By enzo
Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:16 am
if this has been covered, i sincerely apologized but i attempted to search the forums extensively to find an answer, and even talked to a few guys at guitar center..... so here is the problem:
I've noticed when recording into protools the mpc has a very low but noticeable feedback/buzzing noise that is evident in empty spots of drum tracks (like between the snare hitting on the snare track) but it also effects the spots where an actual drum is hitting. Example: when i'm mixing and i put a compressor on a clap or kick to get their level right w/ the mix...when the kick is boosted, so is this ANNOYING hiss!!! and its to the point where i can't get my drums knocking without the hiss also coming more into the mix as well.
I have some expensive monster cable in the mpc1000's stereo outs L/R and into the mbox. Also should be noted that when i do this same thing with my roland fantom, there isn't this same annoying feedback. everything records in crisp and clean.
is this a wiring problem? can it be fixed easily? Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this.
I have included two images and an mp3 of some drums i recorded as an example. To show you the feedback noise, i have lowered the volumes of my drums by a lot so that the feedback shows up without the drums blasting in your ears. You will have to turn your volume up though. Some might think "well why would you have it that loud anyways" but to be honest it affects all tracks i record out from my mpc later down the line, and its such a hassle to go through all the blank regions in protools and have to erase their wave form because of this feedback.
The first image shows me hitting play on the blank area of the wave, and w/ the volume boosted on the right you can see the graph picking up a signal. It does not do this w/ the fantom, which gives me no noise.
This 2nd image is a zoomed in view of the blank space that was showing feedback on the mixer, as you can see there is some sort of noise here being put out by the mpc
here's a sound file i've included w/ the drums turned down so that you can hear the hissing noise
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5331640a8dd11f/
I've noticed when recording into protools the mpc has a very low but noticeable feedback/buzzing noise that is evident in empty spots of drum tracks (like between the snare hitting on the snare track) but it also effects the spots where an actual drum is hitting. Example: when i'm mixing and i put a compressor on a clap or kick to get their level right w/ the mix...when the kick is boosted, so is this ANNOYING hiss!!! and its to the point where i can't get my drums knocking without the hiss also coming more into the mix as well.
I have some expensive monster cable in the mpc1000's stereo outs L/R and into the mbox. Also should be noted that when i do this same thing with my roland fantom, there isn't this same annoying feedback. everything records in crisp and clean.
is this a wiring problem? can it be fixed easily? Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this.
I have included two images and an mp3 of some drums i recorded as an example. To show you the feedback noise, i have lowered the volumes of my drums by a lot so that the feedback shows up without the drums blasting in your ears. You will have to turn your volume up though. Some might think "well why would you have it that loud anyways" but to be honest it affects all tracks i record out from my mpc later down the line, and its such a hassle to go through all the blank regions in protools and have to erase their wave form because of this feedback.
The first image shows me hitting play on the blank area of the wave, and w/ the volume boosted on the right you can see the graph picking up a signal. It does not do this w/ the fantom, which gives me no noise.
This 2nd image is a zoomed in view of the blank space that was showing feedback on the mixer, as you can see there is some sort of noise here being put out by the mpc
here's a sound file i've included w/ the drums turned down so that you can hear the hissing noise
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5331640a8dd11f/
