Hi, I'm trying to record vocals on my laptop which I thought would be simple once I get a proper mic but I'm still having problems with getting white noise in the background. I got the Shure SM58 mic today from a shop and after closer inspection I believe it's an original. After looking around the internet for answers I'm under the impression that the white noise is somehow caused by directly connecting the mic to the laptop. I had the same white noise problem with the Samson Go mic which supports this hypothesis. So from what I can surmise, getting a mixer should fix this problem? I do have a Roland Micro Cube guitar amp and I'm wondering if I can use that in place of a mixer. Though I would have to get a wire that connects the amp to the laptop if that even exists, I wonder if it would be a cheaper solution that's similarly effective to getting a mixer. I am concerned if it is my laptop(an Acer Aspire 4738) itself that is the root of the problem, but it's what I have to work with. I'll also try to see after recording some vocals if noise filter from a software is a good enough solution.