I'll be honest, I'm not particularly well-versed when it comes to this stuff so even though I'm going to try and be as specific as possible, I'm sure I'll probably leave out a ton of necessary info. Here's my problem...

hi. ive been recording vocals for years simply plugging in my microphone to the back of my sound cards input. crude perhaps but it has worked mostly fine. I'm somewhat aware that having a mixer/preamp is supposed to enhance your signal or clear it up somewhat (i think, right?) so recently i picked up one of these xenyx 502s. it hisses. it sucks.

I have a low-end home studio that I am building (in my garage), and am looking for a decent compressor to add to my collection of equipment. Unfortunately, I am painfully ignorant when it comes to audio compression, gates, and filters. I record mostly vocals, and unfortunately my recordings are ugly uncompressed audio and has a slight hiss to it.

hey everyone, I'm using an Alesis multimix 8 usb mixer into my Sonar x1 daw, windows 7. Everytime i record something through the mixer i get a lot of high pitched unwanted noise/hiss. The sound of the instrument (bass) is decent, but i cant seem to get rid of this hiss. any suggestions? any help or comments would be GREATLY appreciated.

Ok this is my set up.

Mac Notebook 13.3 inch 2.2GHz 2GB 120GB Core 2 Duo Processor Behringer EURORACK UB1202 12-input, 2-bus mic/line, 4 (IMPs) 3-band EQ.
Logic Pro 9 and Garage band.

I was trying to test my new Mackie 402-vlz3 mixer yesterday with a bass guitar. so my friend came with a jazz bass (the brand escapes me now...) and we plugged it into the line 1 input and made use of the instrument level switch (which is great, replaces a DI box).

Basically, I have a Shure SM58 attached to a home-made XLR-->1/4 Adapter-->1/8 Jack going into a SB Audigy (yes, the card sucks, I know)... The recordings sound clear and crisp (when I boost the recording a whole 60%) but then you get audible noise/static when the backing track is muted...

hey guys I have been working on a particular project for a long time now, and some of the stuff being recorded at home, 2 of the more acoustic songs have a good amount of hiss.

while I was at the studio the engineer really wanted me to try and retract the guitars with a better signal, but no matter what I can't seem to capture the same vibe as the originals with hiss.

So, I'm relatively new at this but I'm learning fast and have read literally days upon days of information on the recording process in the past few months. I'm having an issue with high-frequency hissing on vocal tracks when I'm compressing them. I have a Native Instruments Audio Kontrol 1 and an AT2035 (Previously the 3035).

Hi, I just bought the pro fire 610 M audio, and the sm 57, I just plugged it to the audio interface and when I turn the level up, I start hearing a hiss. Why is this? Is this a problem because the room is not treated acoustically? or is it a problem with the microphone or audio interface?