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    We are running all analog equipment to a tape machine. The hum appears out of nowhere when I play my cymbals. Most of the time its un-noticeable... until I hit a cymbal and them BAM, there it is.
    We have tried to track it down thru process of elimination but to no avail.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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    flourescent lighting ? Also sometimes if your cabling is running parallel to each other, this may occur. How are measuring the hum ?
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    Can you provide a bit more detail on how you have things wired? A majority of the time it's a grounding problem.
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    I was about to say that grounding problem usually causes the humming.

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    From what I could find on the internet, I'm thinking it's a grounding problem too. How do you check for that? It's mostly my father-in-laws equipment. I have a Carvin MX1688 board that my drums are ran through to his Yamaha 6 channel mixer. From there he runs his guitar and vocals through to add effects into the 4 track tape. Also my snare is ran straight into this mixer. I don't know how to explain how everything is hooked up. I know nothing about this but I'm trying to learn.
    He's got everything plugged in to several "six bangers" which are plugged in to different wall outlets.
    We didn't notice this hum problem until he bought a vocal mic and it started happening. I'm not blaming the mic, it's just when we started to notice it.
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    Try plugging everything into the same outlet or lifting the ground on the gear where they plug into the wall

    Also,a thought, i thought i was getting a ground loop and it turned out to be a bad cable
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    If you have bulk cable on the floor try leaving it in a figure 8 pattern rather than a bunched up this can cut down the noise too

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    Well, whatever it was is gone. We re-routed some things and now everything is crystal clear again. I'm not so sure it was a 60 cycle hum though. It wasn't apparent all the time, just when I played a cymbal or vocals were present. Anyway, it's gone and I'm happy. Thanks to all who replied!
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