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swoppy	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 6:19 AM since about 2 years I record my own tunes, via an open (omnidirectional condenser 600 ohm) microphone in my soundcard and the help of cool edit, last 9 months with a tiny (2 channel) mixer (promix 50S). I have always been very pleased with the sound quality, but lately my mic. pick up radio signal. It is that loud, that it is un-ignorable. It is like I am recording with a radio playing in my room. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks for looking into it anyway
pog	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 6:38 AM Try it with a new lead....
swoppy	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 8:15 AM uh
swoppy	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 4:46 PM hm, I migh be better of, copying m question onto the helpforum, since I would really appreciate some help here
EmpireDay3	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 6:26 PM dude, there could be a million reasons you're picking up radio signals. the most likely cause is faulty wiring somewhere in either your mixer or soundcard - but it could also the the grounding of the electricity in your house or unshielded microphone cables. If you're using a cheap-ass mic cable, stop immediately as you should be beaten, and try that first - no substitute for good cabling. Are the outputs on your mixer and/or inputs on your soundcard balanced or unbalanced and do they match? Good cables running from your mixer to the soundcard? If this is something that just started happening and you have't changed any part of your setup, something probably went wrong inside your mic, soundcard or mixer in which case a replacement may be cheaper than a repair job. Start experimenting around and try some different stuff - move your mixer to a different location, hell maybe even move your whole setup to the other side of the room. It'll be trial and error. Good luck.
imemine	Date: July 14, 2005 @ 6:35 PM ^^^^^ Yep! ^^^^^^ What Empire said. Check the mic cable first. I've had exactly the same issue once in a live PA because of a bad shield on a balanced mic cable---replaced the cable---problem solved. But it COULD be about anything.
woodhead	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 12:12 AM Def right on Imemine and Empire. More than likley a cable and I was also going to ask if you moved recently? Maybe the grounding in your house? And Pog answerd your question "Try it with a new lead"? I would have recognized that as a cord.
imemine	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 12:34 AM An aluminum foil hat works too!
pog	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 12:35 AM My bad.... try a different ... chord ... like Bm add 7. .... I say tomah-doe... you say tom-ay-doe... I'll rephrase it .... Try changing the cable that goes between the guitar and the amp... change it to a blue one. Also, get some al-foil (aluminium foil for wrapping up food with) and wrap all of your guitar pedals, and then emerge them in lead lined boxes. Next, unplug all of your appliances in your house.. they waste electricity. Finally, blow up all radio towers within a 5 mile radius of your house... that oughtta keep them rougue radio waves at bay... Seriously, though.... unplug each cable that you have plugged into your system, and use the power of dedution to try and isolate where the issue is coming from. Once you have it all down to one cord/soundcard/guitar, you can start by messing with the pickup settings on the guitar first (sometimes a guitar can operate in single coil mode and pick up radio signals really easily)... consider using a humbucker.... also change the offending cord as these guys stated. Try different input devices if you think it's the soundcard... try a mic then try a guitar... it may be a setting that you need to turn of in the volume control panel on your pc. You may have it set up to record all devices, and your cdrom is picking it up for all we know (unlikely, but still possible I'm guessing) Good luck with it.
pog	Date: July 22, 2005 @ 12:36 AM dedution = deduction
Engine11RDenny	Date: August 16, 2005 @ 2:11 AM One thing to do is incorprate them into your songs.... soon as you become dependant on them they'll disappear and you'll wish they were back Too record without interference - radio - cellphone - CB from the dude with a 50 foot antena on his 3rd floor roof [you know who i'm talking about "Bushwacker" actually he's a friend of mine] seriously my mic must face down below 90degress to reduce noise my electric guitar [with pedal on "Must" be facing due-south - mty acoustic with pro-mag pickup 'must' face north east/faceing down [hard playing that way too] Hey it's a struggle but nothing less than moving to a bunker in the hills is gonna change anything Radio shack has a lot of the answers haha If you find out for real let us all know... we feel for you too swoop
Engine11RDenny	Date: August 16, 2005 @ 2:14 AM keep the device your using to record/monitor [4trk computer] and signal processors away from walls where you know electric wires are running!!! This will help with ground loop hum and sometimes the radio interference & i know it's nuts but move the power cord to the recording devices around like an antena that helps me also

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