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I spent 2 days trying to figure out where this random hiss was coming from. It would be there sometimes and not there other times. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to when it was happening. I reworded everything then finally figured out I was putting my cell phone on top of one of my studio monitors from time to time and that was causing it.
I did this once except I was doing academic research for microwave smelting. I was freaking out that my RF network was leaking radio at the microwave generator and then I realized I’m literally pointing the microwave detector directly at my phone which was Bluetoothed to my earbuds while streaming RUclips videos 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Nearby computer monitors too. I use a portable monitor next to my laptop for a dual screen setup and it can create all kinds of weird sounds. Even unplugging the USB cable from the monitor but leaving it in the laptop created a noise of its own.
These are all good tips. However, I play out regularly and sometimes the venue itself has spotlights or noisy AC power that you can’t control. I perform in a Foo Fighters / Pearl Jam cover band, and I usually handle the high gain guitar parts. I’ve found TC Electonic’s Sentry Noise gate to solve a lot of my problems. I use the four cable method with it, so my entire pre amp (Mesa Boogie Mark V) is in the noise gate circuit. Because it’s a pedal on my pedalboard, when I play a quiet part where I’m concerned that it might gate things when I don’t want it to, I just click it off. Anyway, just my two cents as someone with a decent amount of on stage experience.
I might add, but may be unpractical, using a power conditioner for your setup would be great to have if your band could invest in them. Considering if the venue doesn’t prioritize sound.
Does putting the "entire pre amp in the noise gate circuit" mean you're using the noise gate in the effects loop? As that is usually between the preamps and the power amp of an amplifier.
@ Yes! If you read up on the Sentry, you’ll see it can go both in front of your amp and in the amp’s effects loop at the same time. The Sentry has its own loop. I plug my guitar into the Sentry, then use its effects out to go to the amp. Then use the amps effects loop to back to the Sentry’s loop in. I put my overdrive pedals between the sentry and amp in, and I put my time based pedals after the sentry’s effect loop in the loop of the amp. Anyway, it’s complicated to explain. But if you saw my setup it would make sense. I think the sentry’s user manual explains all this. The net result is dead silence until you pluck a string. And if you need to play a clean quiet guitar part or actually want the guitar feedback and make noise maybe at the end of a song or a solo, you can always click the pedal off. This pedal solved a lot of my problems. Hope that helps.
Thank you for the amazing video Antoine. My dual rectifier was noisy, even having a noise suppressor pedal didn't help. So I followed the advise and went to get a couple of new high-quality gold tip connector cables instead of the cheap ones I was using. Well, guess what? Noise is completely gone and now I can resume working on the album. Thank you very much!
I was trying to reduce my noises for years and I had to live with it for a long time. I searched all over YT videos to see how I can reduce this; but none was helpful until this video. This video reduces my noise such as using a shorter quality cable and having all my guitar gigs into 1 power source. Also removing my compression pedal was helpful too. Also moving my computer to a different location was helpful as it was interferring with my pickup. Merci mon ami Antoine!!
1 & 2: I had two isolated power supplies, but my pedalboard grew to upwards 15 pedals, and so i tried daisy chaining my overdrives, distortions and fuzzes. The fuzz and distortion were very noisy then. Then I tried to daisy chain my utility pedals, like EQ, compressor, tuner and noise gate (which I have because of the white nose of a 2021 Boss GE-7 EQ), and there was no difference. The interesting thing is that gain pedals don't even have to be daisy chained for them to be noisy. As long as something is daisy chained in the signal chain, you'll have a noisy rig. I even tried to just daisy chain my tuner and a gain, or utility pedal, and it was pretty much the same thing. Even when connecting any other pedal to the output of my Boss TU-3 tuner, which is almost always turned off, and the pedal I connected to it is also off, there is still noise in my signal chain that not even a noise gate can stop, because the noise isn't sound from the rig, it has to do with the electricity flow. So, I unplugged a few pedals to see what's going on when each isolated output is powering only one pedal, and there was no noise. I got a third power supply, which means I can power 15 pedals. I connected everything, and there was no noise, other than normal and very quiet white noise from the amp and a little bit more noise when I turn on distortion or fuzz pedals, because those guys are naturally a bit noisy when cranked up. I have five dirt pedals on my board, I even stack gain pedals to tighten some of them up, and i usually don't go past 2 o'clock on the gain on any pedal, because too much gain means too much compression of your sound and you won't cut through the mix. And still, with two or even three gain pedals stacked, the noise isn't nearly as bad as when I daisy chained even two pedals. Important: everyone should make sure they buy an isolated power supply. They are more expensive, but very much worth it. I've seen guys with online ads selling all their pedals, the power supply and the pedalboard, and they have a non-isolated power supply... I wonder if they just got tired of the noise and didn't know what to do about it.
