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It seems that your mic has a 2 year warranty, so if you've still got proof of purchase and you bought it less than 2 years ago (and it was new when you bought it), I would contact Blue's support to try and get a replacement. Unless you're desperate for a mic, you might be able to get a shiny new...

It works now, and I like the interface. I got it really cheap as well, so I don't really want to risk paying more.

Powered USB hubs are generally pretty bad for more complex electronics. You can quite easily kill your computer's power supply if you buy a cheap one and aren't careful. I don't bother with them, learnt how bad they can be from experience.

Yeah, Tascam US-200. I'll get a new multimeter asap and test. I'm really relieved that finally all of my foolish errors are resolved haha. Cheers for the help guys :) The interface was second hand as well, so it could've already been damaged by something. I should've bought new, I know, but...

The phantom power supply fixed this, and the mic sounds great! :D

It's the same with lower gain as well, just quieter. The interface is powered via USB.

Yep, I got new cables and it works now... ish. Just ordered a cheap power supply, so I'll see how that goes. I don't know much about mics and such, so I'll just have to keep trying. I can send the mic back if the power supply doesn't work.

When I move it around the screeching doesn't change. I've tried it with two cables and the screeching is still there. I don't have another mic either, so this is hard. I've ordered the behringer power supply, if that doesn't work, I'll wait until I go back to uni and see if I can test it in the...

Yep, no screeching unless the mic is plugged in and phantom power is on. With phantom power off, I can talk into the mic for a few seconds and it will capture it, until it runs out of power I guess. While it's like that, there's no screech.

You think power could be the issue? I don't have a hub or mixer, but I could buy a phantom power supply.

I don't have another mic to test, only just got this set up. Only got it working at all today, after waiting for a cable. So I'm kinda bummed out.

Even with the external sound card removed, with no power, the noise is still there.

Oh, I have both the audio interface, and an external sound card for speakers.

No other usb devices that connect to the mains, but I unplugged my speakers and both my monitors and the sound is still there. Before I bought the mic, it had been in storage for some time, could moister build up cause an issue like this?

Nope, it's plugged into my desktop. I'll try it with a laptop though.

Cheers for the reply. I've tried it with my speakers turned off and my soundcard unplugged, but it's still there. https://soundcloud.com/sam-garbett-3/microphone-screech In that sample, it's on quite high gain, that's only so you can hear the screech more easily. I've tried having the gain...

I just got my new MXL 770 up and running, with a Tascam US-200 USB Audio Interface. When I have the mic even at really now levels there is persistent screeching in the background, so recordings are unusable. Does anyone have any ideas of what this could be? Cheers!

Okey dokie lokie...?

Nope xD At least through this I've learn a ton of interesting stuff I guess. Thanks again for all your help, I'm going to stick with this forum :)

Cheers :D Have a good new year <(^_^)>