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Hi there. I was hoping you guys could help me with this problem I'm having.
I recently built a Hackintosh (went to it from my MBP Retina) to be the main computer at my studio but my PRS Custom 22 guitar picks up so much noise from it that I can't really record anything. I record straight to my UAD interface via Kemper Profiling amp (XLR to XLR). I'm 100% sure it's the guitar pickups that are so sensitive and therfor they pick up all kinds of electric/static/crackle noise. I'm also 90% sure that it's picking up my hard drive noise because when I hit ''play'' in Pro Tools I can hear extra noises come in and when I press ''stopp'' those sounds go away. If I would have to describe the noises I would say they are like having a little Star Wars fight inside your speakers. When I turn off the PC and just play through my UAD audio interface (for monitoring) or plug my headphones to the Kemper I have zero noise so I'm 100% it's the PC.
I NEVER had this problem with my MBP. The noise goes away if I go 2 meters back but that isn't a good solution because I have to be able to reach my keybord and mouse to press record and do all sorts of things while recording.
I've tried pretty much everything I can think of for the past 2 days. I have tried:
*Change the guitar cable
*Change the power cable of the amp
*Turn off all electric things in my studio (monitors, speakers, hard drives) except my PC
*Move my PC to the other side of the room and 70cm farther away from where I sit
*Plug the PC to another power outlet in the room.
*Ground lift on my amp
Nothing has solved my problem. So what can I do to ''isolate'' my PC hardware from interfering with my guitar pick ups? Someone suggested buying a dedicated Furman power conditioner to ''clean up'' my electricity but I don't think it has anything to do with that. It's the PC hardware (some of it at least) that are sending some magnetic signals and stuff. Another one told me to wrap the sides of the PC with aluminum foil. Isn't that dangerous?
Do you have any recommendations for me to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!
I recently built a Hackintosh (went to it from my MBP Retina) to be the main computer at my studio but my PRS Custom 22 guitar picks up so much noise from it that I can't really record anything. I record straight to my UAD interface via Kemper Profiling amp (XLR to XLR). I'm 100% sure it's the guitar pickups that are so sensitive and therfor they pick up all kinds of electric/static/crackle noise. I'm also 90% sure that it's picking up my hard drive noise because when I hit ''play'' in Pro Tools I can hear extra noises come in and when I press ''stopp'' those sounds go away. If I would have to describe the noises I would say they are like having a little Star Wars fight inside your speakers. When I turn off the PC and just play through my UAD audio interface (for monitoring) or plug my headphones to the Kemper I have zero noise so I'm 100% it's the PC.
I NEVER had this problem with my MBP. The noise goes away if I go 2 meters back but that isn't a good solution because I have to be able to reach my keybord and mouse to press record and do all sorts of things while recording.
I've tried pretty much everything I can think of for the past 2 days. I have tried:
*Change the guitar cable
*Change the power cable of the amp
*Turn off all electric things in my studio (monitors, speakers, hard drives) except my PC
*Move my PC to the other side of the room and 70cm farther away from where I sit
*Plug the PC to another power outlet in the room.
*Ground lift on my amp
Nothing has solved my problem. So what can I do to ''isolate'' my PC hardware from interfering with my guitar pick ups? Someone suggested buying a dedicated Furman power conditioner to ''clean up'' my electricity but I don't think it has anything to do with that. It's the PC hardware (some of it at least) that are sending some magnetic signals and stuff. Another one told me to wrap the sides of the PC with aluminum foil. Isn't that dangerous?
Do you have any recommendations for me to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!