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Thanks you all for your replies!!! You helped me cross off all possible problems before I came to the final solution. It wasn't the wiring, it wasn't interference, it wasn't grounding, it wasn't the interface, it wasn't the pickups, it wasn't my guitar, it wasn't my computers. I guess at some point,...

Another thing I noticed is that all of a sudden, there is less noise in my recordings!!! I'm 100% sure this had nothing to do with any interference or grounding or stuff like that, somehow my tracks just got back to higher quality when I was trying those other DAW's! Yet ANOTHER thing I noticed is t...

Update! It IS possible to fry a sound card's input circuitry with too high a level, though usually such damage, if it occurred, would be fatal (either no signal at all, or extremely damaged). I guess I can return my new USB interface as well :oops: I tried my it yesterday, didn't change a thing. I w...

Could it possibly have something to do that when you turn your guitar volume all the way up, the signal is gonna be too strong and it's gonna damage the soundcard in the device? I think it might be, because my previous guitar cable (not USB but just one that goes into the mic-in/line-in) is busted t...

Yeah. Once you went through that whole multi-computer dance, we're going to jump on it right away. What was common? What did you take with you through all the recordings? It's a very serious problem that you can't hear the guitar through an amplifier. If you have a bad guitar cord and the shield is...

I don't think there's much more that I can suggest - perhaps others will have some ideas. Were the clean recordings achieved on EXACTLY the same hardware/software as the problem recordings? This question doesn't seem to have been asked (unless I missed it) Were any Windows updates installed at abou...

Yeah. Once you went through that whole multi-computer dance, we're going to jump on it right away. What was common? What did you take with you through all the recordings? It's a very serious problem that you can't hear the guitar through an amplifier. If you have a bad guitar cord and the shield is...

I don't think there's much more that I can suggest - perhaps others will have some ideas. Were the clean recordings achieved on EXACTLY the same hardware/software as the problem recordings? This question doesn't seem to have been asked (unless I missed it) Were any Windows updates installed at abou...

steve wrote:Do you notice any difference playing the guitar through an amp?

Actually I don't have an amp I gave it to a buddy of mine, since I never had any need for it (and I live an apartment right now)

Can you try a recording with the laptop on batteries -- not connected to the wall? The sound adapter uses the power from the USB connection, right? It does not use a wall power adapter? If the buzz goes away, you might have a power supply problem or it's remotely possible it's plugged in backwards?...