Wi-Fi Interference

[Menehune]

So my GLab SD-1 Smooth Delay went on the fritz - clock nose, distorted audio, no delay heard when stomped on - and wrote to GLab to solicit repair. Never heard back, probably because they were insulted by my translate.google.com email in Polish that I thought read "is there a US repair facility" but likely translated to "so, I heard all about your younger sister." Then the NUX wireless guitar kit came into my Covid-lonesome life, and I set it up here in my Den of Technology with the music gear and computing gear and damn I'm standing like two feet away from the amp but the audio is cutting in and out, in and out, in and - wait, this is the same tempo as the SD-1 clock noise, and the NUX instructions say you may get interference if used within six feet of a wi-fi AP. So off we goes, amp and guitar and NUX and Delay, out the door to a farther-away place, where we set up and everything now works fine.

So learn, friends, that the 2.4GHz pumped out by your wi-fi router can addle the DSP in at least this effects box, as well as your wireless guitar comms.

[tbonesullivan]

That's odd. What happens if you just use the NUX without the SD-1 and go near the wi-fi AP?

I do remember when they filmed a TV show where I work that when they turned on their wireless mic system it totally nuked our office wifi until they changed frequencies.

[scottcald]

Those wireless like the NUX small plug in dongle type mostly use 2.4 GHz.   Try changing the channel the NUX is using.  Or, more ideally, turn off 2.4GHz on your Wifi and use the 5GHz band instead.  Out of each other's way, and 5GHz has a better transfer rate, but a little shorter range and more susceptible to wall obstructions etc. 

[stobro]

My last gig (and my first one in about 4 years) we had problems with the guitar player's wireless and the wifi connection to the iPad our sound gal was using for the PA mix. In this case, the wifi connection kept cutting out due to the proximity of the two system's antennas. Once we figured it out and rearranged the equipment on stage the show could go on.

[scottcald]

Oh, forgot to add:  Carvin sells one that operates on 5.8GHz, so that may be helpful.  

https://carvinaudio.com/collections/featured-products/products/wg5-wireless-guitar-and-bass-system