10:07 i agree, in fact in some records of great artists you can hear the noise from the guitars at the end or the begining of the song and it gives more warm and human factor to the artist, like for example Radiohead 2+2=5
Weirdest thing, I've ran two daisy chains of 8 pedals with both the cheapo daisy chain power supplies and the more expensive "isolated" power bricks and had excellent results and a clean signal from both. A lot of times it isn't necessarily the power cables you are using and may boil down to the wiring at the house/venue/studio you are at. Sometimes though... It can be the power cable. Lol.
Hello Antoine, just to say that your video is great and helped me a lot in better understanding what not to do and do, in order to reduce this hum sound with my amp. Following your advice, I placed it differently, bought new cables and I'm going to do more. So the sound of my amp is now improved and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thank you so much Antoine, I give you five stars ;o)
Nice video. Each item explained is a nice start. But, it’s not always the solutions or the most cost efficient. For example. I had a very quiet pedal board… when I added a new pedal. It was horrible. I was using daisy chain power. So , the solution was to isolate the power source of that ONE pedal. There are many ways to isolate. I did eventually get a multi isolated power source. But isn’t cheap. And was not really necessary to contain the noise. I bought it cause it also powers my pedal board power amp. So I have my dream board. It’s fairly simple- 9 pedals and on board amp. Easy fast setup when on the go.
THANK YOU!!! I didn’t have a single 9v power cable buuut I do have another pedal to help offset the voltage going through the cable! It’s a quiet hum but no longer a headache! 😂❤
I am about to see if plugging the gear into the same power strip will work. I had to buy two more and I will see if this works later. I get the first humming sound in your demonstration
You're right about the cables lmao. Idk why but yeah, I have a $2,000 guitar, $1,000 amp, $1,000 in pedals, and I feel guilty about spending more than $10 on a couple cables
I had a terrible ground loop within my pedal board and mixer in my home studio ! Just couldn't get rid of it so I had to use a gate but it was not a great idea ! Then I remember a friend had told me ages ago to cut the earth at one end of the cable so there was only the signal without the ground connected at one end of thee cables ! The hum completely vanished ! Cheapest and easiest method by far !
What I’ve found that works for me is using a wireless system to transmit from my pedalboard out to my speakers, My two cents… having speakers plugged into different circuits will leave them on an ever so slightly off balance AC current, resulting in the buzz. Because my buzz only happens when the two are hardwired, I.e. have a physical connection between them.
I have the distortion situation on my Frontman 15G amp, with my Squire HSS beginner's package. Some say it's a good amp, that 15W already offers a lot for playing at home or even at small gigs at the local pub. But the noise with distortion would be better if gone. I'll try upgrading the instrument cables...
I have a different problem: My amp makes noise even if I don’t plug anything in. And it doesn’t matter which amp, all amps have that in my house due to the bad electricity circuit. Is there any way to get rid of that? Like a filter maybe? My pedal board is dead silent if I plug it in at other places.
Very helpful video. I am new to pedals. Yesterday I bought a very Grungy distortion pedal the new Boss DS1w. And let me tell you it’s a hisser lol. I knew going in about boss distortion and OD’s. I thought maybe buy that power supply but honestly don’t think it’ll make much difference because I like the crunch when the gain is higher. My JHS Ratpak doesn’t hiss at all but doesn’t have the chug the Boss does. Kinda stuck as whether to get that power supply because I feel it really won’t change much? I have a Les Paul, Fender Hotrod Deluxe IV. Also using a Small Clone, JHS Ratpak, Boss GE7, and lastly the hisser DS1w.
