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hey hey
this isnt really a big deal, but i was just wondering if anyone knew a way i could stop the hissing on my recordings? im on cool edit pro 2.

once i start strumming or recording something constant, the hissing stops (or actually becomes one long constant hiss), but for this one song where there's a quiet opening with arpeggios and junk, the hissing is off and on. maybe its my microphone?

much appreciation for all those who reply (probably manning cuz he seems to know everything) :)
 
please detail your signal chain.
mic ? mixer ? sound card ?
and NO - i dont know everything.
comments like that kinda put me off trying to help people.
 
I assume you're recording guitar

If you are recording a guitar through a pickup, then the noise may be due to ungrounded strings. As soon as you touch the strings, your fingers ground them, and the noise goes away. You might try changing your position while you are playing to see if the interference is less somewhere else. You can also shield the guitar, ground the strings, change the pickups, etc.

Another possibility is that you are sitting in front of a CRT monitor while you're recording and the pickup is catching the radiation from the screen. Single-coil pickups are particularly bad about this. However, this type of noise doesn't go away when you touch the strings, but can be masked by the notes you are playing. This is less likely because you say the noise stops while you're playing.
 
hey thanks deluxe. but i'm recording acoustic, so i'm not really sure. im using a headset microphone :( and its supposed to be quite sensitive. maybe it's too sensitive...

and sorry manning, i didnt mean that in an offensive way. just kinda seemed to me like you knew more about computers n stuff than most people.
anyway, later
 
meese. you really must get a GOOD signal chain.
a headset mic is no good. headset mics DO HISS !
if you detail what you have currently in gear plus your pc confign i'll make suggestions.
 
it's ur mixer, i have this problem too, i'm about to go n buy a new mixer to see it if helps, i've tried multiple microphones and i still have the same problem
 
try turning all the other knobs on the mixer down

hey if you are using a headset mic you need to work on getting at a shure SM57
but the other thing is if you are using a mixer turn every knob you are not using down this helps me a lot of times the other thing is check your sound card....
good luck.
PS. you will get better detail with another mic........
 
hey thanks, everyone
but...heh heh....it's a computer headset microphone that goes directly into my cpu. i dont have a mixer here in my.....*ahem* parents' basement :o
hmm...seems like i'm pretty well helpless until i get a better mic, right?
 
if you have a recent powerfull computer.
try a cad gxl mic into a yamaha mg mixer with a maudio audiophile sound card. about 270 bucks total.
or heres a cheap solution. that will improve things.
plug a decent dynamic mic with a xlr to qtr inch convertor jack into
a cassette deck mic preamp and feed to your sound card from cass dek line ouit to sound card line in..
no disrespect but with your current set up , there is no way you will get quality tracks recorded imho. i'm sorry to say.
 
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