ddufour 3 Posted March 23, 2017 Just had a Spider 5 120 delivered. Only had about 5 to play with it. I plugged the 2 XLR outputs to my PA. The buzzing was extremely loud. I tried plugging the XLR's to a DI box first, but that didn't solve it. I tried the ground lift switch also. Didn't change a thing. Anyone have any idea why this is buzzing so loud? I have plugged many different multi effects in this way without issue. Dan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psarkissian 354 Posted March 23, 2017 Return it, exchange it. It sound like something a service tech needs to get into, if it's doing that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ddufour 3 Posted March 23, 2017 Actually found I had 1 bad cable, and it helped a lot to turn the noise gate on. Thanks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
psarkissian 354 Posted March 23, 2017 Even better, it saves you a trip back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mrjosephje 0 Posted September 11, 2017 It sounds like you have the matter resolved. - But, personally, I like to keep my noise gate off. If I can help it anyways. I discovered when I used "XLR" to 1/4" Balanced & or Unbalanced (either will work) Into the board, The noise impact, well was too much. I was pretty bummed. And You may or may not have been doing this. - But, I switched to where i am coming out of my amp with "XLR", & into my board with "XLR". And now I am noise free. I do not need the use of a noise gate to be silent. - As long as I am not playing of course. And screaming when I do. LOL, Love it. Especially the fact that I have separate volume control between the amp & board itself. It's a first that I know of. Anyways , Maybe this helps? Good luck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
guitardad123 21 Posted September 14, 2017 Always XLR to XLR when possible. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
