The sound coming out of my condenser microphone is very quiet and weak if someone can help me I will appreciate

[rob aylestone]

No point buying another until you are happy with how your system works. Microphone faults are VERY rare, and usually are dead - as a description. Your phone is a good example - it really is like somebody complaining their phone makes them look really small and far away, when the problem was they were small and far away, and getting closer or discovering how to zoom was not tried? Buying another phone would not solve it.

 

[greefus243]

Passive monitors require an amplifier. Active monitors have the amplifier built in to each monitor.
What is the make and model of your monitors?

These are my studio monitors it's not a big brand but they sound really good and that's enough for me

 

[greefus243]

No point buying another until you are happy with how your system works. Microphone faults are VERY rare, and usually are dead - as a description. Your phone is a good example - it really is like somebody complaining their phone makes them look really small and far away, when the problem was they were small and far away, and getting closer or discovering how to zoom was not tried? Buying another phone would not solve it.

Okay thanks I will follow your advice and keep trying to get it work as I want it to.

 

[Manslick]

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These are my studio monitors it's not a big brand but they sound really good and that's enough for me

Thanks

By a trs cable that goes into the line output of the motu M4 interface I will do my best to take pics and show everything here

According to the specs, your monitor only connects by USB, Bluetooth or FM.
Not understanding how you used a TRS cable.

 

[TalismanRich]

Thanks for replying okay I read everything you said but I think I have to explain what bothers me here the things is not that the track is low but only my voice it not only low but it weak it sounds unpowered when I record and you can't mix a voice that sound like that add because I tried to mix it like that and it sounds really bad because before even mixing my voice in the microphone already sound weak and low quality as I said I had a mixer before a bad one with the se X1 and the volume on it sounded loud before mixing then when I mixed I got it in a good level but with this mic it sounds really weak and the interfaces am using cannot sound like that you can listen to my friends song his voice sound loud then he can mix properly and when I try to put the gain way up it sound distorted noisy and muffled its like my mic is just underpowered or faulty I don't know

A very simple test.... have someone else speak into your mic while it's set up. If the recording sounds like the person you are recording, then the issue isn't anything to do with the equipment. Also don't ignore the proximity effect, which can make a voice sound stronger and beefier. Try 6 inches away, 12 inches away and 18 inches away. Listen to how distance affects the vocal tone.

 

[greefus243]

Thanks

According to the specs, your monitor only connects by USB, Bluetooth or FM.
Not understanding how you used a TRS cable.

Look it was behind the RCA input are there and the plug where it written 3.5 trs is where I connect the trs cable the 2 trs plugs goes into my interface and the other plugs goes there

 

[greefus243]

A very simple test.... have someone else speak into your mic while it's set up. If the recording sounds like the person you are recording, then the issue isn't anything to do with the equipment. Also don't ignore the proximity effect, which can make a voice sound stronger and beefier. Try 6 inches away, 12 inches away and 18 inches away. Listen to how distance affects the vocal tone.

Thanks for the advices I will try to do that thanks

 

[bouldersoundguy]

Post a picture of both ends of your cable. I think you may be using the wrong cable setup. This was I suspected earlier, going from balanced TRS to stereo trs.

 

[greefus243]

Post a picture of both ends of your cable. I think you may be using the wrong cable setup. This was I suspected earlier, going from balanced TRS to stereo trs.

These are my cables that I use with the studio monitors

 

[TalismanRich]

That cable might work. A simple check with a cheap VOM meter will confirm that it's configured properly if you know the wiring. The 1/4" connectors on the Motu are balanced connectors, so if there's no problem with the ground and shield being connected then fine.

You probably have a set of RCA cables laying around somewhere. I would just run the RCA to RCA connection, especially since both side go to the same point. RCA connectors have only been in use since the 1930s. They are pretty reliable.

BUT, if commercial music sounds right when played through your setup, then again, that means that the playback system is NOT the problem.

 

[Slouching Raymond]

I wonder what that little white cable coming out of a drilled hole in the monitor is for.
Those are truly cheap and nasty monitors.
They Identify the DC Input socket, but don't tell you what voltage.

 

[bouldersoundguy]

@TalismanRich's response covers a lot of what I would have said.

I don't think it's the balanced/stereo problem I thought it was. I suspect you just don't like how your voice sounds.

 

[greefus243]

That cable might work. A simple check with a cheap VOM meter will confirm that it's configured properly if you know the wiring. The 1/4" connectors on the Motu are balanced connectors, so if there's no problem with the ground and shield being connected then fine.

You probably have a set of RCA cables laying around somewhere. I would just run the RCA to RCA connection, especially since both side go to the same point. RCA connectors have only been in use since the 1930s. They are pretty reliable.

BUT, if commercial music sounds right when played through your setup, then again, that means that the playback system is NOT the problem.

Yes when I plug the trs cables I showed earlier into my interface it works fine with my monitors and I also listen to music sometimes with my audio interface plugged into the monitors and it's really work fine so as you said the playback is not the problem and thanks for your help

 

[Bstrom]

Yes it is and in the sound settings the input and output is set as motu M4 and in the daw I use asio driver for motu in and out

Unless your Motu is extremely weak on the input, this doesn't technically make sense but that's neither here nor there.
Long shot - is the XLR cable giving you correct resistance and continuity? Properly pinned?
This sort of troubleshooting is what we learn in school. Check your signal path integrity before you use/buy another piece of equipment.

