alto1
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Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
New day, new problem. I'm using the Steinberg UR28M interface, which is noisy anyway but when Sonar X1 opens my goodness it takes noise to a new level. Have any of you experienced this? I hope it's something really dumb and simple that I'm missing.
post edited by alto1 - 2012/11/27 20:52:29
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 20:41:02
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Are you joking? Sonar XL?
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alto1
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 20:52:53
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:00:10
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What kind of noise? If you could post it that would help, but a good description might work too.
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alto1
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:04:08
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Have you ever had a noisey light that just kind of buzzes and squeaks. Sounds like electrical interference or something.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:20:01
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Simple solution is turn your monitors down before opening Sonar.
That said... what do have hooked up to it when this happens?
Edited: because apparently I can't read.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:27:56
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could be grounding / earth loop.. I'm assuming you have cubase also ? or some version, does it give the same sort of noise.. if so, it'd point to an the hardware not the software..
make your default windows device ya realtek card in windows control panel..
in sonar, make your steiny interface the one you use + asio... also be sure to untick other things off input / output wise, otherwise you can't use asio mode.
if you must use that as your main soundcard for everything, use WDM mode I guess.
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alto1
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:29:29
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When my computer is on and I turn my reference monitors on I get a little bit of noise. Not too bad, I could probably live with it. As soon as I open Sonar, before I even load a song all kinds of electric static starts coming out of my reference monitors. It's the craziest thing.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:32:46
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sounds like your shielding or a grounding issue.. if you are using a laptop.. try from without the mains adapter.. if it's not doing the same, then it points to that..
are you using a gang adapter to split the wall socket to 4 etc ? cheapo ones again can cause issues
you need to give a lot more info.. mind reading skills aren't great.. what type of pc.. and speakers.. you using the right sort of cables balanced / unbalanced etc.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:34:58
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Check your levels on the UR28M and your monitors. Try uninstalling the drivers and reinstalling them. Also when reinstalling move the USB to another port.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 21:40:13
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Actually I don't have balanced cables, but if that is the issue, would it explain why when Sonar opens the noise gets worse?
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/27 22:19:59
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I see no reason to use balanced cables what so ever. We are talking about high levels in output. A line level out only needs that if its really long and then it may not even then. Use balanced cables for low level signals. Mics for example.
Its not unreasonable to look into the device being defective. I would call them about it.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 00:18:34
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John
Its not unreasonable to look into the device being defective. I would call them about it.
but far more likely is config / user errors-issues.. although 2 times I have had issues it's down to the makers drivers (yamaha and m-audio)
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 00:32:33
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True Fog. It was just another avenue of investigation.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 03:46:33
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What monitors are you using?
How are you hooking everything up?
What sort of mains distribution strategy are you using?
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 22:03:04
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My monitors are M-Audio Studiophile BX8s. Not the greatest but they've never been noisy, I've been using them for a few years now. I'm using quarter inch non balanced cables plugged directly into the interface.
Pardon my ignorance but I'm not sure what you mean by:
What sort of mains distribution strategy are you using?
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 22:47:41
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"What sort of mains distribution strategy are you using?"
Thats British for what power setup do you have coming from the wall socket.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on
2012/11/28 23:58:40
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Another avenue for investigation, do you have any live inputs enabled on your projects that are fed by your interface which has maybe a mic or guitar lead plugged into it without the guitar/mic on the other end. That becomes a nice noise antenna! And has happened to me before!
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on (SOLVED)
2012/11/29 19:15:33
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Turns out it did need balanced TRS cables. Cleaned it right up, I'm amazed. I'll never make that mistake again. Thanks for all of your suggestions, this is a great forum.
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Re:Monitors get noise when Sonar turns on (SOLVED)
2012/11/29 19:48:11
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I have those monitors, +1 on the balanced cables. Glad it's sorted.
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