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Veroxis
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Good evening,
I've come to see you concerning a background hiss problem I have recently encountered.
I work on FL Studio, publish a song, and when I cut the lows and highs on the final product (after having published the song), there is an annoying hiss in the background. I'm in Europe, so I applied a 50hz hum filter, thinking this might be the problem, but to no avail. I am connected to the ground, but I'm not sure that has anything to do with it.
My configuration is well balanced, and my sound card is an Asus Xonar Essence ST. I am very surprised to see that there is a background hiss, normally this happens only on recordings !
FL Studio is not a trial version, and none of the plugins are demo versions either. I don't know whether it's all the noise from the processor or video card doing this, but in any case, it's quite a pain to deal with.
Would any of you happen to know what digital or manual configuration I could do to make this horrible hiss go away ?
Further info: OS - Windows 7 x64
Asio4all
Thank you ! 
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03-02-2011 22:09 |
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BattleDrone 
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Is the hiss coming and going or is it constant?
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03-02-2011 22:32 |
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Veroxis
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Hey,
During the intro drum loop, I hear the hiss clearly, but when all the instruments come in, it gets lost in the mix.
I'm exporting at 512 point sinc, 32 bit wav. I then master, export again as 32 bit wav and convert to mp3, but it's during the first export that there is the hiss. 
Thanks again!
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04-02-2011 07:25 |
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BattleDrone
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If you export as a simple 320kbps mp3 instead, does it have hiss then?
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04-02-2011 14:42 |
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Veroxis
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BattleDrone,
Even when I export as mp3 in 320 kbps, there is still that background hiss, it is most noticeable around 500Hz. I did a silence loop and it was there as well, so it's not a timbre or sample-related hiss. I'm thinking it might be the sound card ?
But so many people have said good things about the Xonar Essence that I wonder if it might be a badly connected cable ?
Any ideas ?
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04-02-2011 18:19 |
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Impact
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04-02-2011 18:24 |
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Veroxis
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Impact,
Normally there is an anti-magnetic cage around the card, but maybe there is a leak or something allowing electrical interference through...
If it is a fan/electrical interference, what do you suggest I do ?
Take the sound card out of the computer while publishing ? Turn off the fans ?
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04-02-2011 18:42 |
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04-02-2011 19:03 |
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Veroxis
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I covered all the fans, and turned off the computer screen itself, and the hiss is almost completely gone ! I think it might be coming from both the computer screen being on the same multi as the computer, but also from the fans.
How do I turn off all the fans ? I can only see the graphic card, mmouse, screen, etc. , but no fans (on the windows screen where there are all the computer's components).
Thanks !
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04-02-2011 19:54 |
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BBear
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04-02-2011 20:01 |
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Veroxis
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BBear,
Thanks for the program, but can it de-activate all the fans or can it just slow them down ?
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04-02-2011 22:21 |
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BBear
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I'm not sure to be honest, but I think it can de-activate them.
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04-02-2011 22:40 |
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BattleDrone
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It could be a grounding issue.
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04-02-2011 23:02 |
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Veroxis
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BattleDrone,
How would I solve this grounding issue ? The only plug i have is a grounded plug for my computer...
Thanks BBear !
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04-02-2011 23:51 |
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