Reamping "noise problem" Help Me Guys!

lolzgreg · July 3rd, 2009, 12:09 AM

I know this has been covered before, but when I do my reamping I do have a pretty decent amount of hiss/white noise/shit when I'm reamping. I thought the issue may be a ground loop between my amp and computer, so I bought an Ebtech Hum-X and it actually made the noise WORSE. When I have the cable plugged in from the line out of my Fireface 800, it makes no noise. As soon as I turn the monitor on for the signal, I get some hardcore hissing and other crap. I'm assuming this is all the computers fault, which makes sense. I know Metaltastic recommended one of these:

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HumXLR/

Is this the answer?

Any advice?

lolzgreg · July 3rd, 2009, 10:43 PM

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Mutant · July 4th, 2009, 02:35 AM

sound samples both clean and reamped ?
full signal chain ?

You aren't going straight from the Ff to the amp or are you ?

crosstalk · July 4th, 2009, 03:29 AM

Been there, gave up. I even bought that hum-x and returned it. Went round and round asking questions, did clips, tried everything.

I've had the most luck with having my amp plugged into the same outlet/power strip as the interface. I run out of the reamp box into a noise suppressor before hitting a tubescreamer/amp.

Good luck.

Omega_Void · July 4th, 2009, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolzgreg

As soon as I turn the monitor on for the signal, I get some hardcore hissing and other crap.

By monitor I take it you mean active monitor speakers? If the noise is absent when they're off, the amp in the monitor speakers is your main suspect.

Try moving them as far away from the reamp setup as possible. If the noise decreases as they get farther away, there's your answer.

Are your monitors connected by balanced audio cables? If so, do they have a ground-lift switch? If so, you could try moving them to a different mains socket with the ground lifted, see if that changes anything.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolzgreg

I'm assuming this is all the computers fault, which makes sense.

If there's no noise when your computer's on, and the noise only appears when you switch your monitors on it actually doesn't make very much sense to blame the computer, surely?

July 3rd, 2009, 12:09 AM	#1 (permalink)
lolzgreg Cereal Shipping Sneapster Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Beach, New York Posts: 2,508	Reamping "noise problem" Help Me Guys! I know this has been covered before, but when I do my reamping I do have a pretty decent amount of hiss/white noise/shit when I'm reamping. I thought the issue may be a ground loop between my amp and computer, so I bought an Ebtech Hum-X and it actually made the noise WORSE. When I have the cable plugged in from the line out of my Fireface 800, it makes no noise. As soon as I turn the monitor on for the signal, I get some hardcore hissing and other crap. I'm assuming this is all the computers fault, which makes sense. I know Metaltastic recommended one of these: http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/HumXLR/ Is this the answer? Any advice? __________________ www.myspace.com/thetomatofarmstudio PM me for reamping: Baron K2 Baron XTC (coming soon) Engl Savage 120 EVH 5150 III Mesa/Boogie Dual Recto (2010) Peavey 5150 EVH Peavey 5150 II (Custom) Peavey Windsor(Friedman Mod) Cabs: Mesa Rectifier 412B (V30s) Engl Pro 412B (V30s) Stone Age 412B (K100s) EVH 412B (Heritage Greenbacks) (coming soon) Customers: The Empire Shall Fall, Erase Your Memory, Zombietakeover Media

July 3rd, 2009, 10:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
lolzgreg Cereal Shipping Sneapster Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Long Beach, New York Posts: 2,508	EYOO HELP ME OUT HURRR __________________ www.myspace.com/thetomatofarmstudio PM me for reamping: Baron K2 Baron XTC (coming soon) Engl Savage 120 EVH 5150 III Mesa/Boogie Dual Recto (2010) Peavey 5150 EVH Peavey 5150 II (Custom) Peavey Windsor(Friedman Mod) Cabs: Mesa Rectifier 412B (V30s) Engl Pro 412B (V30s) Stone Age 412B (K100s) EVH 412B (Heritage Greenbacks) (coming soon) Customers: The Empire Shall Fall, Erase Your Memory, Zombietakeover Media

July 4th, 2009, 02:35 AM	#3 (permalink)
Mutant I hate that supercow ! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 1,359	sound samples both clean and reamped ? full signal chain ? You aren't going straight from the Ff to the amp or are you ? __________________ I like BOOBIES !!!

July 4th, 2009, 03:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
crosstalk Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 421	Been there, gave up. I even bought that hum-x and returned it. Went round and round asking questions, did clips, tried everything. I've had the most luck with having my amp plugged into the same outlet/power strip as the interface. I run out of the reamp box into a noise suppressor before hitting a tubescreamer/amp. Good luck.