Hello. I have been having a bit of a problem but didn't realize it was so until I asked someone at Long and McQuades about it and he had no clue how to help me.
When I plug my bass into my computer and listen to it through headphones sound is coming only in the left ear and there is a terrible buzz over it. I am using Windows 7, the onboard sound card that came with my ASUS motherboard, it says Realtek HD audio, some old Altec Lansing speakers and Shure SRH840 Headphones. My amp is a Mesa Walkabout and the bass I am using most (the problem is with them all so...) is my '04 Fender PBass Deluxe with TI's. When I use the headphones for other applications like music or Rocksmith or whatever they work just fine.
I wasn't really concerned about it before because I only plugged into my computer to use my TB Strobe Tuner. I recently got the Reaper DAW after reading a poll/thread on here and it seemed the most popular and then when I checked out the price I was sold.
I have the problem when I just plug in and have no programs running and I get sound from my speakers, when I am using TB strobe Tuner and when I am using the Reaper DAW. It is the same whether I plug into my line in jack or into my mic jack. It is also the same whether I use my DI input from my amp or directly from my bass into my computer. I just checked and it happens while I am recording but when I playback what I play it comes out in both ears with maybe a little buzz. Normally the buzz overpowers the sound of my bass and I have to turn my speakers louder than normal to hear my playing.
I am not doing any serious recording, just backing tracks for the purposes of practicing and messing around, so a little buzz/interference is ok but this is quite overpowering and the one ear thing makes me think I am missing something or there is something wrong somewhere. I looked around a bit and I didn't know how to search for this so I am sorry if this has been covered somewhere. The guy at the store said I needed an outboard soundcard to plug my DI connection into and then into my computer, but I have never read anything about that anywhere. I always read things saying plug into your line in or mic jack. I would imagine I would have read that somewhere if it necessary and common practice. I know there is always tons to learn everytime I try something new, buying an amp turned into 3 months of research somehow, but I figured I wouldn't need to read a book to just record some simple backing track to play over. I am reaching information overload and just wanted to do something simple.
If anybody could help me with this problem I would really appreciate it. Hopefully it is a simple driver or setting somewhere. I don't want to buy a $100 soundcard to record into a $60 piece of software.
Thank you,
Andre
When I plug my bass into my computer and listen to it through headphones sound is coming only in the left ear and there is a terrible buzz over it. I am using Windows 7, the onboard sound card that came with my ASUS motherboard, it says Realtek HD audio, some old Altec Lansing speakers and Shure SRH840 Headphones. My amp is a Mesa Walkabout and the bass I am using most (the problem is with them all so...) is my '04 Fender PBass Deluxe with TI's. When I use the headphones for other applications like music or Rocksmith or whatever they work just fine.
I wasn't really concerned about it before because I only plugged into my computer to use my TB Strobe Tuner. I recently got the Reaper DAW after reading a poll/thread on here and it seemed the most popular and then when I checked out the price I was sold.
I have the problem when I just plug in and have no programs running and I get sound from my speakers, when I am using TB strobe Tuner and when I am using the Reaper DAW. It is the same whether I plug into my line in jack or into my mic jack. It is also the same whether I use my DI input from my amp or directly from my bass into my computer. I just checked and it happens while I am recording but when I playback what I play it comes out in both ears with maybe a little buzz. Normally the buzz overpowers the sound of my bass and I have to turn my speakers louder than normal to hear my playing.
I am not doing any serious recording, just backing tracks for the purposes of practicing and messing around, so a little buzz/interference is ok but this is quite overpowering and the one ear thing makes me think I am missing something or there is something wrong somewhere. I looked around a bit and I didn't know how to search for this so I am sorry if this has been covered somewhere. The guy at the store said I needed an outboard soundcard to plug my DI connection into and then into my computer, but I have never read anything about that anywhere. I always read things saying plug into your line in or mic jack. I would imagine I would have read that somewhere if it necessary and common practice. I know there is always tons to learn everytime I try something new, buying an amp turned into 3 months of research somehow, but I figured I wouldn't need to read a book to just record some simple backing track to play over. I am reaching information overload and just wanted to do something simple.
If anybody could help me with this problem I would really appreciate it. Hopefully it is a simple driver or setting somewhere. I don't want to buy a $100 soundcard to record into a $60 piece of software.
Thank you,
Andre
