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d-basser
10-03-2006, 11:48 AM
Make it stop!...

ok here is the deal, my bass seems to pickup signals from my laptop, so as i sit here attemting to use powertab i get horrible screams and wails. Is there any way to stop this? :confused:

thanks
Jimbobntnr
10-03-2006, 11:50 AM
shielding on the bass, better/shorter cable, using different circuits in the house to run the PC and amp.. A few things to try.
d-basser
10-03-2006, 11:54 AM
ok...how do i go about shielding ( i am a bit of a tech noob, not like i am doing an engineering course...oh wait yes i am)
Cable is pretty short and not particularly poor quality, think the pups are the prob not the cable,
Dunno about the different circuits, i am in a small uni flat.
Wintermute
10-03-2006, 12:09 PM
I get some degree of interference, and though I've not gone to great extremes, here's a few obvious hints.

Face away from the computer!

Any extraneous equipment you don't need, turn it off. (CD players, fans, TV, fridge, etc)

Turn down the treble.
d-basser
10-03-2006, 01:11 PM
first two :thumb: will do

treble wise i am trying to tap so not best, i think part of the prob might be the fact that i am in a flat with 5 others with laptops etc, in a building with three other similar flats so the is alot of interference.
Son of Magni
10-03-2006, 02:03 PM
ok...how do i go about shielding ( i am a bit of a tech noob, not like i am doing an engineering course...oh wait yes i am)
Cable is pretty short and not particularly poor quality, think the pups are the prob not the cable,
Dunno about the different circuits, i am in a small uni flat.

I would recommend a Faraday Cage.
edgebass5
10-03-2006, 02:37 PM
ok...how do i go about shielding

This is THE way to shield a bass: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159191
neatobassman
10-03-2006, 02:39 PM
where headphones.
Jimbobntnr
10-03-2006, 02:42 PM
where headphones.
I don't know. Where did you have them last?
edgebass5
10-03-2006, 02:46 PM
I don't know. Where did you have them last?

If he knew that... he'd still have his headphones! :lol:
White_Summer
10-03-2006, 09:05 PM
headphones wont help, the pickups will still get interfearence, bassically do what wintermute said
neatobassman
10-04-2006, 05:04 AM
headphones wont help, the pickups will still get interfearence, bassically do what wintermute said

just incase it was feedback from the speakers.