Issue with recorded vocals

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M-AUDIO Fast Track - soundcard
AKG LC - condenser microphone

Well, i recorded some vocals having M-AUDIO's gain on +3db or +4db
Now it came the time to mix/premaster the whole track, vocals have the following issue : There is a hum and little distortion when i set the stereo volume on high, tried different things like ozone's 4 hum removal, like X noise from Waves, different Equalizers etc etc, simply nothing... U wouldnt want to know what happens if i insert a Maximizer or Limiter

How it comes? Is M-AUDIO's gain so terrible? Perhaps it is because i havent buy a pop filter for the microphone and the distance while recording is close to the mouth?

2ndly, is there any practical way to clean the vocals from this terrible hum? Tried inserting a Gate btw, still... no difference

I have to repeat, hum can be heard on high stereo volumes like +4-5 db
Thanks in addition
 
When you say "stereo volume", what device are you referring to?
 
You should re-record using a lower gain setting and pop filter
 
Even if i do, raising the volume through plugins is efficient? Pop filter works for buzz and hum?
Sorry, but i used to record vocals with Dynamic microphone in the past, never faced this problem, an EQ was enough to clear the bass low frequencies
Thanks for ur answers
 
No, a pop filter won't solve buzz and hum. There is an electrical field near your monitors. Try moving gear around and see if it helps.
 
You don't want to find a way to remove this buzz from your recordings.
You want to find a way to record without buzz and hum.

You said that eq was enough to clear the bass; I guess you mean remove bass hum?

If so the source is likely to be 50hz/60hz ground hum. I think you need to google electrical interference and ground loops.

Diggy said to move your stuff around and he is right, but if it works, understanding why wouldn't be a terrible thing.


Are you on a laptop? A dell?
 
Not recording with the buzz and hum is right
Try turning of electrical equipment (lights, swithes, tvs, amps, etc.
I totally could be a ground loop. I have a halogen can light in my studio that causes a hum is on my equipment. If I turn it off it goes away.
 
My overhead light makes a terrible hum if it's on - so does my SCSI drive for my keyboard. You need to get everything quiet - hook up the mic and put on headphones and try to isolate the source of the interference. If you are on a laptop unplug it and run on battery for recording vox.

Post a mp3 of the problem
 
Thanks for the replies guys
No i m not on a laptop, i m working on a stable PC
Usually I - we use to record 1 meter away from it, the distance is the same for monitors and sound card
So it could be interferences from electrical devices, thats the only devices i have on the room right now

Yeah, eq makes a good job while setting lower 50-60hz but still, not perfect and clear, this hum is kinda annoying when i set the stereo volume on high, it ruins the mix and sound frequencies
 
+1 for posting an mp3.

I think we need to know if this is electrical interference, or the mic actually picking up a sound from within the room.

I spent two days trying to chase a ground hum problem when i was racking some preamps, only to find that the hum was actually the mic picking up the sound of a florescent light two feet above my head.
It seemed so loud in the headphones! lol
 
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I was getting low rumble/hum on my SM57 one time, finally figured it was the fridge in the next room getting picked up from the floor vibration into the mic stand (an old cast iron base style) and transmitted as a 60Hz vibration into the mic.
Solution at the time was to unplug the fridge!
Permanent solution - tripod style mic stand which doesn't transfer the vibration.
 
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