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White noise

Post by msteaz » Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:35 pm

Ok so Audacity has been working AWEWOME...
Last night i was trying to lay down a bass track and when i playback it has whitenoise thru the entire track.
Just for reference, I have the bass hooked up to an amp and the amp is hooked up to a foot pedal and the amp is also hooked into my computer via a usb.
Ive had no crashes or anything.
How do i get rid of the whitenoise?

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Re: White noise

Post by kozikowski » Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:43 pm

We can whack this system up into pieces to figure out what happened. The USB thing is a what? Who made it? Part numbers?

Leave everything connected like you have but turn off the amp, guitar, foot pedal and all the rest of the musical equipment. Leave the USB thing and computer running and make a five second recording. Is it still hissy?

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Re: White noise

Post by msteaz » Sun Jun 07, 2009 4:55 pm

I dunno let me get my butt out of bed and throw on some clothes and run down there and try it. I was up till 5am working on it lol

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Re: White noise

Post by msteaz » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:02 pm

Ok...so it connects into my computer thru a usb port on my windows vista system. It is called first act. it has a jack on one end and a usb on the other.
here is a pic of it...well almost lol http://www.obsessable.com/pro-audio/fir ... ble-al900/

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Re: White noise

Post by msteaz » Sun Jun 07, 2009 5:12 pm

Yeah i can hear just a tiny tiny bit of a hiss...wth??

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Re: White noise

Post by kozikowski » Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:31 pm

<<<tiny tiny bit of a hiss>>>

Tiny bit? Not the same volume as the hiss behind your show? There is an analog to digital converter inside that USB audio cable and any electronics like that can make noise. However, noise like that is normally associated with ultra sensitive microphone amplifiers, not line-level performances.

Try changing the usb connection to a different one and plug and unplug several times. USB connection noise will do this, too.

The electronics inside the cable must be powered from somewhere, and the only place for it to get juice is the computer. USB power is anything but stable and noise free. If you have a friend you can experiment with, try the cable on his computer.

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Re: White noise

Post by msteaz » Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:41 pm

Thank you your the bomb...ive been searching on the net all day and im goin out of my brain lol Guess its going to be another long night lol I will let you know how that goes

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