I tried a noise gate in front of the distortion, and that didn't help because you can still hear the whoosh/hiss/howl behind the note, which becomes quite apparent as the note decays and the noise does not. I could set the release as short as a note to cut off the noise after that, but obviously notes are going to be all different lengths so that is not a solution.
next I tested the distortion itself. I clamped down on the noise gate so all background noise was cut (using a spectrum analyzer plugin to verify), and the Roktron 808 (noisiest of them all) was making zero noise.
then I inserted a keyboard plugin between the noise gate and the Roktron 808, and found that it was making no whoosh/hiss/howl whatsoever. only a distorted keyboard and nothing else.
which sounded awesome by the way. someone needs to start a heavy metal band with distorted keyboards. could possibly replace guitars if the keyboardist is good enough.
so the whoosh/hiss/howl must be generated by the distortion from the low background noise that I get when using the keyboard (into Line 1 of the UM-1 USB interface) or the interface itself.
it's not the sound driver because I tried direct sound vs. ASIO and no change.
I unplugged the keyboard and still get background noise and when the distortion is turned on, get the whoosh/hiss/howl.
so it must be the USB interface.
shutdown the VST host, unplugged the USB interface, started VST host and played the keyboard plugin through distortion absolutely free of whoosh at any volume level.
it was the USB interface.
next I tested the distortion itself. I clamped down on the noise gate so all background noise was cut (using a spectrum analyzer plugin to verify), and the Roktron 808 (noisiest of them all) was making zero noise.
then I inserted a keyboard plugin between the noise gate and the Roktron 808, and found that it was making no whoosh/hiss/howl whatsoever. only a distorted keyboard and nothing else.
which sounded awesome by the way. someone needs to start a heavy metal band with distorted keyboards. could possibly replace guitars if the keyboardist is good enough.
so the whoosh/hiss/howl must be generated by the distortion from the low background noise that I get when using the keyboard (into Line 1 of the UM-1 USB interface) or the interface itself.
it's not the sound driver because I tried direct sound vs. ASIO and no change.
I unplugged the keyboard and still get background noise and when the distortion is turned on, get the whoosh/hiss/howl.
so it must be the USB interface.
shutdown the VST host, unplugged the USB interface, started VST host and played the keyboard plugin through distortion absolutely free of whoosh at any volume level.
it was the USB interface.
Statistics: Posted by frantic_fingers — Tue Oct 15, 2024 5:31 am