanged my amp for a new one. They said that 'tube rattle' was most likely the cause. I tested it out before hand and did notice this buzzy distortion I had been hearing and brought it home. I also picked up a new sm57 to replace my old sm58... I did another recording and I am still noticing this annoying distorted static-y tinge..
It just doesn't sound natural to me..
Any help would be much appreciated!
Here's a clip:
Edit:
Ok, so I went back to guitar center and exchanged my amp for a new one. They said that 'tube rattle' was most likely the cause. I tested it out before hand and did notice this buzzy distortion I had been hearing and brought it home. I also picked up a new sm57 to replace my old sm58... I did another recording and I am still noticing this annoying distorted static-y tinge..
It just doesn't sound natural to me..
Any help would be much appreciated!