If it makes you feel better @ warzan i lost all my keys this week and am running back and forth getting replacements? Just a bad Karma week lol!

Not much use I know, but shit happens, if you were infallible, life would be boring.
I think most of us will survive a week end without a Weekender.
How can we help to fix it? Where’s the ‘Donate’ button?

I’ve dabbled a bit in audio production as a hobby. The ‘Aux’ 1/2 knobs you mentioned (on some mixers ‘MON’ or ‘FX’) are there for the purpose you describe…of sending a mix of the channels to and aux output or effects loop. There should be a separate output you can send back to the showcase PC that is driven by these knobs. Typically this is done for setting up a monitor mix for the vocalist or for processing reverb etc. and introducing back into the mix through another channel. PFL (pre-fader listen) switches the output entirely from the mix…if you… Read more »

the only constructive suggestion I can make is to cover the noise from @BoWBen with some smooth jazz in the background.

Do I need to send a SOS anzac parcel to help @Warzan ??

@warzan Think you need a pfl my to solve it
I’ll get my coat

Lots of areas of tech I can talk about but audio is not one of them, I guess it is a case of working through each step logically to see where the interference/hum is introduced going hop to hop. Certainly might be something in the quality of the cable if running also near power. For client certainly in my own experience, I have seen huge sound improvements using Zoom instead of Skype. Depending on Ben router and the config in the office you could look at traffic shaping to prioritise this conference call traffic. It is an interesting issue that… Read more »

Here’s a link that might prove useful:

http://blog.radialeng.com/the-right-di-for-computers-in-audio/

Cheers ?

Very sorry to hear you’re having a tough day in the office. Things in the office have been strange over here as well. For instance, all day I’ve had this weird thought in my head that it’s time to buy some more donation Annual Backstage Passes. The damnedest thing, I can’t get it out of my head. 😀 It’s on days like this it helps to remember that have allies, friends, and supporters. If there isn’t a Weekender this week, or if the audio is different this week, we’ll still love the site. 😀

looks like the motherboard audio inputs you fried, if the PC starts up and you can use it just without sound id go for getting your hands on a PCI sound card which are cheap and set it up as handling the audio disabling the now fried motherboard audio in settings. Not being local i cant offer much help than that if Justin has a dedicated sound card borrow that to try the fix. its cheap and easy to replace usually depending on its spec were you to blow it. (if you were local ive got a cupboard of spares… Read more »

I feel my silent movie idea for the weekender may be beginning to be taken seriously

What a technological nightmare to deal with. I feel for you guys. Fingers crossed for you and the weekender. Worse comes to worst I’ll be re-watching 3 Colors Up painting tutorials.

I do want to thank you for the sound board lesson. Seriously, those things look a lot less mysterious now.

@warzan Simple solution get Ben to move to Northern Ireland that will cut out a whole step in the process 🙂

Time to upgrade the siund boards from onboard to one that handles mic inputs

When you mentioned connecting XLR to the regular line-out I first thought that it couldn’t be done, but it looks like it is possible (yay for google : http://www.shure.com/americas/support/find-an-answer/how-do-i-wire-an-xlr-to-1-4-adapter-cable ). I’m guessing you connected when the pc was powered on ? I noticed on my dad’s pc that his onboard soundcard could switch inputs and outputs at the driver level. He wasn’t getting any sound out of his speakers, because for some reason the port he was using for ‘stereo output’ had switched to ‘line in’. Switching it back to ‘line out’ fixed it. So unless you’ve blown the entire… Read more »

Wow its around 60£ for a soundcard but will that cover all the sound @warzan.

Oooppps. Everyone has a bad day or a mad moment, I think I invented them. If the PC powers up then I would suggest a decent sound card. Far better than the onboard audio (might be where some of the ‘noise’ is coming from. Anyway best of luck, onwards and upwards.
P.S. Could always try subtitles???? Thats not helping is it?

Why does the ‘internet’ in the diagram look like an infected spleen? Maybe that’s the cause of the background noise?

Guys use the Aux sends, you can isolate the channels. Id say you blow the p.c alright.

Ok just rewatched the video. To help clear up the noise take the line out (send) from the showcase p.c and in to channel One input (not xlr). Your phantom powered mic’s in to channels 4-5 as the are. Connect your in-ear monitoring to Aux1. On channel one turn the Aux1 up intil you get signal. That way you will hear only channel one in your in ear. Connect the line in (return) to the p.c and in to Aux2. On channels 4-5 turn up Aux 2 and the signal will be sent back to ben without his voice. A… Read more »