Nice tips! So if i'm recording my guitar using audio interface, computer, etc, do i have to plug everything (computer, amp, pb...) into the same power strip?
If possible, yes. If you have too many things to plug, try different combinations. The noise on my studio monitors stopped once I plugged my interface and computer on the same strip, but my monitors on a different one. It can be very random! Of course you can put your amp elsewhere, but try to have at least your amps and pedalboard on the same strip. Just regroup the most you can!
ANTOINE, which noise reduction guitar pedals would you recommend using for live gigs? because i don't want to use a noise gate pedal or the boss NS-2 because they aren't good noise reduction pedals. I'm sure there are rackmount noise reduction units for the studio recordings
I get an intermittent ringing at around 4.2kHz. US Strat SSS. Driving me nuts. The only info I've ever found is that Brian May gets something similiar from data when playing live. His tech carves it out with a drastic notch in the EQ on Brian's live rig.
Hi, I’m a subscriber. My class A amp, (adcom gfa5802) just recently developed a slight buzzing hum on the left channel. Do you think the filter capacitors for the left channel are bad? I checked the DC voltage at the speaker terminals and they’re at 0.025V, so I think the coupling capacitors are fine. Or do you think it’s something else? Thanks in advance.
no bc my amp started to have sounds the third day, im trying to fix it and it aint working clearly idk if its because im a beginner but please help me, i rlly wanna play my guitar peacefully w no noise 😭
Check your guitars... alot of noise comes from a bad jack, poor soldering or a damaged bridge ground cable. The amp itself mayalso have a ground problem. It happens alot moving amps around stuff can get shifted or damaged
La fuente de poder con salidas aisladas me cambió la vida,esos cables araña sumaban demasiado ruido. El equalizador del amplificador también reduce la brillantez del ruido.
Roland JC-xxx amps are notoriously “hissy”, even with no volume, and not all the amps can be modified. So now you’re either stuck with a noise pedal or your DAW software.
This has some good tips for reducing noise in a first pedalboard or home recording studio. You know what it has nothing to do with? Noise from an amp. I suppose "plugging everything into the same circuit" is arguably amp-relevant, but for the most part a big nope. How about "clean the pots on your amp".
My dsl20 amp just started making a helicopter sound. Worse the more gain and volume was used. Thought it was my phone. Nope. TV. Nope... Turns out it was modem or router. Both plugged into the same power strip. Turned the strip off and noise completely stopped. Very relieved
I agree with all of these, except daisy chains: if your power supply provides a clean, steady 9V DC, daisy chains won't introduce noise. Also; "live with noise". No. I disagree. And noiseless pickups? Well, in extremis, if a gig venue is particularly prone to hum, use humbuckers. I would add three more: 1) shield your guitar. 2) keep your send/return loop cables tight together. If these cables are physically separated, a hum can be induced (possibly due to capacitance). 3) keep a passive hum eliminator (e.g., Behringer HD400, dirt cheap at £23) in your bag, for use when necessary.
when my amp starts producing submarine boat noises every once in a while I just lift it from the floor a couple of cm and drop it and problem solved for a few days again
All right great video but you plugged into what looks like a $20 power strip. A power conditioner is a no brainer with the amount of money you have in that set up, rack rider, etc
Noiseless single coils do not exist and never will because of physics. The noiseless pickups in Fender guitars are stacked humbuckers. Also some cheap guitars may not have completely isolated pickups cavities.
Damn, guitarists used to be the cool ones. Also use humbuckers? Ok I’ll just throw out my strats with Eric Johnson pickups. Also noise gates r perfect if u dial it back and use it how it’s designed. Doesn’t touch tone unless u then it up too much . Great I’ve wasted my time with this
You act like you were personally offended by this video. If guitarist used to be the cool ones why don't you start the change back to that from yourself.
Have you watched the video? I think your comment is unfair. There are tons of tips like plug in the same power strip, find the optimal spot, REMOVE your compressor, reduce gain. It's not all about buying things.
