FourEyesGirl
New member
Hi everyone! This is my first post here and I was wondering if anyone can help... Thanks in advance!
I currently have a problem with my Audio Technica AT2020 XLR, plugged into a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, which is then plugged into my laptop. The main use is for voice overs.
I am currently recording with Audacity (the other software are too complicated for my taste...) and no matter what settings I tried, there seems to a background/humming noise when I hear the playback of my audio through windows media player speakers/headphones. However when I listened to the audio through the interface, it is fine. As well, I pretty much have to talk loudly into the microphone in order to hear a sound. If I turn the gain up on the interface, I would have that background noise but much louder.
I previously used a Blue Yeti USB in the same recording location + method and it never had this problem. If anything, I thought the AT2020 would be better at NOT picking up background noises
Do you guys have any recommendations to fix this problem without using noise reduction on Audacity? Or is my XLR microphone broken?
I unfortunately do not have an audio file that I can attach here as I am out right now, but I will edit this post when I get home with the file!
I currently have a problem with my Audio Technica AT2020 XLR, plugged into a Focusrite Scarlett Solo, which is then plugged into my laptop. The main use is for voice overs.
I am currently recording with Audacity (the other software are too complicated for my taste...) and no matter what settings I tried, there seems to a background/humming noise when I hear the playback of my audio through windows media player speakers/headphones. However when I listened to the audio through the interface, it is fine. As well, I pretty much have to talk loudly into the microphone in order to hear a sound. If I turn the gain up on the interface, I would have that background noise but much louder.
I previously used a Blue Yeti USB in the same recording location + method and it never had this problem. If anything, I thought the AT2020 would be better at NOT picking up background noises
Do you guys have any recommendations to fix this problem without using noise reduction on Audacity? Or is my XLR microphone broken?
I unfortunately do not have an audio file that I can attach here as I am out right now, but I will edit this post when I get home with the file!