When you have nothing plugged into your interface, what's happening then?

Guitars, even humbucker equipped, are susceptible to RF (radio frequency) interference in the area. With your guitar plugged in does the humm change if you swing the guitar left or right? Sometimes changing the orientation can null out the issue, at least somewhat.

You're likely going to have to go around and power things off until you find a source. My plasma tv in the other room causes a noticble increase in the noise floor. There isn't any magic bullet I'm afraid. Short of rewiring your studio or house to run on balanced power... And these some scepticism about that.

There's no easy way to figure the source . First thing I'd do is remove or replace that cable you mentioned. It could be as simple as that, although in my experience it never is. Something is saturating your power with line humm. I wired my own studio and ran extra bare copper to tie all ground points together on top of the copper in the romex. The steel studs were also tied to a water pipe which of course had the house and studio ground on them. Was inspected by a pair of electricians and they asked me if I wanted an apprenticeship.. Lol.

But, it could be anything... Even the power plugs and cords coming out of your gear.

Try to make it disappear without touching the interface. Its not really clear if it pre or post interface and what you described is just a symptom of a different issue. A lot of ham radio guys with start unplugging things all over the house to see if that eleminates the interference. You might want to try that too.. I remember years ago a neighbour up the road was using a drill and it was causing interference on our radio in the garage, 3 houses away.

It could very well be the mic cable.or the interface...or not.

He OD'ed. Good riddance a$$h@t

Barber.

1 - Descent.

Runner up - The original C&C.

For mics, you really can't go wrong with anything by Lewitt. They have something in every price point... Mixers Is an entirely different beast..

One of the bands I was a member of never had set lists. We'd do a 3-nighter and none of the sets were the same. My Dad used to come out to every local show and he mentioned that one night.. We knew our stuff, and usually songs were played in groups anyways... If we played Song A, we generally played Song B, C, and D in the same part of the set... maybe in the same order maybe not. Maybe the 2nd set, maybe the 3rd...

I recall one New Years gig where we were playing a song that was a request... so not something we'd usually do... we were about 2 or 3 bars away from the end of the song and I couldn't read the bandleader... I had no idea what was coming up. I looked at the drummer and on the 2 of the count-in he yells "C"... I had time to slide down and power out a C chord... and it was the perfect segue to get into Can't Get Enough.

Good times :D

yes, gotcha, but beggers can't always be choosers. there in a pinch if ya need...

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The is highly subjective, but Rik Emmett's tone on the Triumph cover or Rocky Mountain Way, Joe Perry's tone on the extro- of Walk this way, and Ritchie Blackmore on Gypsy's Kiss are the kind of tones I tend to try and dial in on. I should mention Kim Mitchell 's tone on That's a Man...

Bad tones? Well they're bad, so not memorable...

Covid showed again that despite all the "progress" we've made collectively, we are bound to repeat failures and not learn from the past.

My daughter and I took a trip in the car on the first week of lockdown ( we live in the boonies and kept to backroads). We came across an old cemetery and prominent was a collection of monuments all dated within a week. 11 members of 1 family. All the dates were in April of 1918 - onset of the Spanish Flu. They didn't have the capability to do anything about it, and this was the result. Today we do, and people refuse. They needed to see the cemetery. But, I doubt even that would smarten them up.

Firstly, great opportunity! Since you're going to be recording.... Be Ready! KNOW your parts BEFORE you get to the studio. My friend Mike (also a bassist) is "Mr. First Take". Be like Mike...LOL.

• Keep it simple, don't overplay

• enjoy the opportunity

• open your ears and eyes. You're about to learn, as much as you are going to contribute.

I do I/T work as a day job and often get ask to do stuff outside of work. I don't even think about grabbing my kit for anything less than $100/hr. I price my other services - recording / post- work / video similarly. This weeds out the flakes and the crap jobs (the jobs where client balks at spending $25 bucks or want to dicker), and I always rebate and under-bill my hours.

Early on, when I had my first project studio, a guy who was part of a band that wanted a demo, and had less than a clue about the process, didn't believe that I could get the results he wanted and refused to pay. I cleaned up the drum track and got some epic sound out of that, and told them that unless i was paid they could kiss their recording goodbye. [SHIFT] + [DEL]

First gig? I don't think I remember my first paying gig, but the frist time I played in front of people... was kind of a train wreck...the other guitarist messed up and left a big hole...and then we all just kind of stumbled through the rest of the song. We did everything wrong... couldn't really hear one another... stood too far apart on stage. Got that first time out of the way though... LOL

I cannot stress enough how significant and important that is. Ross once again boils it down to the nuts and bolts... DO this. DON'T do that.

The coaching I do relies on a lot of SpeedSecrets, and this one video should be mandatory viewing for anyone wanting to improve their raceraft.

I do , the other one is on the clutch ( and other LF actuated things...) :D

I'm a left foot on the clutch guy, ya I still use it They're bolted ( inverted) to a 3/4 plank of plywood, they aren't going anywhere. Occasionally I catch the underside of the brake pedal as I'm lifting my foot off the throttle.. there's a large height difference between that fully depressed and the un-depressed brake
As mentioned, I'm going to try a tether strap to prevent it from being lifted too far.

I'm already in my socks... lol.
We'll see how my kludge works, I've run a limiting tether strap after destroying the car in a race today...

Your lap. Just focus on your lap. Nail the on and off braking points, get smooth.
Know how to present yourself. Watch this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNTH_ufciOk

Then, watch it again.

One of the easiest things you can do to improve your (recorded) guitar sound with what you have is .. record it twice. Same thing. Two takes. Pan L & R to taste. It'll be fatter, smoother... I grew up gigging through a Hiwatt stack, and all I use to record with now is a POD XT. Mind you I got on the Line6 train when the V1 POD came out so I've been in the loop since early days. In the mix, the average person can't tell WHAT the noise is coming from (and even some who SHOULD know can't tell). The fact that a Marshall sits in the room with a mic in front of it implies that's what was used, but in reality.....

Dial back the gain. That's the 2nd thing you can do.

Go. Do these things..

Yes, and none of those sources are American.