Maybe this is too simple, I attached the ground wire from the turntable to the screw that holds the A/C plate onto the outlet. All hum went away...
> Hey all you iMic users, > > OK, I fiddled around with the Turntable to iMic to USB hub recording > method, again, and it seems that the problem may not be a grounding > problem. > If I take the input from the turntable out of the iMic, I get the 60Hz > buzz, unless I (effectively) ground the iMic by holding it in my hand. > When the grounded by hand I get white noise (noise across the whole > spectrum). > > If I plug in the input from the turntable, I get the same white noise as > I do w/o the turntable. > > What am I supposed to do to not get this humongous amount of noise? > > I tried grounding the ground wire from the turntable to other grounds, > i.e. to the ground in the outlet strip to which the USB hub is connected, > to the case of the power supply of the computer, to the ground screw on a > non-turntable-friendly stereo plugged into the same powerstrip as the USB > hub, and to the antenna ground on the same stereo. > > Somehow I have an idea that there is some basic concept I am missing. > > Bill > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> Kind regards, Andy a0arno01 at athena.louisville.edu Remember the two most important things in life: 1. Don't tell everyone everything you know 2. The software box said, "Windows XP or better," so I bought a Macintosh. "Macintosh. We may not have done everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end."-Douglas Adams | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be May 25. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
