By moonlake
Fri Aug 02, 2024 5:01 pm
I sample with a cheap contact mic, plugged directly to the input of the MPC One,
and capture a lot of buzz from the grid.
I have to turn up the input level to max since I use the mic without preamp, and normalize afterwards to get usable levels. ( not exactly your audio engineers way )
How could I avoid or reduce the buzz? I doubt a preamp will make things much better,
since I had the problem before with an audio interface and PC.
But since I only recorded line level I could turn the output levels up and it wasnt a huge problem when I recorded.
I unplugged everything from the MPC to make sure its not a ground loop with other gear.
Right now I have to use matched FFT filtering in Audacity to reduce the buzz.
Otherwise the recording is unusable.
Any ideas or suggestions?
and capture a lot of buzz from the grid.
I have to turn up the input level to max since I use the mic without preamp, and normalize afterwards to get usable levels. ( not exactly your audio engineers way )
How could I avoid or reduce the buzz? I doubt a preamp will make things much better,
since I had the problem before with an audio interface and PC.
But since I only recorded line level I could turn the output levels up and it wasnt a huge problem when I recorded.
I unplugged everything from the MPC to make sure its not a ground loop with other gear.
Right now I have to use matched FFT filtering in Audacity to reduce the buzz.
Otherwise the recording is unusable.
Any ideas or suggestions?

