Ground Loops

[Karlos Santos]

The Anglo-Canadian Agreement.

[Steve Zorilow]

That's an official AC agreement (ouf....)

[Karlos Santos]

I think its a Mining company... maybe not so cool in that respect but definitely cool in ours. :-)

[farhanashraf]

just ground it!

[miikkeeyy92]

care to explain how!? (:

[deviantdigi]

Ground loops occur when 2 or more connected devices are fighting for the ground giving that horrible buzz sound. I've never experienced them, or heard of anyone else for that matter, with DJing.

But you can use a ground lifter to dedicate the ground to one device.

[Steve Zorilow]

This solution work in many situation, while illegal in other country.

Lifting AC ground is a short term solution, while Audio & Galvanic Isolation (Audio transformer, ground loop isolator, proper use of balanced line, USB isolation,etc) is the most suitable for long term and safe solution.

[miikkeeyy92]

I do have a behringer di box, but its only one channel, would the simplest solution be get another one? but i have my laptop, amp, and decks all connected into 3 seperate sockets, so i guess thats 3 groundings?

[Steve Zorilow]

Run your laptop from battery first, if it solve the problem, you may want to buy another DI, or try a dual Ground Loop Isolator. There's quite a few variant of it, from 15$ (typical model looks like http://indashpc.org/new/images/articles/image020.jpg) to several hundred bucks. Pricing goes with the internal Audio Transformer quality.

Check at your local pro audio store.

EDIT: While not the best solution (sound quality wise) having one (or couple) of those stereo ground loop isolator in stock is always handy.

[miikkeeyy92]

I bought one of those ground isolators, but it just made the problem worse and horrendous noises when it got knocked. Running on battery clears the noise, i just dont have enough juice in the thing to do a whole party, and i run it down and plug it in as it makes a pop noise. looks like im buying another di box!