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Probably either a bad motherboard or a bad power supply. Lockups almost always point to bad hardware.

I've always liked the CAD M9 for male vocals (and tenors in particular). It's a great all-around LDC as long as you don't need multiple patterns. If you're looking to brighten up the vocals a bit, most of the other mics listed in this thread would be good choices. Pretty much everything...

That type of hardware configuration (XLR to 1/8") is notorious for humming. Don't use the Hosa cable. Everything about that is wrong. First, you should use a line matching transformer, not a straight cable. Second, you must use a metal back on the 1/8" connector or you will get hum when...

You mean they were good before?

Yeah, I remember recapping some gear because of what I suspect were bogus electrolytic caps. Failed after a year or two. The recapped hardware was still working at last count, about a decade later. It's probably safe to say that any gear with those bad caps in it should have failed by now. :)

CAD M9 if you can afford it, M179 if you can't.

Most of the time, my answer is "use a tripod". The rest of the time, I add "with a dolly". Handheld shots are way overused, IMO. If you're determined to do handheld shots, my advice would be to start by experimenting with shooting the shots without a Steadicam. Lighter modern cameras with...

Mostly agreed. There is one other situation in which I would consider a partial recap. If you're gigging with a board that has a bunch of old oil-and-paper caps that are of a variety known to have a short life expectancy, it might make sense to replace those to minimize the risk of them...

An instrument preamp is a relatively high impedance input, so you should be fine running a line output into it once you match the levels. (A line input usually is somewhere around 10k input impedance; an instrument pre can be anywhere from 100k to two or three megohms. Translation: you won't...

I think you're missing a couple of connections to the transformer. DC won't pass through a transformer, so the mic schematic as shown here won't result in any voltage reaching the capsule or the FET.

From reading the description on Google, it looks like it's what we call a "toob" preamp—that is, a solid state preamp coupled with a low-plate-voltage tube that mostly just adds distortion. You can usually spot these by the ability to "dial in" a variable amount of tube distortion. That and...

There's probably nothing wrong. The SM57 is a dynamic mic, so it has a fairly low output. You need lots of clean preamp gain to do it justice. It basically has about the same output level as modern passive ribbon mics.... Try to hunt for something like a CAD M179. It'll cost you more than...

I'm using an MS205 in my drum kit. Hint: It's not the black mic stand. Look lower.

I strongly disagree. Yes, you probably only get 12-13 bits between your acoustic noise floor and your acoustic peaks, but that doesn't mean you'll get the same quality if you record at 16-bit resolution. If you have 13 bits of effective acoustic SNR, this means you'd better precisely place...

The 2020 by a mile, but I'd probably suggest saving up a bit longer and going for an LDC instead. For example, a CAD M179 should run you about twice what a 2020 costs, give or take.

It kind of sounds like what happens if you artificially change the playback speed of a recording. Could there be a sample rate issue going on here? It also sounds like the digital noise that results from either a stuck bit or having all zeroes (or any other constant value) in the lower-order...

Your gain is almost invariably higher for dynamic mics than for condensers, which could be the reason you're hearing hum only from the dynamic mics. Try using the power supply with your laptop so that your analog ground isn't floating. See if that fixes the problem.

Isn't that like asking for names of honest politicians? :D But seriously, unless there's a really good reason to use a contact mic (e.g. you're standing right in front of a speaker), you're usually much better off with a condenser mic, whether stand-mounted or clamp-on.

Then you're lucky. USB AC 1.0 sucks. Badly. Among other things, it provides no information about how different timing sources (sample rates) are related. If the input changes sample rates, should the output change? Maybe? Probably? The driver has to guess. This means that if you have a...

This is like asking somebody to compare a Porsche and a Motorhome.... They're very, very different mics with very, very different behavior and uses. What are you hoping to use this mic for? For vocals, I suspect you'd prefer a CAD M9 over the Trion 8000. For overheads, there are any number...