KVR Audio

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:22 pm

Whenever I start my DAW (using ASIO) I get a ringing on my monitors... It in the low-mid range..

I have a CRT monitor, but even when thats off I still get the ringing.. My sound card is an mbox 2..

Thanks,
sb.net

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:38 pm

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:34 pm

First start your DAW, and THEN power up the monitors. At the end of the day switch of in reverse order: first the monitors and then the PC. That should help. It's just the waking-up quirks of your audio card.

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 1:16 am

no, that didn't help.. Thanks for replying!

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:21 pm

bump.. please I need help..

The problem is very similar to another problem I had.

When ever I plugged a mic into front of my computer I could hear the windows moving..

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:22 pm

last bump..

I was watching a show and was wondering if using a surge protector will help?

C00kie · Post by **C00kie** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:28 am

sb.net wrote:When ever I plugged a mic into front of my computer I could hear the windows moving..

Front of computer mic input is connected to your motherboard's builtin soundcard? Fine for Skype and MSN, but total crap for recording music. Just forget about using it...

UltraJv · Post by **UltraJv** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 8:50 am

Is your PC a laptop? They can have trouble with the PSU ground.

z15 · Post by **z15** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 9:02 am

What kind of ringing is it, how does it sound? Does it appear when you generally listen to anything through the monitors (or have monitors / MBox on) or just when you use something with ASIO? Is it constant in the background or does it happen when you play something?

sb.net · Post by **sb.net** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 2:51 pm

Thanks for replying!

C00kie wrote:
sb.net wrote:When ever I plugged a mic into front of my computer I could hear the windows moving..
Front of computer mic input is connected to your motherboard's builtin soundcard? Fine for Skype and MSN, but total crap for recording music. Just forget about using it...

I wasn't using that for recording.. just for skype..

Is your PC a laptop? They can have trouble with the PSU ground.

It's a desktop pc.. All my sockets have ground plugs, but I don't know if their functional.. once I plugged my monitors into an old vintage synth and I didn't hear the noise..

What kind of ringing is it, how does it sound? Does it appear when you generally listen to anything through the monitors (or have monitors / MBox on) or just when you use something with ASIO? Is it constant in the background or does it happen when you play something?

it's a constant eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee sound.. kinda in the mid frequencies..

It's just when ASIO is being used.. if my daw is off I don't hear a thing.. it's constantly in the background as as ASIO is on..

Ringing on my monitors