i don't exactly know why that is happening....maybe you need to change the recording source .. sometimes you can select mic or line. That's just a wild guess though. If you want my suggestion, I'd say you might try returning the preamp for something like [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.audiomid…"]this-clicky-clicky[/]="http://www.audiomid…"]this-clicky-clicky[/] . Laptop audio cards are notoriously noisy .

I'd actually like to pick one of these up for mobile recording....(my laptop interface need a wallwart and preamps).

Kaushik,

I was reading your other post and noticed you said that you had almost every software and plug under the sun! This makes me think you probably have some cracked stuff....hey me too! I REALLY recommend you try out your sequencer this way and then BUY it. You don't want to be working on something and have a crash rob you of the 15 most divine, inspirational minutes of your life :) . Plus you get updates and bug fixes and a warm fuzzy feeling that you are creating jobs. As for plug ins, try them out and see which ones you really use - I find that I only use a few....1 or 2 good reverbs, a compressor and an eq. The rest is just icing. There are some pretty good free/shareware plugs too....if you want a reverb try ambience.

just my two cents, but you may find it valuable.