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I agree with your view that a condenser microphone probably would have saved me from a lot of trouble. A number of people recommend the Audio-Technica AT3035. Does anyone have experience with it? Regards, Igor No, but here's some user reviews: http://www.guitarcenter.com/shop/product/buy_audiotechn...

Opening both your WAV and MP3 in SoundStudio, I don't find an abnormal amount of background noise. It's just that your recording volume is too low, so the ratio of recording to noise is relatively high. If you try and normalize the signal in the software, the hiss will boost, too. The MP3's volume ...

Wow, it sound great. Your English is very good. Aww come on... record in English too. Don'deprive us non German speakers the pleasure of listening to your voice. :D Thank you. But technically I am not entirely pleased. I mean, the voice sounds not as pleasant as I would like to hear my own voice. :...

What kind of file is that? I can't open it. Hm, it's an mp3-file. The only technical property, worth mentioning, is that it is VBR-encoded. Did something go wrong during upload? Could someone please verify that the file is corrupt. I hesitate a bit to download it again because currently I am connec...

So, this is the last attempt with the Shure Beta 58A. I unplugged the M-Audio MobilePre USB because, after reading on the Internet, I found out that it is the reason for the unpleasant noise. Please listen for yourself, this is the Beta 58A in "biting distance" to the mouth, plugged in my ...

hissy = has a background hiss ;-) :) I know, I wanted to make a bit of fun. :) It's actually a nice sound but it'd be even nicer if that background hiss could be edged out. It is no background hiss, it is the noise from the preamp. Even if I unplug the microphone, this noise remains. The preamp is ...

Do you mean hissy, like having a hissy fit? (Actually, that was one of my calmer performances ...)

Anyway, I mean the noise level. It is at about -51 dB. Isn't it extremely high?

Regards,
Igor

I bought the Shure Beta 58A microphone togehter with the preamp MobilePre USB from M-Audio and are surprised at the high noise level. The distance mouth - microphone is about 8 in. All gains are set to max. Even if I talk loudly, I hardly reach the maximum level (0 dB). Can anyone tell me if this is...