Took me 4 hours to fix a 10 second audio glitch in my friend's podcast

I spent my whole Saturday afternoon trying to figure out why this one line of my friend's interview had this weird buzzing sound. At first I blamed the mic or the room echo, but nope. Turned out his phone was sitting on the desk next to the laptop and the cellular signal was causing interference. Four hours of testing different cables, filters, and software settings just to move a phone 3 feet away. Has anyone else chased a simple problem for way longer than it deserved?

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reesemoore1mo agoMost Upvoted

Ngl sounds like my wifi going out because the toaster was on.

parker_thomas1mo ago

Dude that's too real. I swear my microwave kills the internet every time I use it.

jadew631mo ago

That phone interference thing is sneaky. @reesemoore knows the pain too, sounds like they've been through the toaster-wifi saga. Next time just start by moving everything off the desk, it saves you the whole "try every cable in the house" nightmare.