Questions tagged [noise]
Any unwanted sound from a musical instrument, the environment, people etc
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Noise while not touching guitar strings or metal parts
I get a buzzing noise from my guitar when idle. However, when I touch the strings or touch any metal parts (strings, bridge or the metal portion near the output jack), the noise goes away completely. ...
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How can I prevent the noise my guitar pick makes?
When I play the guitar (electric with steel strings), I can hear the noise of the pick clashing against the steel strings.
When I play a chord, after my pick triggers one string it then falls against ...
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String sticking to the fretting finger - how to avoid?
When raising a finger from a fret, it sometimes happens to me that a string "sticks" to the finger, producing an annoying sound (like when I would do a pull-off, but unintentional). This happens most ...
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Electronic drums in apartment
I'm a drummer and recently moved into an apartment with high ceilings and hardwood floors. I have a Roland TD-4. I've been researching for ways to be able to practice quietly without disturbing my ...
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How to avoid unwanted scratching/squeaking/hissing noise from the fretting hand when playing hi-gain electric guitar?
I have been playing the electric guitar for over ten years now, and this is an issue that has been troubling me for ages.
Whenever I play hi-gain songs and have to switch fretting hand positions ...
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Do bass traps actually reduce noise for neighbors?
I've been having some issues with neighbors and I am looking for ways to reduce noise from my accoustic piano.
One of the things I understand is that low frequency notes propagate a lot more than ...
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why does music become less harmonic if we transpose it down to the extreme low end of the piano?
Why does music become less harmonic if we transpose it down to the extreme low end of the piano?
The reason I'm asking this is, is so that I cross check an assumption in a philosophy post: https://...
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High pitched ringing noise on single coil pickups
My guitar has split coil pickups, and I've started to have more problems with noise on the single coil setting since I changed my recording setup. I used to use a laptop to record into and if I had ...
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Can guitar hum possibly be due to a bad pickup
I am struggling with hum on my archtop that has a Kent Armstrong HJGS-1 floating pickup. If we touch the outside plastic covering of the pickup or to the ground lug on the pickup, the hum reduces ...
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Electric Guitar Noise [duplicate]
I have an electric guitar (Yamaha Pacifica 112V) and I am using it with a Steinberg UR-22 on a Macbook Pro. When I plug in the guitar to the UR22 I can hear noise coming through the input, even if I ...
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Connect mixer to fm xmtr, noise-free, xlr to unbalanced? Can I run the length first balanced, then adapt? (Church)
I'm trying to wire up a CZH 12V CZE-7C FM TRANSMITTER at church with stereo, its just pushing mono right now. I have to make a purchase to get the correct cabling.
The xmtr is installed in the foyer, ...
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