mxl 990 + alesis multimix + roland multitracker = NOISE!!!

lurgan liar

lurgan liar

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can someone help me ...i am trying to record an acoustic guitar with a mxl 990 using an alesis mixer (as its the only thing i have with phantom power)and my roland multitracker...

i need some advce on mic placement as i've been told numerous different ways of doing it? ....how high i should be setting the gain on the mixer? - the mix volume on the mixer? ...and the gain settings on my multitracker? ....

i've been picking up way too much noise .....and need some help :)

thanks
 
Are you tracking around a computer or a/c or refrigerator? It's very possible that the mic is just picking up noise that's already in the room. Otherwise it may be a gainstaging issue...
 
What roland is it?

Most Likely it's the MXL and mixer... or like OneRoom said, it could be the a/c or something like that.
 
applejax said:
What roland is it?

Most Likely it's the MXL and mixer... or like OneRoom said, it could be the a/c or something like that.
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Its the Roland Vs880 - i get a really clean sound by just plugging dynamic mics into the roland rather than going through the mixer ...so i am guessing i must have the gain turned up too high on the mixer or somethin ...i'll experiment with this for a while and hopefully will find out what i am doing wrong
 
The 990 will pretty much pickup anything in the room. It's like having 2 microphones pointing in opposite directions. Make sure that there is NO noise coming from anywhere else in the room...or outside of the room.
 
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