YanKleber
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Microphone issue: surrounding noise [SOLVED]
Hi all!
After almost 30 years of delay I am finally trying to make this dream about to record an album to come true.
Thanks to all the awesome DAW software I am doing good with the instruments part. However, when the thing comes to the voice recording I am really being knocked out. The main issue is that whenever I record my voice, it is getting an unwished environment noise, like a buzz mixed with an hiss.
My gear is a C-3 mic and a Mic100 tube preamp, both from Behringer. They go plugged directly into my PC (onboard card) and the place where I do stuff is a regular room without any acoustic treatment. I believe that 99% of the problem is on my own inability of set up the equipment. The microphone has a DIY pop-killer. The preamp has two controls (gain and output) and the only thing I know is that cranking up one or another control will make the recording level to get up. Dohhh! I know that a wrong balance between those two controls will only probably add more noise to the equation though...
I have found a few tutorials teaching how to build a portable vocal booth (and that supposely would help to reduce the environment surrounding noise) but I am not feeling too much excited on add an extra stuff before to be sure that I am doing OK with what already I have.
Two other information that may be important:
1) I am not a singer so I have a bit of fear of the microphone and usually stay farest away from it than I probably should (around 10 inches between my mouth to the mic)
2) My place is very quiet (I live in country side) and the only audible sound in the environment is the usual hum from computer motors
Can someone give me tips to put me in the right track?
Thanks thanks THANKS a lot!!!
Hi all!
After almost 30 years of delay I am finally trying to make this dream about to record an album to come true.
Thanks to all the awesome DAW software I am doing good with the instruments part. However, when the thing comes to the voice recording I am really being knocked out. The main issue is that whenever I record my voice, it is getting an unwished environment noise, like a buzz mixed with an hiss.
My gear is a C-3 mic and a Mic100 tube preamp, both from Behringer. They go plugged directly into my PC (onboard card) and the place where I do stuff is a regular room without any acoustic treatment. I believe that 99% of the problem is on my own inability of set up the equipment. The microphone has a DIY pop-killer. The preamp has two controls (gain and output) and the only thing I know is that cranking up one or another control will make the recording level to get up. Dohhh! I know that a wrong balance between those two controls will only probably add more noise to the equation though...
I have found a few tutorials teaching how to build a portable vocal booth (and that supposely would help to reduce the environment surrounding noise) but I am not feeling too much excited on add an extra stuff before to be sure that I am doing OK with what already I have.
Two other information that may be important:
1) I am not a singer so I have a bit of fear of the microphone and usually stay farest away from it than I probably should (around 10 inches between my mouth to the mic)
2) My place is very quiet (I live in country side) and the only audible sound in the environment is the usual hum from computer motors
Can someone give me tips to put me in the right track?
Thanks thanks THANKS a lot!!!
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