Useless because it didn't cover something you were hoping it would? Ok, maybe useless to you, but I for instance learned a lot, so in no way it's useless in general. Btw, aren't EMI filters just low pass filters? Wouldn't that mean they'd damage the sound quality? And wouldn't they fall into the category of noise suppressors which he specifically ruled out of this video in the beginning, because he wanted to concentrate on taking care of the noise at the source?
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I spent 2 days trying to figure out where this random hiss was coming from. It would be there sometimes and not there other times. There seemed to be no rhyme or reason to when it was happening. I reworded everything then finally figured out I was putting my cell phone on top of one of my studio monitors from time to time and that was causing it.
Same, my amp was making really weird rhytmic clicks and pops and turned out to be my phone
Funny
I did this once except I was doing academic research for microwave smelting. I was freaking out that my RF network was leaking radio at the microwave generator and then I realized I’m literally pointing the microwave detector directly at my phone which was Bluetoothed to my earbuds while streaming RUclips videos 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Also did this with my guitar amp but it was due to my smart light bulbs so I guess I am yet to learn from my mistakes
Nearby computer monitors too. I use a portable monitor next to my laptop for a dual screen setup and it can create all kinds of weird sounds. Even unplugging the USB cable from the monitor but leaving it in the laptop created a noise of its own.
These are all good tips. However, I play out regularly and sometimes the venue itself has spotlights or noisy AC power that you can’t control. I perform in a Foo Fighters / Pearl Jam cover band, and I usually handle the high gain guitar parts. I’ve found TC Electonic’s Sentry Noise gate to solve a lot of my problems. I use the four cable method with it, so my entire pre amp (Mesa Boogie Mark V) is in the noise gate circuit. Because it’s a pedal on my pedalboard, when I play a quiet part where I’m concerned that it might gate things when I don’t want it to, I just click it off. Anyway, just my two cents as someone with a decent amount of on stage experience.
I might add, but may be unpractical, using a power conditioner for your setup would be great to have if your band could invest in them. Considering if the venue doesn’t prioritize sound.
The sentry is a great piece of gear. Saved my bacon many a time
i would do anything to join your foo fighters pearl jam cover band 😂😂😂🙌🏽🖤
Does putting the "entire pre amp in the noise gate circuit" mean you're using the noise gate in the effects loop? As that is usually between the preamps and the power amp of an amplifier.
@ Yes! If you read up on the Sentry, you’ll see it can go both in front of your amp and in the amp’s effects loop at the same time. The Sentry has its own loop. I plug my guitar into the Sentry, then use its effects out to go to the amp. Then use the amps effects loop to back to the Sentry’s loop in. I put my overdrive pedals between the sentry and amp in, and I put my time based pedals after the sentry’s effect loop in the loop of the amp. Anyway, it’s complicated to explain. But if you saw my setup it would make sense. I think the sentry’s user manual explains all this. The net result is dead silence until you pluck a string. And if you need to play a clean quiet guitar part or actually want the guitar feedback and make noise maybe at the end of a song or a solo, you can always click the pedal off. This pedal solved a lot of my problems. Hope that helps.
Thank you for the amazing video Antoine. My dual rectifier was noisy, even having a noise suppressor pedal didn't help. So I followed the advise and went to get a couple of new high-quality gold tip connector cables instead of the cheap ones I was using. Well, guess what? Noise is completely gone and now I can resume working on the album. Thank you very much!
Awesome! Now go create some magic on that album 😊
I was trying to reduce my noises for years and I had to live with it for a long time. I searched all over YT videos to see how I can reduce this; but none was helpful until this video. This video reduces my noise such as using a shorter quality cable and having all my guitar gigs into 1 power source. Also removing my compression pedal was helpful too. Also moving my computer to a different location was helpful as it was interferring with my pickup. Merci mon ami Antoine!!
