Crackling is often a driver or a buffer problem. Could be the USB port, try others on your computer
In anycase, the first thing to do is to check the audio settings in Audacity. Check if you can put it in Asio and or choose a higher buffer setting.

We rarely hear '' Wow, that USB mic is great'' here on recording.org :cautious:

It's unlikely to be a USB problem if no other errors show up; it's much more likely to be the buffer size set too small. Check first that the microphone really has installed as a USB2 device and not USB1.

Boswell, post: 446254, member: 29034 wrote: It's unlikely to be a USB problem if no other errors show up; it's much more likely to be the buffer size set too small. Check first that the microphone really has installed as a USB2 device and not USB1.

Thanks for the response. The default buffer was at 100, so I moved to 200 and 500, but nothing changed. Any ideas?

Jarmaloon, post: 446268, member: 50285 wrote: Thanks for the response. The default buffer was at 100, so I moved to 200 and 500, but nothing changed. Any ideas?

• Try more like 1024 and work your way down.

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• Edit: Also take your computer "offline" and deactivate your firewall.

• You may also need to whitelist the USB device. You need a clear USB port.

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