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BouncingCzech
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Hi guys,
I have been pulling my hair out with this one, I'd really appreciate any help people can give.
Okay... I bought a Shure SM58 to do a few draft recordings for my band before we head in to the Studio next month. I tested as soon as I got it off ebay and it was fine, plugged it in to the mic port on my PC and it was very loud, very clear, no problems.
Couple of days ago we started making the draft recordings. We plugged my friends Electric Drumkit in straight in to my PC and recorded that just fine.
Next we plugged the mic in and all I got was a REALLY high pitched whine and a very low volume from the mic itself...
I've tried another microphone (a crappy headset mic I use for gaming) and I get the same problem... which I am kind of relieved about since it means my SM58 isn't screwed up, but still.
I googled around and thought maybe the high-pitched whine was a 60hz buzz from something else but I've turned pretty much everything apart from my PC itself off and its still there... I don't see how it could be interference from my Power Supply itself, I had no problems with that before.
Here's what I'm using:
1/4” to 1/8” Adapter
XLR Female to Mono Jack
Shure SM58
My Sound card is a Creative X-FI Extreme Gamer. It doesn't have seperate Line-In and Mic ports, it just has a single FlexiJack for both.
So I'm thinking either:
a ) My soundcard is busted... which would be odd since it still takes the Drum Kit input fine.
or
b ) there are some settings on my PC I've messed up. I recently installed Reason to test it out and a friend of mine said the ASIO drivers may have messed things up... but I've uninstalled it and the problem persists.
I use Audacity to record but I've also tried the standard Windows Sound Recorder and I get the same results...
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
BC,
I have been pulling my hair out with this one, I'd really appreciate any help people can give.
Okay... I bought a Shure SM58 to do a few draft recordings for my band before we head in to the Studio next month. I tested as soon as I got it off ebay and it was fine, plugged it in to the mic port on my PC and it was very loud, very clear, no problems.
Couple of days ago we started making the draft recordings. We plugged my friends Electric Drumkit in straight in to my PC and recorded that just fine.
Next we plugged the mic in and all I got was a REALLY high pitched whine and a very low volume from the mic itself...
I've tried another microphone (a crappy headset mic I use for gaming) and I get the same problem... which I am kind of relieved about since it means my SM58 isn't screwed up, but still.
I googled around and thought maybe the high-pitched whine was a 60hz buzz from something else but I've turned pretty much everything apart from my PC itself off and its still there... I don't see how it could be interference from my Power Supply itself, I had no problems with that before.
Here's what I'm using:
1/4” to 1/8” Adapter
XLR Female to Mono Jack
Shure SM58
My Sound card is a Creative X-FI Extreme Gamer. It doesn't have seperate Line-In and Mic ports, it just has a single FlexiJack for both.
So I'm thinking either:
a ) My soundcard is busted... which would be odd since it still takes the Drum Kit input fine.
or
b ) there are some settings on my PC I've messed up. I recently installed Reason to test it out and a friend of mine said the ASIO drivers may have messed things up... but I've uninstalled it and the problem persists.
I use Audacity to record but I've also tried the standard Windows Sound Recorder and I get the same results...
Any help would be MUCH appreciated.
BC,