The most useful video for guitar hum electrical noise of all time. Thank you
1 & 2:
I had two isolated power supplies, but my pedalboard grew to upwards 15 pedals, and so i tried daisy chaining my overdrives, distortions and fuzzes. The fuzz and distortion were very noisy then. Then I tried to daisy chain my utility pedals, like EQ, compressor, tuner and noise gate (which I have because of the white nose of a 2021 Boss GE-7 EQ), and there was no difference. The interesting thing is that gain pedals don't even have to be daisy chained for them to be noisy. As long as something is daisy chained in the signal chain, you'll have a noisy rig. I even tried to just daisy chain my tuner and a gain, or utility pedal, and it was pretty much the same thing. Even when connecting any other pedal to the output of my Boss TU-3 tuner, which is almost always turned off, and the pedal I connected to it is also off, there is still noise in my signal chain that not even a noise gate can stop, because the noise isn't sound from the rig, it has to do with the electricity flow. So, I unplugged a few pedals to see what's going on when each isolated output is powering only one pedal, and there was no noise. I got a third power supply, which means I can power 15 pedals. I connected everything, and there was no noise, other than normal and very quiet white noise from the amp and a little bit more noise when I turn on distortion or fuzz pedals, because those guys are naturally a bit noisy when cranked up. I have five dirt pedals on my board, I even stack gain pedals to tighten some of them up, and i usually don't go past 2 o'clock on the gain on any pedal, because too much gain means too much compression of your sound and you won't cut through the mix. And still, with two or even three gain pedals stacked, the noise isn't nearly as bad as when I daisy chained even two pedals.
Important: everyone should make sure they buy an isolated power supply. They are more expensive, but very much worth it. I've seen guys with online ads selling all their pedals, the power supply and the pedalboard, and they have a non-isolated power supply... I wonder if they just got tired of the noise and didn't know what to do about it.
10:07 i agree, in fact in some records of great artists you can hear the noise from the guitars at the end or the begining of the song and it gives more warm and human factor to the artist, like for example Radiohead 2+2=5
Guitar rigs are always a bit noisy. But it shouldn't be so much that's it's a distraction.
In older days I suppose people really struggled without gizmos and gates
Weirdest thing, I've ran two daisy chains of 8 pedals with both the cheapo daisy chain power supplies and the more expensive "isolated" power bricks and had excellent results and a clean signal from both.
A lot of times it isn't necessarily the power cables you are using and may boil down to the wiring at the house/venue/studio you are at. Sometimes though... It can be the power cable. Lol.
Great tips! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and including an explanation too!
Hello Antoine, just to say that your video is great and helped me a lot in better understanding what not to do and do, in order to reduce this hum sound with my amp. Following your advice, I placed it differently, bought new cables and I'm going to do more. So the sound of my amp is now improved and I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thank you so much Antoine, I give you five stars ;o)
Glad it helped :-)
Nice video. Each item explained is a nice start. But, it’s not always the solutions or the most cost efficient. For example. I had a very quiet pedal board… when I added a new pedal. It was horrible. I was using daisy chain power. So , the solution was to isolate the power source of that ONE pedal. There are many ways to isolate. I did eventually get a multi isolated power source. But isn’t cheap. And was not really necessary to contain the noise. I bought it cause it also powers my pedal board power amp. So I have my dream board. It’s fairly simple- 9 pedals and on board amp. Easy fast setup when on the go.
Great video - thanks for sharing these tips Antoine!
How about using fret wrap string dampeners?
Great hints Thank you so much for sharing your experience.🙏
Very well done video. Thank you!
*Thank you that video was very helpful and you are hilarious without even trying to be.*
THANK YOU!!! I didn’t have a single 9v power cable buuut I do have another pedal to help offset the voltage going through the cable! It’s a quiet hum but no longer a headache! 😂❤
VERY helpful. Thank u so much!!!
This was a great video. Such good info. Thanks
Thanks for this video, very informative, really helpfull
Antoine you are awesome 🎸
I am about to see if plugging the gear into the same power strip will work. I had to buy two more and I will see if this works later. I get the first humming sound in your demonstration
Great video! Thank you!
You're right about the cables lmao. Idk why but yeah, I have a $2,000 guitar, $1,000 amp, $1,000 in pedals, and I feel guilty about spending more than $10 on a couple cables
I had a terrible ground loop within my pedal board and mixer in my home studio !
Just couldn't get rid of it so I had to use a gate but it was not a great idea !
Then I remember a friend had told me ages ago to cut the earth at one end of the cable so there was only the signal without the ground connected at one end of thee cables !
The hum completely vanished !
Cheapest and easiest method by far !
