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kozikowski wrote:...

So the pickup is probably working fine, but this is the wrong application.

Koz

So can you point me to an application that WILL work. Yes, the RS $7.99 item is the type I have.

It's not irrelevant if you're sitting on top of/under a generator. Neither is it irrelevant if the power is significantly non-sinusoidal as this would produce significantly greater EMI. If you can test the equipment at a totally different location then we can rule out localised EMI effects. Until w...

Totally rural, off the grid, So where does your power come from? Since you are using a Netbook, could you try making a recording with the pickup somewhere outside of your home (or wherever it is that you are using this). No need to use a telephone, we just want to see if the source of the hum is lo...

Let's assume a Magnetic Pickup since that's how most of these machines work. The earpiece in a telephone handset is highly magnetic and it throws off serious sound magnetic fields while it's working. However, magnetic pickups like this also love to pick up Everything Else. Do you have fluorescent l...

What kind of answering machine do you have and how do you have it connected to your computer? Is the computer a laptop? Can you record a short piece on laptop batteries only, no wall power, and see if the hum goes away? Koz Forgot to answer one of your questions. The removable telephone pickup is w...

What kind of answering machine do you have and how do you have it connected to your computer? Is the computer a laptop? Can you record a short piece on laptop batteries only, no wall power, and see if the hum goes away? GE with built in phone (old fashioned large handset). It's a digital recorder. ...

I have a removable telephone pickup to transfer messages from my phone answering machine to Audacity. I am able to record the messages, but there's a terrible background noise, a hum. How do I get rid of that? I'm brand new to Audacity and using it only for this, so I'm certainly not expert on mixin...