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dunc2809
New member
Hi everybody,
I'm completely new to the world of home recording. I just wanted to record a bit of acoustic guitar and thought it would be best to invest in a condenser mic to get better quality recordings. Having invested in a mic costing nearly $200 plus a pre amp and mic stand + cables I then found that the quality of the recording with the inbulit mic is better than with the external mic. I thought at first it might be the mic itself but I noticed that even without the mic attached there was a lot of hissing coming through the headphones when I had switched to mic/line - which isn't there when I use the bult in mic or record electric guitar direct. Having had lots of other problems (no flash card supplied, not told that I need a phantom power supply - microphone not screwing into the holder) and having been back to the shop 3 times already I thought I'd rather ask here first before going back to the shop and probably being lied to or fobbed off.
Has anyone got any idea what the problem could be? Could it be the equipment itself? I noticed that the hissing got even worse if I switched on reverb and/or natural/bright.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have.
I'm completely new to the world of home recording. I just wanted to record a bit of acoustic guitar and thought it would be best to invest in a condenser mic to get better quality recordings. Having invested in a mic costing nearly $200 plus a pre amp and mic stand + cables I then found that the quality of the recording with the inbulit mic is better than with the external mic. I thought at first it might be the mic itself but I noticed that even without the mic attached there was a lot of hissing coming through the headphones when I had switched to mic/line - which isn't there when I use the bult in mic or record electric guitar direct. Having had lots of other problems (no flash card supplied, not told that I need a phantom power supply - microphone not screwing into the holder) and having been back to the shop 3 times already I thought I'd rather ask here first before going back to the shop and probably being lied to or fobbed off.
Has anyone got any idea what the problem could be? Could it be the equipment itself? I noticed that the hissing got even worse if I switched on reverb and/or natural/bright.
Thanks in advance for any ideas you might have.