I need your help about noise and hi gain + Gate

[nizmememmn]

You can check the audio sample here

Can someone send me a simple hi gain patch so I test here? When I pick not so hard it shouldnt make so much noise, I think

https://www.reddit.com/r/Line6Helix/comments/1jrwzh3/do_you_have_this_noise_issue_as_well_i_barely_hit

What do I have to do?  Is this an issue with computer? Should I run a noise gate in the fx loop?

[Schmalle]

Sounds like the guitar is picking up electromagnetic noise from other devices. Sometimes this occurs when the guitar's bridge (and by extension the strings and the player) is not connected to ground (faulty wiring). Is it a single coil guitar? Is the noise level depending on your position in the room?

[theElevators]

Are you playing a guitar with single coils?  If so, my Strat for example sounds the same way, always has.  Anything high-gain would give me the same 60-cycle hum.  It's not the picking, it's just the pickup humming because it picks up interference. 

 

I have experimented with noise gates, you can place them in various places: in the beginning of the chain and even after distortion/amp.  I built this one preset for that strat, and a bunch of EQ'ing and noise gates helped minimize the problem, although it is still dang loud, compared to a humbucker guitar, or even my Brian May guitar in single coil mode.  But when I played out on my strat and really dimed everything, the hum/noise was barely noticeable, it's only annoyingly-loud for me at home, and always has. 

[JuanitaFinnerty]

On 4/7/2025 at 7:49 AM, theElevators said:

Are you playing a guitar with single coils?  If so, my Strat for example sounds the same way, always has.  Anything high-gain would give me the same 60-cycle hum.  It's not the picking, it's just the pickup humming because it picks up interference. 

 

I have experimented with noise gates, you can place them in various places: in the beginning of the chain and even after distortion/amp.  I built this one preset for that strat, and a bunch of EQ'ing and noise gates helped minimize the problem, although it is still dang loud, compared to a humbucker guitar, or even my Brian May guitar in single coil mode.  But when I played out on my strat and really dimed everything, the hum/noise was barely noticeable, it's only annoyingly-loud for me at home, and always has. 

Thanks for the info.