1 Aug
2004
1 Aug
'04
12:38 a.m.
On Saturday 31 July 2004 08:44 pm, Andrew Burgess wrote:
First rule of trying to master anything on a PC, mute every channel that's not
being used. It's pretty noisy RF-wise inside the case and nothing is properly
shielded. Even if you use the digital side of the CD player connection, the
wire is still an antenna. FM synth chips are also noisy at idle.
I have my
keyboard midi ports connected to my computer through the
game port on my motherboard sound card. It works fine, except I'm
hearing some noise through the audio output on my keyboard when the
midi cable is plugged into my computer. Whenever my computer is on
(whether or not the keyboard is), I hear a buzz, and it gets louder
whenever the hard disk is in use. Is there anything I can do to
correct this?
I had some really strange pops and buzzes with a new soundcard yesterday,
Turns out I'd forgotten to go in with alsamixer and mute/turn down
all the inputs I wasn't using. The unmuted mic input was the problem
even though nothing was plugged into it.
Worth a try...