Please can you explain this better. I'm seriously suffering from this and I never get your explanation.
@@SundayAdeboye
It's very simple !
Take a cable !
Cut the earth (ground) at one end of the cable !
What I’ve found that works for me is using a wireless system to transmit from my pedalboard out to my speakers,
My two cents… having speakers plugged into different circuits will leave them on an ever so slightly off balance AC current, resulting in the buzz. Because my buzz only happens when the two are hardwired, I.e. have a physical connection between them.
Very informative video, thank you
What to do for ringing?
Thank you , im guilty of 5 of these !
Great, so you can improve your rig a lot!
I have the distortion situation on my Frontman 15G amp, with my Squire HSS beginner's package. Some say it's a good amp, that 15W already offers a lot for playing at home or even at small gigs at the local pub. But the noise with distortion would be better if gone. I'll try upgrading the instrument cables...
Good tips.
Thanks!
Great video. Thanks.
thanks for the tips man
nice video
I have a different problem: My amp makes noise even if I don’t plug anything in. And it doesn’t matter which amp, all amps have that in my house due to the bad electricity circuit. Is there any way to get rid of that? Like a filter maybe? My pedal board is dead silent if I plug it in at other places.
Try a Morley Humno Noise Eliminator.
Good video! Thank you Antoine.
Very helpful video. I am new to pedals. Yesterday I bought a very Grungy distortion pedal the new Boss DS1w. And let me tell you it’s a hisser lol. I knew going in about boss distortion and OD’s. I thought maybe buy that power supply but honestly don’t think it’ll make much difference because I like the crunch when the gain is higher. My JHS Ratpak doesn’t hiss at all but doesn’t have the chug the Boss does. Kinda stuck as whether to get that power supply because I feel it really won’t change much? I have a Les Paul, Fender Hotrod Deluxe IV. Also using a Small Clone, JHS Ratpak, Boss GE7, and lastly the hisser DS1w.
noise is good! is this rock or classical music?
Thank you, the best!
Very interesting thanks
Thank you!
Nice tips!
So if i'm recording my guitar using audio interface, computer, etc, do i have to plug everything (computer, amp, pb...) into the same power strip?
If possible, yes. If you have too many things to plug, try different combinations. The noise on my studio monitors stopped once I plugged my interface and computer on the same strip, but my monitors on a different one. It can be very random! Of course you can put your amp elsewhere, but try to have at least your amps and pedalboard on the same strip. Just regroup the most you can!
very clever! Thank you
ANTOINE, which noise reduction guitar pedals would you recommend using for live gigs? because i don't want to use a noise gate pedal or the boss NS-2 because they aren't good noise reduction pedals. I'm sure there are rackmount noise reduction units for the studio recordings
Suuuuuper helpful and useful! Great explanation. Thank you! Subscribed
I get an intermittent ringing at around 4.2kHz. US Strat SSS. Driving me nuts. The only info I've ever found is that Brian May gets something similiar from data when playing live. His tech carves it out with a drastic notch in the EQ on Brian's live rig.
Hi, I’m a subscriber. My class A amp, (adcom gfa5802) just recently developed a slight buzzing hum on the left channel. Do you think the filter capacitors for the left channel are bad? I checked the DC voltage at the speaker terminals and they’re at 0.025V, so I think the coupling capacitors are fine. Or do you think it’s something else? Thanks in advance.
no bc my amp started to have sounds the third day, im trying to fix it and it aint working clearly idk if its because im a beginner but please help me, i rlly wanna play my guitar peacefully w no noise 😭
Check your guitars... alot of noise comes from a bad jack, poor soldering or a damaged bridge ground cable.
The amp itself mayalso have a ground problem. It happens alot moving amps around stuff can get shifted or damaged
Thank you
Are you from Quebec?
La fuente de poder con salidas aisladas me cambió la vida,esos cables araña sumaban demasiado ruido. El equalizador del amplificador también reduce la brillantez del ruido.
thanks
Roland JC-xxx amps are notoriously “hissy”, even with no volume, and not all the amps can be modified. So now you’re either stuck with a noise pedal or your DAW software.
try earth grounding your amplifiers ground wire. it can neutralize hissing sound.