 

[greefus243]

Unless your Motu is extremely weak on the input, this doesn't technically make sense but that's neither here nor there.
Long shot - is the XLR cable giving you correct resistance and continuity? Properly pinned?
This sort of troubleshooting is what we learn in school. Check your signal path integrity before you use/buy another piece of equipment.

Thanks for your reply first of all I don't think it's the motu the problem because as I wrote it sounded the same with the M2 I had before the M4 I have now and it also sounds the same with a Roland quad capture I bought from England (I live in South Africa ) so it impossible that all these 3 interfaces new ones have the same exact problem weak sound so the only thing I didn't try is another condenser microphone but it might also be my computer the problem that why I decided to bring it to the music shop I bought it so we can try everything if I find out what was wrong I will update it here thanks and for the XLR cable I don't know how to check what you said all I know it is a new XLR cable the brand is stagg and it got plenty of good reviews so am already tired of all this it's been like 7 months since I'm having this problem the only thing to do now is to go to that shop so we can check everything because I cant take the risk to buy a new mic and get the same result because the problem was not the mic

 

[rob aylestone]

I'm not being rude, but people are asking sensible questions that are designed to produce useful answers from somebody a little green. You don;t seem to be putting any effort in to understand what you have, how it works and the science. The local music shop might be able to tell you what is wrong because they can substitute alternative parts. Cables - they either work or are faulty. Reviews on cables usually make no sense at all. The only things different between cables are really basic things. What happens if you run a heavy flightcase over it? Do the connectors latch properly, and not bend when you stand on them - but most importantly, condenser mics squirt 48V down two of the conductors AND the screen. So any one that is disconnected or high resistance can cause grief - either no signal, or a reduced one, or even cause weird noises! A good review means absolutely nothing. They still fail! Mics can develop faults. So can your preamp.

We have asked for an example of the 'weak' sound - we have no idea what this sounds like.

 

[greefus243]

I'm not being rude, but people are asking sensible questions that are designed to produce useful answers from somebody a little green. You don;t seem to be putting any effort in to understand what you have, how it works and the science. The local music shop might be able to tell you what is wrong because they can substitute alternative parts. Cables - they either work or are faulty. Reviews on cables usually make no sense at all. The only things different between cables are really basic things. What happens if you run a heavy flightcase over it? Do the connectors latch properly, and not bend when you stand on them - but most importantly, condenser mics squirt 48V down two of the conductors AND the screen. So any one that is disconnected or high resistance can cause grief - either no signal, or a reduced one, or even cause weird noises! A good review means absolutely nothing. They still fail! Mics can develop faults. So can your preamp.

We have asked for an example of the 'weak' sound - we have no idea what this sounds

 

[greefus243]

Your answer is the reason why I will go to the shop with it to know exactly what is wrong as you said my mic might be faulty or cable or preamps how am I supposed to know ? Am. Not a millionaire to buy a new mic or cable just to test and on top of that a another interface to test while this is the third one am testing and that have been tested by the shop before I got it all these stuff gives me headaches am not a professional in these audio techs like you or an audio geek am just someone who enjoy making music recording songs and mixing them and sharing that's it I bought all the necessary stuff someone needs to build a home studio but am getting a very poor sound when I record a poor sound is a poor sound all my friends said that my voice sounds poor and when I make them listen the other people who uses the same exact interface as me they said for them it sounds nice I don't know what you guys expect me to do loool for me my mic is bad but maybe its not my mic some people are telling me it 48V some saying my usb port doesn't work well etc so i don't know i will just go with it to know and I will update here and last thing I like the fact that people are helping me this is the reason why i created an account on this forum and i thank everyone who take their time to help yeah.

 

[Bstrom]

Thanks for your reply first of all I don't think it's the motu the problem because as I wrote it sounded the same with the M2 I had before the M4 I have now and it also sounds the same with a Roland quad capture I bought from England (I live in South Africa ) so it impossible that all these 3 interfaces new ones have the same exact problem weak sound so the only thing I didn't try is another condenser microphone but it might also be my computer the problem that why I decided to bring it to the music shop I bought it so we can try everything if I find out what was wrong I will update it here thanks and for the XLR cable I don't know how to check what you said all I know it is a new XLR cable the brand is stagg and it got plenty of good reviews so am already tired of all this it's been like 7 months since I'm having this problem the only thing to do now is to go to that shop so we can check everything because I cant take the risk to buy a new mic and get the same result because the problem was not the mic

You could Facetime with me if you like and go through the steps to eliminate the obvious so the issue would show up quickly. Lemme know and I'll be happy to assist!

 

[greefus243]

You could Facetime with me if you like and go through the steps to eliminate the obvious so the issue would show up quickly. Lemme know and I'll be happy to assist

Thank you so much for wanting to help me but the thing is tomorrow I will go with the interface the microphone and XLR to the music shop they told me to bring it as they have a tons of microphones cables etc we will test everything then I will update here it's a bit late here now so I will let you know tomorrow again thank you