• Occasional bursts of loud static from my speakers
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I can't seem to narrow down why this is happening. Ever since I moved into a new apartment, I get occasional loud bursts of static out of my speakers. I've been trying to narrow down the symptoms. -The volume of the static bursts is dependent on how high my speaker volume is turned -The bursts occur even when I have headphones in, so I know it isn't just the speakers themselves -The static sounds cannot be captured in any recording software. Audacity doesn't pick them up, and an equalizer doesn't even register that they are happening. -They're somewhat triggered by sound, but I can't figure out in what way. -If I'm not doing anything on the computer that makes sound, the bursts will never occur -They seem to occur a lot more often when watching movies or playing certain games. -Some games cause them more than others. -The bursts usually last less than a second, but sometimes up to two or three seconds. -One game was so bad, it devolved into one continuous stream of extremely loud static. Tried turning the speakers off, and it continued when I turned them back on. Tried unplugging them, and the static continued when I plugged them back in. Muting the game stopped it, and the sound didn't (immediately) return when I un-muted the game. I didn't even have to fully close the game to make it stop, just mute it. Anyone have any ideas? I've spent so long googling this, but nobody seems to have the exact same issues I'm having, so no solution is working. And it's weird to me that this JUST started happening when I moved into the new place.
You have interference coming from somewhere. What are you speakers? Are they properly shielded? What cords are you using?
[QUOTE=peterson;51806821]You have interference coming from somewhere. What are you speakers? Are they properly shielded? What cords are you using?[/QUOTE] [url=https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16836113016]These[/url] are the speakers I have, and I've been using them for nearly 10 years. I'm fairly sure the static noises are triggered by sounds on the computer though, so could that really still be interference? I mean, they do make noise if somebody's phone rings really close to the speakers, and they once (very very softly) picked up a nearby radio station, but this hasn't been like that. I don't really know anything about shielding. But I used these all through college, living in three different dorm buildings, and not once did I have this static problem. Only recently, in this new apartment.
I have headphones plugged into an audio box for my pc and the same thing happens to me, but I have actually narrowed it down to the wiring of my house pretty much. whenever someone turns on the lights in one room I can hear static noises for a second and then it stops. It might be the same case with you, check for appliances plugged into your walls or if lights are being turned on and off... it could be any of these things interfering with your speakers
[QUOTE=noh_mercy;51806899]I have headphones plugged into an audio box for my pc and the same thing happens to me, but I have actually narrowed it down to the wiring of my house pretty much. whenever someone turns on the lights in one room I can hear static noises for a second and then it stops. It might be the same case with you, check for appliances plugged into your walls or if lights are being turned on and off... it could be any of these things interfering with your speakers[/QUOTE] But if this is what's happening with me, wouldn't the noises occur even when my computer isn't making any sounds? Because like I said, I don't get any static at all unless some kind of sound is already playing on my computer.
My phone causes me interference. It only happens when I'm loading data (e.g. a webpage)
That's the thing with analog audio equipment, it can be very susceptible to all the EM fields around it. It's likely your soundcard that's causing the noise, try plugging in other speakers or headphones and test again to see if the problem persists. In my case, almost everything I do on my PC causes the integrated soundcard to produce some noise. It's not loud enough to be annoying, but it's very noticeable when I crank the volume up. For example, just scrolling through a webpage produces a "tick-tick-tick-tick" noise. When playing games, it becomes even more noticeable, it produces this high-pitched noise that's directly correlated to the game's framerate, you can turn on a framerate counter and then literally hear the pitch of the sound change in unison with the number displayed displayed on the counter. It's pretty much like coil whine that you'd get from the poorly designed electronics components on some graphics cards, except it's coming from my soundcard. And of course when I upgraded to a more power-hungry GPU, the noise became more noticeable, go figure.
[QUOTE=Loofiloo;51807216]But if this is what's happening with me, wouldn't the noises occur even when my computer isn't making any sounds? Because like I said, I don't get any static at all unless some kind of sound is already playing on my computer.[/QUOTE] Disconnect all devices and move your pc to to a different room. Connect only the headphones. Does the problem still occur? Does it also occur on al line out ports on the back and front? [editline]11th February 2017[/editline] Could it maybe be your microphone?
[QUOTE=taipan;51808610]Disconnect all devices and move your pc to to a different room. Connect only the headphones. Does the problem still occur? Does it also occur on al line out ports on the back and front? [editline]11th February 2017[/editline] Could it maybe be your microphone?[/QUOTE] The microphone has crossed my mind, because I have a super-weird setup. This is my microphone, a Shure SM59 [t]https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3261/3102556578_bde8acc196_b.jpg[/t] I have to use one of these to connect it to my PC: [img]http://centrance.com/products/mp/i/micport_pro_side_500.jpg[/img] So, on the back of that device is a USB connector leading to my PC. My speakers, instead of plugging into the PC itself, plug into that adapter as well. I've been thinking I should try hooking up the PC in other rooms and seeing if the noise happens there too, but with equipment like this, the thing is a bit of a behemoth, so I've kinda been putting that off.
I have a similar setup. (SHURE SM57). I had some problems with echo for a while and it turned out the "listen to" option was checked in the sound control panel of the mic. Discconect the micport to make sure this isn't happening to you.
I might be jumping to conclusions, but I THINK I've just solved the problem, and I'm not even completely sure of what I did. Basically, I have a fucking jumbled mess of audio hardware and software. In addition to my crazy mic/speaker setup, I'm always running Voicemeeter in the background (mostly because I can't get any sound to play without it, for whatever reason), and at one point I downloaded some Razer audio software. Well, I totally disabled that Razer software and my Realtek audio as playback devices, leaving just the speakers in the Micport and the Voicemeeter output. I dunno if this really makes sense the way I'm describing it... But I played one of the worst static-causing games for a few minutes just now, and didn't have the slightest audio disturbance at all. So here's hoping it's a permanent fix.
Your micport acts as an external sound card. So having 2 audio devices and 3 drivers running at the same time could cause issues yes.
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