Hi there,
Just began making used of my PC for audio production
However it was previously designed for gaming and VFX.
I attempting to record I am noticing my NeuralDSP amp sims are responding to a large amount of extra noise in my signal chain.
I have removed all the usual obvious culprits like cables etc so this leaves me with EMI from my PC being picked up by my guitar pickups or getting into the signal somewhere else. I realise computers produce some EMI but to have it affect my signal chain when I'm over 5ms away is concerning.
Are there any causes - say parts failure, maintenance that could be the cause?
What can I do to mitigate it? as currently it is rendering my PC unusable for this purpose.
PC Specs as follows (bought from PC specialist in 2016)
PCS DOMINATOR 6806B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB) Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, 2 x mDP - 3D Vision Ready 2nd Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, 2 x mDP - 3D Vision Ready 1st Hard Disk 240GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W) 2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE 1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM Power Supply CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Processor Cooling Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED) USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System was originally 8.1 and has now been updated to Windows 10 as of yesterday.
Metaphorical beer for anyone who can solve this problem for me!
Thankyou.
Just began making used of my PC for audio production
However it was previously designed for gaming and VFX.
I attempting to record I am noticing my NeuralDSP amp sims are responding to a large amount of extra noise in my signal chain.
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I have removed all the usual obvious culprits like cables etc so this leaves me with EMI from my PC being picked up by my guitar pickups or getting into the signal somewhere else. I realise computers produce some EMI but to have it affect my signal chain when I'm over 5ms away is concerning.
Are there any causes - say parts failure, maintenance that could be the cause?
What can I do to mitigate it? as currently it is rendering my PC unusable for this purpose.
PC Specs as follows (bought from PC specialist in 2016)
PCS DOMINATOR 6806B BLACK CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Processor i7-6700 (3.4GHz) 8MB Cache Motherboard ASUS® Z170 PRO GAMING: ATX, LG1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs Memory (RAM) 16GB HyperX FURY DDR4 2133MHz (2 x 8GB) Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, 2 x mDP - 3D Vision Ready 2nd Graphics Card 4GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 970 - DVI, HDMI, 2 x mDP - 3D Vision Ready 1st Hard Disk 240GB KINGSTON V300 SSD, SATA 6 Gb (450MB/R, 450MB/W) 2nd Hard Disk 2TB 3.5" SATA-III 6GB/s HDD 7200RPM 64MB CACHE 1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM Power Supply CORSAIR 750W CS SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET Processor Cooling Super Quiet Titan DragonFly Heatpipe Intel CPU Cooler Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED) USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System was originally 8.1 and has now been updated to Windows 10 as of yesterday.
Metaphorical beer for anyone who can solve this problem for me!
Thankyou.