Hi all!
Seems like out of nowhere, my HX Stomp started to produce a very loud buzzing noise (came to my attention when I turned on my drive pedal and the buzzing was very loud, louder than normal). I usually play through a Fender Elite Thinline Telecaster and understand there will always be some noise with drive pedals but it's definitely much louder than it was even compared to a week ago. I took out my stomp from my pedalboard and played through it by itself and the buzz is still there (even in an empty preset, there is still buzz). I feel like I've tried everything to fix this issue but still have not been able to find a solution so I wanted to ask the community to see if there is anything I could've missed or see if anyone has experienced this same issue before! Here's a list of background details, and everything I've tried and thought of so far:
- pedalboard - tuner > protein drive > tumnus deluxe > HX stomp input (mono) > volume pedal (from HX stomp send) > timeline > big sky (going back into return) > HX stomp (all powered with strymon zuma)
- HX stomp is updated to 3.0.1, HX edit updated to 3.0
- Moved into a new apartment recently. Was built in 2018 and don't remember the buzz being this loud when I first moved in.
- Messed around with the built-in input noise gate and I had to drop it down to around -45db to get rid of the buzz, but noticed that my pick attack sounds very mushy so I prefer not to keep it like that.
- Tried different guitars (single coil and humbucker guitar, still loud buzz with both guitars)
- Tested each pedal, patch cables, and pedal power cables with my ac15 amp. Tried a different instrument cable as well. No issues with any of them.
- Tried different outlets in the apartment - same loud buzzing
- Tried a different building as well - loud buzzing still there
- Tested stomp individually with the line 6 power adapter - loud buzzing still there
- The only thing that reduced the buzzing was when my HX stomp was plugged into my macbook via USB and only when my macbook charger was plugged in as well...
I feel like I've exhausted all my options and I don't know what else to do now. I would appreciate any help/advice I could get!
Thanks!
