Audio-Technica AT2020
Help with too much background noise

So i’m using my microphone for live streaming games and lets plays and youtube

I may have made a mistake in buying a Audio-Technica AT2020 USB a while back ,

it picks up WAY TOO much background noise.

How can I add some pickup notes right before my entire track starts?

Thanks in advance.

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PreSonus Releases StudioLive AR USB Hybrid Mixers

It's possible that you've found this thread because you are a musician, wanting to learn how to record yourself or a band. You are on a budget, you don't fully understand things like converters, preamps, interfacing, compressors etc... and maybe you don't even care about those things right now.

I've recently moved to Mongolia and most of my gear is in Canada. I'd like to be able to do a bit of hobby recording but don't want anything too big or expensive and am wondering if there is anything on the market that has both audio interface and headphone amplifier capability in one unit. It doesn't need to be great quality as I've got good stuff in Canada I can bring next time I visit.

Oh man oh man, this could be good. Fingers crossed. @$1199 it's excellent per channel cost, got input And output xformers, and also an an output knob per channel, which could be useful when not only for good gain staging, but especially if these trannys overdrive pleasantly. Plus the op amps are easily swappable. If I'm dreaming I don't wanna wake up!

1979 MCI console, modded with several channels of API pre's. Lots of the 'standard faire" of the 70's in signal processing.

The only things I think they're missing is a couple of dayglo-orange bean bag chairs, harvest gold shag carpeting... and Peruvian Marching Powder. ;)

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Just launched at AES 2016...would be interesting to see how it compares to the real thing.

http://variety.com/2016/digital/news/spotify-soundcloud-acquisition-report-1201873039/

Do you get bored with all the gizmo they put out these days ?
Please give me a real thing not this :