laptop mic noise
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Posted on Mar 01, 2008 06:01 pm
joep
Member Since: Feb 29, 2008
im using a compaq evo n610c laptop with acid pro 4.0 and flstudio. the mic input and the headphone out are right in front. whenever i plug a mic or any other line in(from my desktop ect.) i get a high freq hum. it transferrs to whatever im recording. my laptop has factory everything. 512 mb memory..soundcard ect. i was thinking i need to get a usb interface to record through. if i do that will there be any latency issues? im not having any latency probs now, i just dont know anything about usb, or if thats even what i need. will a diff sound card help? i have a pretty slim budget as well. my desktop cpu running the exact same setup doesnt have any hum, but has bad latency. any suggestions? thanks -joe p
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pjkPrince CZAR-mingMember
Since: Apr 08, 2004
Mar 02, 2008 08:57 am I've got a tascam US122 that I use on my laptop. I don't have any problem latency.
Mine is a 1.8 centrino, w/ 512m ram. The hard drive is a 5400, i think, so i don't do too much with it, regarding high track counts.
The line6 UX2 has been getting good press.
Plus, you could use it on both laptop, and desktop.
Mar 03, 2008 07:52 pm I had a Toneport UX1.It's a great little unit. I outgrew it. Actually I had outgrown it before it arrived at my doorstep.
Anyway, a lot of noise problems can result from power lines. Often the problem goes away when the ac adapter is unplugged.
A decent audio interface is always worth the money. The soundcards built in to computers just aren't designed for recording audio. Well, maybe dialogue but nothing more than lectures that you plan on typing out later.
joepMember
Since: Feb 29, 2008
Mar 04, 2008 03:06 pm thanks alot guys. i fixed the problem(for now) by changing out some crap cables, but i have alot of upgrading to do. thanks again. -jo ep
Noize2uCzar of MidiAdministrator
Since: Apr 04, 2002
Mar 07, 2008 08:12 pm I honestly don't know how you were getting noise with the Toneport. I have my UX-2 in the worst possible spot with cables all criss crossed and I don't suffer any noise at all. I am guessing your problem was related to bad cables or another issue in the signal chain. I've been using POD since the first release and now run a fully loaded PODxt and the UX-2 without any issues what so ever.
