Humming Sound from S4
I would like to figure out why there is a very loud humming sound coming from my speakers when I plug in the RCA cables into the S4,
The sound is much like interference and none of the settings within Traktor seem to make a difference.
Unplugging the laptop and running on battery does not work neither.
The sound comes through the speakers strictly when the S4 is plugged in and never with other devices.
I would have immediately said it was a ground loop, but unplugging laptop usually tells you that’s what it is. Hmmm…
Do you have a mic or anything else plugged into the S4?
I’m beginning to think the Soundcard in the S4 might be broken, but no I have no microphone plugged in. The humming sound literally ONLY happens when the S4 connection is made. I have even tried switching to different RCA cables, even bought higher quality ones but it makes no difference.
Make sure all Fx are off too.
As I haven’t had this problem (other than ground loop) I don’t think I can be of much help. I would call NI customer service Monday and see what they can do.
Was Really trying to avoid that…Too bad, I have no option
Thanks much though
check if the phono inputs are conected and if the balanced volume are too high, i had that and i was having hum, it gone when i lowered the volume to min.
have you checked the S4 with differnt speakers ?
or indeed the speakers with a different soundcard?
I have exactly the same problem.
It’s making the general sound quality from the S4 awful as well. The louder you play the worse and more muffled it sounds.
Edit - Simple as it sounds I just restarted the software and it’s gone and the speakers are fine now… At least it shows it’s an S4 problem, but I’m sure it will be back.
Or there was an effect that had somehow gotten triggered and was trailing off.
Yea very possibly. One thing I have noticed is with the S4 everything seems to be really bass heavy, and this isn’t the case when I’m using my CDJ’s on the same mixer/speaker set up. Next problem to solve anyways.