This has some good tips for reducing noise in a first pedalboard or home recording studio. You know what it has nothing to do with? Noise from an amp. I suppose "plugging everything into the same circuit" is arguably amp-relevant, but for the most part a big nope. How about "clean the pots on your amp".
Hey Antoine. Very interesting video. What noiseless pickups are in your guitar?
Suhr ML with SSCII system.
My dsl20 amp just started making a helicopter sound. Worse the more gain and volume was used. Thought it was my phone. Nope. TV. Nope...
Turns out it was modem or router. Both plugged into the same power strip. Turned the strip off and noise completely stopped. Very relieved
The shielding on the cables is the key , with the cable. Gold plated makes no difference. Or so little can’t even measure.
A lot of good ideas though
I agree with all of these, except daisy chains: if your power supply provides a clean, steady 9V DC, daisy chains won't introduce noise. Also; "live with noise". No. I disagree. And noiseless pickups? Well, in extremis, if a gig venue is particularly prone to hum, use humbuckers. I would add three more: 1) shield your guitar. 2) keep your send/return loop cables tight together. If these cables are physically separated, a hum can be induced (possibly due to capacitance). 3) keep a passive hum eliminator (e.g., Behringer HD400, dirt cheap at £23) in your bag, for use when necessary.
I thought this video was completely useless until you got to your 11th point.
What do I do with " White " noise?
Please, can you answer?
Have you figured out what's causing the noise? You can try to remove parts of the signal chain and see if the noise changes or goes away.
@@JiihaaS no
I plugged my guitar directly into my amp and it started whistling or squealing, anyone know the fix? I don't have a tube amp
you have microphonic pick up, you can put the pickup on melted wax
A lot pedals are compressing on their own. The Boss Blues Driver for example.
when my amp starts producing submarine boat noises every once in a while I just lift it from the floor a couple of cm and drop it and problem solved for a few days again
All right great video but you plugged into what looks like a $20 power strip. A power conditioner is a no brainer with the amount of money you have in that set up, rack rider, etc
Totally! That's being lazy on my part. Thanks for sharing!
My problem is earth, aint have a ground cable connected to the circuit
Not new but really good explained. 👍
Step 1 start japanes noise band
🔥🔥🔥
Thanks, but that number 11 tho 😁😁
I wanna cry man
Wait, you do know that using gain makes it sound a lot more grungy and a lot cooler in my opinion.
Noiseless single coils do not exist and never will because of physics. The noiseless pickups in Fender guitars are stacked humbuckers. Also some cheap guitars may not have completely isolated pickups cavities.
final tip: grounding your amp
How?
Ooops... I'm guilty of #1, #2, #3, #4 & #6!
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no gold plating makes no difference, so Ive been told by a national radio engineer.
Damn, guitarists used to be the cool ones. Also use humbuckers? Ok I’ll just throw out my strats with Eric Johnson pickups. Also noise gates r perfect if u dial it back and use it how it’s designed. Doesn’t touch tone unless u then it up too much . Great I’ve wasted my time with this
You act like you were personally offended by this video. If guitarist used to be the cool ones why don't you start the change back to that from yourself.
bro u need help
so :
be rich to have gear
So the solution to every problem is basically to throw money at it?
Have you watched the video? I think your comment is unfair. There are tons of tips like plug in the same power strip, find the optimal spot, REMOVE your compressor, reduce gain. It's not all about buying things.
I have an easy solution, play acoustic xD
I hope your acoustic becomes a home for bees. 🤭
Nothing about EMI/EMC filters? Pretty useless vid to be honest.
Useless because it didn't cover something you were hoping it would? Ok, maybe useless to you, but I for instance learned a lot, so in no way it's useless in general.
Btw, aren't EMI filters just low pass filters? Wouldn't that mean they'd damage the sound quality? And wouldn't they fall into the category of noise suppressors which he specifically ruled out of this video in the beginning, because he wanted to concentrate on taking care of the noise at the source?
Better yet, possibly a Shunyata NR power cable or similar?
He needs to be more dramatic.
What about adding a power conditioner? Often times when people have tried “everything” they don’t realize how noisy “dirty” power is.