Humming noise when recording????

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Member Since: Jul 31, 2008

hey all, new to this forum..
hope you are all keeping well..

I have a tascam us-144 which I have been using in ireland wth no problem this past year or so.. owever I recently moved to Italy and when I plug the interface into my laptop running on mains there is a loud humming noise which decreases when i touch the guitar lead.. the sound is not there when I run the laptop on battery, which I cant do much cause the battery life is way to short.. I figure it has something to do with the electrics here but no idea how to solve the noise problem..

any ideas??

thanks
Adrew

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Since: Apr 03, 2002

Jul 31, 2008 09:11 am

Welcome to HRC, stiritup (is the name an ode to the great Bob Marley?)

I'd suspect they have a bad electrical ground where you are now, tell those damn Italians to fix it :-)

It doesn't happen when you are on battary because at that point you are not relying on their electrical.

Czar of Turd Polish
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Since: Jun 20, 2006

Jul 31, 2008 11:09 am

Yeah, I vacationed in Italy for a couple weeks and ran my laptop at the hotel in Venice, that power supply got hotter than it ever had before and some strange things were happening. Might need to look into a dedicated power unit that will clean it up.

Member
Since: Jul 31, 2008

Jul 31, 2008 05:50 pm

Cheers for the welcome... well funnily enough I have been listening to a lot of Bob Marley lately... the name has more to do with my mischevious nature...haha

thanks for the info..though I have no idea what a dedicated power unit is???????

I have a 5 year old toshiba with a very tired battery..the usual starving musician job...haha

maybe I need to buy a new laptop..or battery



Czar of Turd Polish
Member
Since: Jun 20, 2006

Jul 31, 2008 06:20 pm

Sorry, power conditioner is what I meant. Would most likely be overkill for what you need though.

http://www.tskaraoke.com/RR15.jpg


Are you currently plugging into a surge protector? If not I would try a nice surge protector as it is a cheap option.

Member
Since: Jul 31, 2008

Aug 02, 2008 05:10 am

thanks again..

no not plugged into a surge protector...guess I should look into that..

I might just buy a new battery for the moment til I can figure this out...

Cheers

The Czar of BS
Member
Since: Dec 31, 2007

Aug 02, 2008 02:08 pm

Hey Stiritup. One thing that you may wish to check in Italy, is the Hertz rate.

If I remember right, I believe that they are around 30hz to 50hz.

This will cause the power adapter to heat up, and cause buzzes.

Prince CZAR-ming
Member
Since: Apr 08, 2004

Aug 04, 2008 07:23 am

What you need to know about Italian Electricity

Electricity in Italy, as in the rest of Europe, comes out of the wall socket at 220 volts alternating at a 50 cycles per second. In the US, electricity comes out of the wall socket at 110 volts, alternating at 60 cycles per second. Not only the voltages and frequencies, but the sockets themselves are different.


The above was taken from here:

goitaly.about.com/od/trav...icity_italy.htm

That would explain why it's getting hot ! ! !

www.TheLondonProject.ca
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Since: Feb 07, 2005

Aug 04, 2008 04:58 pm

Humming noise when recording = learn words

Member
Since: Apr 06, 2007

Aug 05, 2008 01:31 pm

Quote:
Humming noise when recording = learn words i laughed my *** off, hahaha you couldnt say it better.

Member
Since: Jul 31, 2008

Aug 05, 2008 04:07 pm

nice one beerhunter....woudldn;t be the first time..haha..

figured it out anyhow,, they have 3pin plug adapters here with an earth or ground as you guys in the US call it... simple as that... humming no more...

cheers for the info anyhow..

Andrew

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