Why Your Studio Monitors Are Humming, Crackling, etc. (EASY FIX)

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Here’s Why Your Monitors Are Noisy... How To Fix Noisy Monitors! Let's talk about cables. Specifically, balanced vs. unbalanced cables! This could be why you're getting a lot of noise or noise interference in your home studio setup. Ever wondering why your studio monitors have noise? Why your studio monitors have humming or crackling? It could be because you are using the wrong cables.

[Millerboy]

Great video and clear explanation. Rare in the audio world 🤣

[carson]

My speaker on the right crackles when I play a virtual instrument

[klaytonvonkluge]

thanks, i need to look into this, i’m not 💯 sure what my cables are, but i’m sure getting some pops & crackles

[sirspongadoodle]

good video i already knew this, but for those who didnt get told about it i could see this video being really helpful...

[slytherinda]

my experience with my first studio monitor + unbalanced cable setup (presonus eris 3.5) is that the system crackles after it puts itself into away or shutdown mode so i come back after sleeping and there is a really high chance that there will be crackling in the monitors. What has fixed it every time has been just resetting my computer. Balanced cables coming in the future to avoid the annoyance though

[LCTProductionss]

Really helpfull video! You solved the problem I had with my new monitors

[pbest]

have replaced everthing, speaker leads (high end balanced) cords, power supply, computer leads, usb cable. I ve re installed the software...everything but cannot get rid off the mosquito sound buzzing!

[DJDoubleEdge]

I have TRS (Balanced) cables and still having the buzz 😮‍💨

[MethuselahMusic]

Still got a nasty buzz in DAW studio monitors with shielded cables. NOT "crystal clear sound". Any other suggestions?

[angelpilotixent]

yo bro so I use balance cable I just bought Yamaha hs8 I know it not the wire or speaker cause it did this with my other speaker aswell and I made sure to go to guitar center just to get right cable and my speaker still have a ugly crackle just on my right side when im not playing nothing and then when I turn up the volume anything more then 25 to 50 percent its like distorted sound real loud what can I do

[koonfybeats]

Brother one monitor sounds Great but the other one sounds bad why?

[ave_rie]

this is helpful! I sometimes have to work without an audio interface tho. Would you know what to do in that case?

For example, my mic is connected to the computer via usb and my earphones are connected directly on the mic itself. Recordings have no problem but I hear the crackle as I monitor my own speaking voice so it's distracting :( . Would getting TRS earphones solve that? thanks so much!

[dillthoughs]

i bricked my new monitors by using guitar cables