Single coil pickup hum
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Single coil pickup hum
Hey does anyone have a good suggestion on how to minimize single coil pickup hum after it's been recorded. I have been messing around with noise/hum reducing plug ins and coming up with bunk results. Any tricks out there?
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Record some and then slide it around on the timeline until it phase cancels? I've never tried that, but it's pretty steady stuff, so it might work. Also, it doesn't maybe need to be at the same volume as the original hum, i.e. sometimes you don't need to fully cancel it out, just getting rid or 10-20% can sound an order of magnitude better.
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You need to use a noise cancelling plugin, not a noise reducing plugin. Big difference.
I use the one included in Adobe Audition and it's been a life saver for theater sound design recordings, and projects that involve restoring cassette tapes. Other programs have something similar (Reaper, even Audacity).
The key is using a plugin that uses a sample of the noise only to build a profile for the noise cancelling.
Also, search this board for many tips for reducing single coil hum at the source.
I use the one included in Adobe Audition and it's been a life saver for theater sound design recordings, and projects that involve restoring cassette tapes. Other programs have something similar (Reaper, even Audacity).
The key is using a plugin that uses a sample of the noise only to build a profile for the noise cancelling.
Also, search this board for many tips for reducing single coil hum at the source.
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Wow, I had no idea that Audition had noise cancelling/reduction tools! I record on a PC, but I've got Audition on my mac here. I'll have to give it a try. Thanks for mentioning it!kayagum wrote:You need to use a noise cancelling plugin, not a noise reducing plugin. Big difference.
I use the one included in Adobe Audition and it's been a life saver for theater sound design recordings, and projects that involve restoring cassette tapes. Other programs have something similar (Reaper, even Audacity).
The key is using a plugin that uses a sample of the noise only to build a profile for the noise cancelling.
Also, search this board for many tips for reducing single coil hum at the source.
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Its noticeable when there is just the clean electric by its self. Which is a few key spots... Stupid Jazzmaster...losthighway wrote:Is it actually noticeable when the guitar is playing, or is it just on the rests? I find most noises of this kind can be cleaned up pretty easily with cleaning up during editing, getting rid of the silent passages.
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It means leave it alone. Messing with trying to phase cancel it will most likely f#%k up the actual signal of the guitar, by making the tone change, for the worst.Snarl 12/8 wrote:What exactly does embrace the hum mean in the context of engineering a solo electric guitar track? +6db at 60Hz?
What would Cobain do?
Hum, unless it is a pure sine wave signal, is not normally removable by 100%.
And if it does need to no be there, then the easiest way is to rerecord with a different instrument. Make the player do the work. Unless the player does not mind the hum.
To the OP : does the player hate the hum, or is it just you?
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I immediately thought to myself, "I wonder if he's playing a Jazzmaster?" and sure enough.....
I play one myself and to a large degree, it's part of the design and charm of the guitar, those are single coil pickups that are about three times as wide as a strat pickup, it's like a satellite dish grabbing all that 60 cycle hum. Plus the vintage ones have 1 Meg pots in them which are also letting even more high frequency noise through. But it also gives Jazzmasters that certain chime and sound, for better or for worse. I'd bet though that the guitarist is used to it and it probably doesn't bother him/her. If it does, then they've got the wrong guitar, or at least, pickups for the job at hand.
Also, have them face north at all times!
I play one myself and to a large degree, it's part of the design and charm of the guitar, those are single coil pickups that are about three times as wide as a strat pickup, it's like a satellite dish grabbing all that 60 cycle hum. Plus the vintage ones have 1 Meg pots in them which are also letting even more high frequency noise through. But it also gives Jazzmasters that certain chime and sound, for better or for worse. I'd bet though that the guitarist is used to it and it probably doesn't bother him/her. If it does, then they've got the wrong guitar, or at least, pickups for the job at hand.
Also, have them face north at all times!
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+1leastward wrote:I immediately thought to myself, "I wonder if he's playing a Jazzmaster?" and sure enough.....
I play one myself and to a large degree, it's part of the design and charm of the guitar, those are single coil pickups that are about three times as wide as a strat pickup, it's like a satellite dish grabbing all that 60 cycle hum. Plus the vintage ones have 1 Meg pots in them which are also letting even more high frequency noise through. But it also gives Jazzmasters that certain chime and sound, for better or for worse. I'd bet though that the guitarist is used to it and it probably doesn't bother him/her. If it does, then they've got the wrong guitar, or at least, pickups for the job at hand.
Also, have them face north at all times!
Magnetic North... that is...
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