My brand new mic keeps making this thumping/windy noise. PLEASE HELP.

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I just bought this new mic and I just got it in the mail today. All i did was connect it to my focusrite 2i2 preamp and tried to record but every time I tried to record i'd get this thumping/windy noise. My room is completely still, no noise at all and It keeps doing this. I can get rid of it by simply lowering the sensitivity of the mic, but what if I need louder vocals. I had mics that worked excellent under high sensitivity. I posted and sample so you could hear what I am talking about. At the end of the sample you can hear me clamping. Also the mic may be completely silent at "medium" sensitivity, but when I clap in front of it...the thumping sound would come and stay for a few minutes.

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That's very weird. What are you using to record it and can you try speaking to it? What microphone are you using?
 
Vyrotek said:
Im using my focusrite 2i2 into my windows 8 pc. I am using mixcraft 6. I am also using a neumann tlm 102. I just connected my old mic and my old mic works perfect, didn't do it at all.
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Ah, have you turned on the 48V a.k.a phantom power?
 
That's weird then, can you make a sample of you speaking into it and stuff?
 
DarrenVocal said:
Sounds to me like there's a problem with the capsule itself. Do you have any warranty for it? If so, send it back for a new one.
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Thank you. I will definetly do that. I cant be my preamp because it works with my other mic, both needing phantom 48v. Thank you for your time.
 
Vyrotek said:
I just plugged in my old mic. and now my old mic is doing it
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Well then there is a problem with your Focusrite - does it happen with both mic inputs? Try rebooting your, make sure your drivers for the interface are updated.
 
mjbphotos said:
Well then there is a problem with your Focusrite - does it happen with both mic inputs? Try rebooting your, make sure your drivers for the interface are updated.
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Well when I did it with my old mic, I had the sensitivity turned up to the max and had it on left stereo recording by accident, I turned it down and put in on left channel input, no thumping/clipping. I plug in the new neumann, Max out the sensitivity (room still quiet just the cpu fan) CLIPPING/THUMPING LIKE CRAZY. I turn down the sensitivity, clipping/thumping still there. I put the sensitivity on medium...still there. I literally have to put the sensitivity on low to the point where you can't hear the mic to get rid of the thump and clipping.
 
DarrenVocal said:
Sounds to me like there's a problem with the capsule itself. Do you have any warranty for it? If so, send it back for a new one.
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I fixed it for a while when I changed my asio settings to default. No it works with my speech, but everytime I CLAP, it start to see that thump/clipping in the waves and it stays there for a minute. All my tests take place with the sensitivity on max. But when I turn the sensitivity down just a little, the microphone can withstand the clap and there's no clipping/thumping at all.
 
nvm its all distance, the further back when I clap the less chance of thumpping. With the sensitivity turned down just a little from max, i can clap 6 feet away and no thumping, any closer and there's thumping. I dont know if its the mic itself or my set up.
 
I should also note that when I accidently set my DAW to record, I set it to an empty channel, a channel where no mic was plugged in. The sensitivity was on max on that channel too, and when I pressed record, all I heard was clipping and thumping, and again, no mic was plugged into that channel. Im vascilating between sending back the preamp, or the mic. I might send back both I still have warranty on the both of them.
 
Vyrotek said:
I should also note that when I accidently set my DAW to record, I set it to an empty channel, a channel where no mic was plugged in. The sensitivity was on max on that channel too, and when I pressed record, all I heard was clipping and thumping, and again, no mic was plugged into that channel. Im vascilating between sending back the preamp, or the mic. I might send back both I still have warranty on the both of them.
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No microphones plugged in and thumping sound? Now that's special.
 
Even now...both my DAWS are closed, no mics plugged in, and the db indicators are flashing red/orange/green. This thing is literally malfunctioning.
 
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