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It was a £2.99 cable, at that price it's not worth the solder to redo it haha. I hope my mic isn't damaged, it shouldn't be... I hope.

It's from some shop on ebay. Well it's soldered in a way that makes it unbalanced, not how an XLR to XLR cable should be soldered.

I did have the same idea as that, so I connected it to a USB 3.0 port, which pumps out a bit more power. It didn't do anything unfortunately. I have also tried attaching to a group of USB 2.0s that are running from a different controller that isn't populated, so power shouldn't be an issue. If a...

I'm a student... I'm used to it xD Decided to open up the cable... it's not soldered correctly xD Plus it looks like it was soldered by a blind gibbon! I was doing better jobs than this at the age of 7>.<

Who needs sleep, eh? :P

Added some rep :) I'm in the UK, it's 18:20 here right now... I've been awake for around 45 hours though, so time is kinda lost to me at this point.

That hasn't done anything, well it was worth a try :P Gotta say, thanks again for all the help and time you've given me tonight. Is there any reputation system, so I can upvote you?

Everything seems tight, do you mean the thread that opens to the internals of the mic?

Yeah seems to be well and truly in there, I've removed the rubber but it doesn't go in any further. Glad I've moved away from USB mics, but this is one hell of a struggle! I've got over 50 days until the mic won't be able to be sent back, more time with the interface, so I've got plenty of time...

At this point I'm fairly certain it's the cable. This interface is secondhand, but the guy I bought it from was using it fine about a week ago. The mic was brand new, and MXL are supposed to make decent quality mics, not the best but certainly not the worst.

Nope, that would be far to useful haha. As I said in the original post, this is my first proper mic set-up, so I have no old or spare stuff to test with. I guess I should put this down to experience and make sure I have some testing gear in future. Once the new cable comes I'll be able to...

Nope :/ I only have USB mics sadly. I'll get a multimeter and see if that can tell me anything. Will have a new cable soon too, so I can try that with it, the current cable could be really resistive.

The light is on the interface, it just flickers when I flick the switch on the microphone. It only does it with phantom power on. Maybe there isn't enough power being delivered.

If the mic was broken, would it still make the light flash on when the switch is pushed?

When I hit flick the -10Db switch, the interface signal light comes on for a second... so something is going on with it.

Ah ok, well the interface is being recognized in Audacity, it's just not accepting any input from the mic. I'm going to pop down to the shop in a moment and pick up a new multimeter, mine seems to be long dead!

Yep, I'm monitoring it with headphones. The mic doesn't seem to be picking anything up, as the signal light is staying off. I'll be honest, I'm not sure what a DAW is >.< Is it the drivers that came with the interface?

I've got another cable on the way, which I ordered a while ago but got lost in the post, so I'll have that to test it with. I''ve got a couple of guitars in storage, so I'll pick one up tomorrow and see if I can get that to work. I am hoping it's just a terrible cable, as that will make this...

Gaaaah I'm not aloud to send links yet! If you go through the ebay link to the main ebay page and enter this 190999770233 into the search box it should take you there. Sorry about that! Thanks for quick replies as well guys ^^

Here's the cable - www ebay co uk/itm/190999770233 (I'm new so I'm not allowed to post links, so I removed the dots!) I thinks it's just a standard cable...