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Skipster07
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Hi,
I am trying to record a piano through one condenser XLR microphone connected to my computer via a stereo mini-jack. My computer has an Audigy 2 ZS sound card. I have been recording at 24bit 96kHz in Audacity. With a little bit of fiddling around with the settings I have made some recordings with respectable quality. But they are lacking some clarity and they do have quite a strong hiss in the background. The guy who I bought the condenser microphone said the quality would be better if it was connected via XLR. So I did some research for a new sound card and the best (and most resonably priced pro sound card I could find) was the M-Audio Firewire Solo which does have two XLR inputs and 48V Phantom Power, it still records at the same 24bit 96kHz. Would upgrading to this sound card solve or greatly improve the problem? Or is it not worth upgrading? Also is it worth buying software EQ plug-ins for Audacity?
I am trying to record a piano through one condenser XLR microphone connected to my computer via a stereo mini-jack. My computer has an Audigy 2 ZS sound card. I have been recording at 24bit 96kHz in Audacity. With a little bit of fiddling around with the settings I have made some recordings with respectable quality. But they are lacking some clarity and they do have quite a strong hiss in the background. The guy who I bought the condenser microphone said the quality would be better if it was connected via XLR. So I did some research for a new sound card and the best (and most resonably priced pro sound card I could find) was the M-Audio Firewire Solo which does have two XLR inputs and 48V Phantom Power, it still records at the same 24bit 96kHz. Would upgrading to this sound card solve or greatly improve the problem? Or is it not worth upgrading? Also is it worth buying software EQ plug-ins for Audacity?
