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  • #16
    hmm... well after reading these post im convinced that i need a mic preamp and a new sound card. i am currently running through a mic, into mixer, into my computers mic in. the first day i recorded it sounded pretty good, but now its really fuzzy and i can't fix it. no appliances on, computer is in the other room, COMPLETELY quiet, i even tried throwing a sleeping bag over my amp and mic. Still fuzziness! i hate the fuzziness!!! i almost had a temper tantrum... I tried using the noise reduction feature in adobe audition, putting it at 1 percent, and it eliminates most of the noise, but it makes the recording sound really wierd. (sounds like a sick violin) i don't get why it sounded good the first time, but now i have all these problems. I didnt change anything. does anybody know what i am doing wrong? do you think a mic preamp and a new sound card will fix it? if so, any recommendations? THANKS!!!

    - angry/frustrated Cory

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    • #17
      Originally posted by Cory_Dylan
      hmm... well after reading these post im convinced that i need a mic preamp and a new sound card. i am currently running through a mic, into mixer, into my computers mic in. the first day i recorded it sounded pretty good, but now its really fuzzy and i can't fix it. no appliances on, computer is in the other room, COMPLETELY quiet, i even tried throwing a sleeping bag over my amp and mic. Still fuzziness! i hate the fuzziness!!! i almost had a temper tantrum... I tried using the noise reduction feature in adobe audition, putting it at 1 percent, and it eliminates most of the noise, but it makes the recording sound really wierd. (sounds like a sick violin) i don't get why it sounded good the first time, but now i have all these problems. I didnt change anything. does anybody know what i am doing wrong? do you think a mic preamp and a new sound card will fix it? if so, any recommendations? THANKS!!!

      - angry/frustrated Cory
      My guess (I don't know really what "fuzzy" means) is that you are suffering one of the following two problems that commonly afflict home studios:
      Either you have a ground (earth if your in England :-) loop occuring because your gear is plugged into different wall sockets and on different circuits, or, what is more likely, you have line interference - someone (a neighbor probably) is using an appliance on the same line, or someone is using a high-band transmitter, or there's honkin' EMF too along with it, like a high-amp vacuum or a cell phone or a cordless phone or home theater TV - the possibilities are endless. If you can afford to spend about $150 U.S / Euros - go out and buy a Furman Power Conditioner, and plug IT into ONE wall socket, and plug ALL your recording gear into the Furman. It wil fix the problem. Also - are you using a guitar with single coil pick ups? Also again, even though your computer is in another room, is that true for the VGA monitor too? And even if it is, are there ANY AC cords near it? Or is any of your guitar gear sharing the same AC source as your VGA? Check all those little things - trace your lines thoroughly - you'll find it eventually - and then, just to make certain your future recordings are clean, invest a little dough into things like Auralex foam to put your monitors on, put your amp/cabinet on something that raises it a couple inches off the floor - or, if you use a POD, get the mic stand adaptor and mount that f.uc.ker man! It will help alot - inventory your cables -ALL OF THEM - and make sure they are all good and shielded properly. Good cable is EVERYTHING in a studio!
      Don't get discouraged and eventually robbed of your passion to create just because of some measly technology; one of the great things about being human: you're bigger than that stuff, and can overcome ANY studio problem by just thinking in a linear way and tracing your paths - you'll ge to it, and you'll probably find it's something really stupid, like the serioulsy senile & eccentric old lady next door heating fluffy the cat's sardine dinner in the microwave, in which case, just go outside later and shoot fluffy...

      Just kidding of course - Good luck!

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      • #18
        Here's a tip:

        Split your signal and run one channel straight to the board, the other to your amp rig in front of a mic. Now record both tracks. You'll have one with your amp sound (which will inspire a good performance while you're tracking and give you a rough idea of your final tone for rough mixing) and one direct that you can Reamp later to modify your tone however you want/need to, once you know how your guitar will sit in the mix.
        F#@{ Clapton- Wenger is God!

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        • #19
          fuzz = police... but in my case... noise

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