Your digital radio is outputting analog. You may need a hum eliminator between those devices. Its really an isolation transformer with enough iron so you get the lower frequencies.
On Tue, 29 Aug 2017 08:49:50 -0400, Danny Miles wrote: > > Thanks. I often have to move the wires around, which is why I thought > a new wire might solve the trick. However, I can't get a completely > non-existent buzz without holding the middle of it up in the air, > which obviously isn't feasible. I just find it odd that it does it > with the digital radio but not with the iPhone, as they're both > digital appliances and I don't move the wire when swapping over > devices (obviously I have to take the jack out of one and put it in > the other but the cable itself stays flat rather than up in the air > while attached to the iPhone and it remains in the same position). Is > it possible that the iPhone is simply better designed for this sort of > thing than both of my other devices and, although I appreciate that > it's probably quite technical, I'd be grateful for any info on how to > identify suitable equipment for the future if that's the case. > > Danny > > > > On 8/29/17, Smiling? <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you seem to not get this buzz as you put it when you are recording > > whatever from your iPhone, it must be something specifically with either the > > digital radio or some routing of the cables involved. Try moving the cables > > around and see what comes of it because sometimes certain cables crossing > > paths can cause noise depending on the quality of the shielding or lack > > thereof. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Pc-audio [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Danny > > Miles > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 05:19 AM > > To: PC Audio Discussion List > > Subject: Issue with Buzz in Radio Recordings > > > > Hi. For a long time now, I have noticed that I get buzzing in > > recordings from my digital radio and tape recorder, even though using > > the same set-up (2x RCA phono connectors in my mixer to 1x 3.5 mm jack > > in the audio device in question) works perfectly when using my iPhone > > to record. I'm using GoldWave 5.65 (I know it's not the latest > > version) and, although I've tried all of the hiss/hum removal options, > > I can't seem to get rid of all of it. The best result that I got was > > when I used Stereo Center to keep just the channel with the least > > (almost hardly any) buzz and then put that channel into a mono mix. > > However, it still didn't remove the whole hiss and, of course, it lost > > a lot of the bass as a result of removing the other channel. I've > > also tried buying a brand new lead but I'm still getting the same > > results (at least, I've trialled it with the digital radio and am > > still getting a lot of buzz, which I knew was going to happen as soon > > as I plugged it in because I could hear it in my headphones via the > > mixer). > > > > So, does anybody please know why this might be happening with two > > devices but not with my phone, even though the radio is digital (so > > it's not a matter of using a mono device)? Also, does anyone know of > > settings/processes that I can run with GoldWave or another piece of > > software to successfully remove everything, or am I just going to have > > to accept things as they are? > > > > Many thanks in advance for any help, Danny > > > > > > > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected]
