Who is to blame?

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Microphone or Soundcard??

I get really bad interference when I record through the mic input on my soundcard. Is this most liekly to be mainly the fault of the cheap £30 microphone, or the (no doubt cheaper) soundcard?

Thanks

Jags
 
Probably the cheap preamp in the cheap mic input of the cheap soundcard...youd do better running the cheap mic into a cheap preamp and go into the cheap line input of the soundcard.......
 
A preamp is a device that takes a mic signal up to a usable line level....the mic in of your soundcard has one, but its very very poor.....if possible, try recording something again thru the mic in, watching your levels, make a mp3 of it and post it....hard to tell the source of the problem without hearing it...
 
What mic & soundcard do you have?

Even cheap mics like the SM57 ($70) make awesome vocals mics, so unless you have a $5 Radio Shack mic, more than likely the soundcard is your (main) problem.

Check this site out and see how your soundcard measures up. (I love this site)
http://www.pcavtech.com/soundcards/compare/index.htm

You also might want to check you cables too, they can cause some nasty buzzs and hisses if they're not up to snuff.

-tkr
 
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