On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 12:30:16PM -0500, Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Fri, 5 Jun 2015, Frank Cox wrote: > > >On Fri, 5 Jun 2015 12:05:43 -0500 (CDT) > >Michael Hennebry wrote: > > > >>whether a microphone will introduce humming? > > > >Is it a 60 cycle hum? If so, it's probably induced by poor grounding. > > I suspect so. > Is that something I can fix? that depends on where the grounding problem is... I dont' remember if this is a desktop/deskside machine, or a laptop... if it's a laptop, and if the power cord is a polarized 3-prong plug, I don't think there's much to be done about it UNLESS the outlet you're using is wired wrong, or there's a more widespread grounding/wiring issue in your building. if it's a desktop, I'll assume it's already a 3-prong polarized plug (unless someone has used a 2-3 prong adaptor, or the building is mis-wired. All the above kind of assumes a US-like outlet. I don't recall where the OP resides/works, so that may be all wrong. You can get cheap devices that plug into a 3-prong outlet and have little LED lights that indicate whether the wiring is correct, as regards ground and neutral, or not. Also, it's possible that you've got a cheap headset/mic combo that does not have the shielded audio cable wired correctly. It's also possible that it's a cheap-a** rig that doesn't even use shielded cable from the plug to the mic/phones. I've got one such headset here that injects hum into the microphone feed on either my desktop or my netbook. however, when using the netbook, if I disconnect the AC power, the hum goes away. Go figure. Reversing the (2-prong) plug in the outlet doesn't make any difference in this case. So, if I need to record something, I'll borrow my wife's USB headset which, as of last usage, worked fine. -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. ------------------------------- Romans 5:8 (niv) ------------------------------