On 8 March 2009 at 15:27, lanas <lanas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > When using the M-Audio Pulsar mic I notice a rumble sound until I > touch the mic, in which case the rumble goes away. That sounds like a > 'ground' problem of some sort. The mic is connected straight into a > M-Audio 1010 PCI card using one of the XLRs jacks. The 1010 card also > has M-Audio active speakers connected to it. > > The computer plugs into an electrical extension to which monitors and > other devices are plugged. That extension goes to the wall plug and is > of the three prong type (North America). Now, it could be that the > house electrical outlet wiring is not right. Would that be the > problem ? Is there any other way to solve this ? > > Gating the signal would hide the rumble when there's silence but > that's not a solution. > > Thanks for any suggestions/hints/ideas. Do you have the option of trying a different mic in order to isolate where the problem might be coming from? -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
