i should have also added that once i got a new external sound card (maudio fast track pro, usb) the noise went away.skept wrote:that is where i'd be pointing my finger of blame. my on board, stock soundcard hums. i think it picks up noise from the computer because i could hear the harddrive when i recorded on it previously.kujoma wrote:Maybe my crapy old onboard Soundchip from Nvidia?