Hey..i'm TOTALLY new to the recording stuff neither did i have a lot of money. So I got the least expensive stuff i could find. I got a MXL 990, Some LiveX XLR cable (5ft), & a Behringer Mic200. I plug that into my Home PC with a standard Sound Card. Anyway, when I started out it sounded great. Ofcourse, since they are really cheap so there was this hiss.

Hi all,

This is my first post here. Hope that someone can help me out on this.

I am not sure is it my mobile pre problem, or just my setting. My setup is super simple, Shure KSM27 to the mobile pre through XLR Mogami Gold Studio Mic Cable. Then mobile pre to my computer's USB port.

I am currently trying to start some recording. I am using a M Audio Pre USB, a MXL MXL990 Condenser Mic with Shockmount, using Guitar Tracks PRO software all on a laptop.

Hey, I'm new but i got a microphone just recently, its a dynamic Audio-Technica ATR20. :roll: i know its really cheap and everything but its all i can afford at the moment. :lol: I plugged it into my computer and everytime i record something theres the most annoying sound ever.. :x ive always wondered if it was maybe my soundcard or something. :?

Just joined. I am building a small project studio. I have a problem with hiss even when gains are turned all the way down. Is this common with the Edirol DA PCI 2496. How can I stop hiss.

Also can anyone recommend a good budget stereo compressor for recording a motif 6 synth pads, bass and percussion into computer.

Cheers

Complex.

I've been having trouble getting a clean signal on this new equipment. Here's the chain...

CAD M9 tube mic > Focusrite VM Pro > Edirol UM-25 > computer Hard drive located in the next room. Pretty simple, yes?

The cabling from the Cad mic into the VM pro is a balanced XLR, and from VM Pro to Edirol is balanced XLR also.

I JUST GOT A JOE MEEK VC3, AND WHENEVER I TURN ON THE PHANTOM POWER, I GET A LOT OF HUM AND HISS. IS THIS DUE TO THE CRAPPY WAL-WART POWER SUPPLY THAT CAME WITH IT? I HEARD THAT SOMEONE WAS EXPERIENCING THE SAME CONFLICT AND THEY PURCHASED A ROLLS PS-12 POWER SUPPLY AND IT MADE THE SIGNAL MORE QUIETER. PLEASE HELP, THANKS.

I've begun to experience hiss when recording through the line-in with my SB AWE64. Is there any way I can prevent this hiss?

I go headphone-out from my minidisc recorder, through a preamp, into the sound card's line-in. When I just play the minidisc audio through the sound card's line-in, the sound is excellent, with minimal or zero hiss.

I realize this is probably a rather amateurish question for a very professional forum, but was still hoping someone might be able to help. A friend of mine recently had his demo mastered on the cheap (against my advice). It actually sounds decent, but a couple songs are fraught with clicks and hiss (i'm guessing due to the original recording).

you know that classic hiss and crackle of a sweet ol turntable..where can i find some wav file or somethin that i can loop and use in my mixing. ohh thatd be aweosme..