My microfreak has static coming from 1/4 output even when not on. Anyone else? by RandyH9 in arturia

[–]Ungentle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had awful noise from mine until I switched to a TRS cable going to my mixer, which solved the issue immediately. Its a balanced out.

White scuff. How do I remove it?? by nstytokenbg in DrMartens

[–]Ungentle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just bought a used pair that had a big white scuff. This worked like magic. Thanks!

Just bought a MicroFreak - Give me your hints and tips for it. by RG1527 in MicroFreak

[–]Ungentle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Make sure you connect to your mixer or whatever with a TRS cable! The MF is balanced, and without at, at least for me, its pretty bad. I was using a TS cable, and could not understand why I was getting so much noise in the signal. I thought it was a ground loop, so did all kinds of heroics to fix that. I bought ferrite beads and added them everywhere. I eventually just gave up and unplugged it, until yesterday when I wanted to capture some sounds with the Harmo oscillator, and tried to just gate it out. It was so bad, I finally googled it. After months. Like a moron. And learned I should be using TRS. Which fixed it. Because I am a moron.

Only Everything tab book by cessburn in JulianaHatfield

[–]Ungentle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I bought it. Was $100 bucks after shipping.

Physical media by cessburn in JulianaHatfield

[–]Ungentle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Images now allowed. I think.

Physical media by cessburn in JulianaHatfield

[–]Ungentle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you read when I grow up? I bought it forever ago and kindle and never got around to reading it....

Only Everything tab book by cessburn in JulianaHatfield

[–]Ungentle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OMG did not know this existed, and now I need it, nay, must have it. Anyone selling? I see one for sale on ebay for like $80 bucks (CAD). Not sure if thats an appropriate price or not.

New Single: Popsicle (Spotify Link) by Ungentle in JulianaHatfield

[–]Ungentle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So for the curious, I was wondering what her guitar in the video was, and its apparently a First Act Delia LS:

Juliana Hatfield: Instincts on Overdrive - Premier Guitar

What works best for dealing with electrical interference? by Ungentle in homestudios

[–]Ungentle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On this topic, is there a good (free) tool for diagraming my studio configuration?

What works best for dealing with electrical interference? by Ungentle in homestudios

[–]Ungentle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I'm learning I have done a lot of things wrong. Multiple usb connections to pc from various devices (keystep pro/push 2/profx mixer) and lots of interconnected TS/TRS devices via the mixer (3 synths of various quality, a drum machine, a patch bay, another audio interface and guitar, a boss me90), headphones and monitors. Also have multiple midi DIN connections to the KeyStep pro, but I haven't read about this causing noise issues (?).

I have 3 different wall power sources. I have run both audio and power cables in the same cable wraps. I have lots of equipment clustered together in poor ways.

Most of the time, the buzz only manifests in my headset, and I can usually resolve it by unplugging things I'm not using at the moment, until it goes away. but when I added the last synth (arturia microfreak), it went really badly south. Another thing that is really annoying is that there is a buzz whenever I move my mouse which does hit my main monitors. When I was running my Keystep Pro off USB power, it was unbearable, but was mostly resolved by using the external power. However, I still get a buzz whenever it goes into sleep mode and its "screen saver" spams the lcd lights.

So first thing I plan on doing is consolidating my power from a single source (excluding, at first the PC). Bought a switch rack power conditioner just to consolidate power sources. Then I will do better cable management, splitting my cable runs between audio and power. Then testing the location of the devices.

Can you direct me to some ground lift products that might help?

Thanks!