KuRiXY Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Hi! I have just received my new hd500x and I really like its possibilited but I am very dissapointed with the noise. When using guitars with active pickups (EMG) everything runs smooth and sounds pretty decent, but when I swith to passive pickups (I have several guitars, so the guitar is not the problem) I get a very high noise coming from the outputs. I have tried restoring the unit, adding a noise gate fx, and tweaking as many params as possible, but I want to use the same preset that I use with my active pickups, but it is impossible. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medievil1 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 single or humbuckers?? things that can introduce noise (Active filter some of it out) your monitor/tv, florescent lights, big appliances like a refrigerator... I don't have active pickups but neither my humbuckers nor my bullet strat have a lot of noise... but then I learned to keep away from my tv/monitor and not to use CFL bulbs in the room I am playing in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Or any kind of lamp dimmers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuRiXY Posted September 4, 2014 Author Share Posted September 4, 2014 I have an american fender with single's and some ibanez's with humbuckers, and it happens on all of them. I have tried different rooms and several pluggin options, and sometimes it get better but not enough, comparing my other gear or even guitar rig. Thanks for the suggestions... any other thing that I can try? Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfsmith0 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Does the noise go away when you unplug the guitar? Does the noise go away when you turn the volume all the way down on the guitar? Does the noise go away when the HD is disconnected from a computer? Select your 2 inputs as Guitar/Variax. The default is Guitar/Same which adds noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie_Watt Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I get single coil noise too but it's not any worse with my 500x than straight into the amp. If you use more gain, it will be worse though. My JTV and my Strat with EMG actives are dead quiet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnette Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I get the noise too but I pivot in my swivel chair and find the spot the noise goes quiet. It is an exact location, move either side a fraction and noise is inducted. The stacked high gain stages are a real noise fest. Same goes for Amp Sims in my recording softare and even in my high gain amps here. Less gain helps with the squeal and also better for recording. Changing the input of channel 2 can makes a difference. also line level out into an amp while louder can be a mismatch prone to noise. There is an old recording trick to quieten noisy guitars and that is to earth it to your body. A conductor wrist band and flexible wire connected to the earth of your guitar is standard practice. For now get an old E or A guitar string. On the thin end make a loop that can tighten on your guitar jack-earth and the other ball end tuck into your sock and shoe so in contact with your foot. The inducted noise will be gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuRiXY Posted September 6, 2014 Author Share Posted September 6, 2014 The noise fades out when lowering the volume of the guitar or the hd unit. It goes away completely when disconnecting the input cable. It is noise from the guitar, this is for sure, it is only that it is getting really much more noise than gr-55, guitar rig and other equipment I have. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjnette Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Try the earthing trick I previously outlined. Also position 2 and 3 on a tele can sound quieter. Another culprit is pickups going microphinic (squeel) The pickup coils need to be soaked in hot wax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panaman Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 you could try to set the input z to a lower value, globally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcolquitt Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 I know you said you used the gate but I am willing to bet, based on what you describe, if you place the basic "dynamic noise gate" at the beginning of your chain with the settings at Decay= 0% Thresh= start at 25% and slide up till the noise goes away. I am not intending to be insulting in any way; I have no idea what level of knowledge you have with this product. Hope you get it sorted out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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