Hi,
This is a perennial problem for me. I have been getting good results with FastTrack USB interface + M-Audio dynamic XLR mic, but just recently I detected a low ticking sound in the background of an audio recording. This is some kind of interference but annoyingly it is intermittant so very difficult to identify the source.
All I know is, higher mic input level = higher background noise, so I keep the input level ridiculously low, and this helps (sometines). So what I was wondering is, would a suitable pre-amp between the mic and the FT interface help, since this would really cut down on the FT mic input level requirement?
I know FastTrack has inbuilt pre-amps but I am looking round for anything which will banish this weird ticking I sometimes get in the background of a mic recording. I hasten to add that there is nothing that actually 'ticks' in my recording space.
Thanks,
Ric
This is a perennial problem for me. I have been getting good results with FastTrack USB interface + M-Audio dynamic XLR mic, but just recently I detected a low ticking sound in the background of an audio recording. This is some kind of interference but annoyingly it is intermittant so very difficult to identify the source.
All I know is, higher mic input level = higher background noise, so I keep the input level ridiculously low, and this helps (sometines). So what I was wondering is, would a suitable pre-amp between the mic and the FT interface help, since this would really cut down on the FT mic input level requirement?
I know FastTrack has inbuilt pre-amps but I am looking round for anything which will banish this weird ticking I sometimes get in the background of a mic recording. I hasten to add that there is nothing that actually 'ticks' in my recording space.
Thanks,
Ric