Steinberg V3 buzz

[cheapskate]

I have a copy of Steinberg 'Clean' / 'Wave light', when I record music from my HIFI or casette player it sounds Ok while recording but when I play it back on my PC I always get an annoying buzz. Its not to noticable on loud music but on quite stuff it is a bit of a pain. Do I need to record through a pre-amp?.

 

[Duracell]

Hi cheapskate, Welcome to our forum!

PreAmps are needed for vinyl tables only;
you need a quality sound card with an "Line In" input, a "Mic" input is not useful for that;

Is it 50 or 60 Hz power/voltage humming? if so:
- disconnect your hifi and your PC from all tuner devices (radio, TV) first,
- then connect all needed, leftover devices' cases together with a ground cable in star method to your PC's case;

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[zver]

this looks like you got a problem with a ground..

 

[cheapskate]

Thanks Duracell, the sound card on my PC is an on board chip, so I may have to splash out and buy a decent one (shucks!!).

 

[Duracell]

Hi Duracell, I disconnected all devices, opened wavelite and recorded nothing, when played back the hum / buzz was still there - it even has a wave form. The sound card is a chip on the mother board.

so it seems you have internal EM interferences in your PC case; check if the power supply and the whole case is proper grounded; you can link the case to the steam-heating or the water pipe for testing purposes;

if this doesn't help try a quality sound card; negotiate a "money back guaranty" with your dealer (for the worst case it still hums then);
here you can find sound card recommendations: http://www.dvdrbase.com/showthread.php?t=32963

 

[cheapskate]

Buzz Off

The buzz has gone!! It was not the ground or the sound card. after much diliberation and pullingout of hair I decided to try something! . My PC has an auxiliary line in on the front of the machine - this is the one I have been using, as a last resort before buying a new sound card I thought I would try the line in at the back of the machine (which is totally inaccessable due to the location of the machine) and Hey Presto unbuzzy music. You can probably guess I am not a techno freak, Many thanks to all the suggestions and possible causes. I hope this might help somene else.

 

[Duracell]

that means you got EM interferences, the cable between your sound card and the the front jack seems to be not a quality one;
thanks for your feedback;

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