Hi,

I need some insight on a problem I am having with my microphone while trying to record vocal tracks. I have an Audigy 2 Soundblaster card and an Audio-technica mic. I use Cakewalk 9 for my sequencer. The mic works well with my other equipment, but when I am tying to record vocals it sounds like the old transistor radios. I have a cheap no brand mic that will record the vocals, but the sound quality still suffers.

Since I am fairly new to home recording I could really use some help with this problem as it is holding up my recording the vocal tracks on several demos currently in the works.

Thanks for any help!!

Coquette

Onlinerock.com/musicians/coquette

Are you using any type of preamp?

:p

I have had problems trying to run direct into the sound card without going thru a preamp also. I use a small mixer (with preamps built in for mic) that I bought at Mars Music before it went out of business. You can pick up one that will serve your purpose for about 50 bucks, and it will allow you more freedom to adjust sound than just getting a mic preamp will.

I think you will find that doing that, as well as fine tuning your adjustments, should do the trick. Good Luck!

That sounds like some type of levels mismatch.
Is there more than one input on your card? (one for line levels and one for plugging a mic in direct?)
Pluging the mic in to the wrong one could do that.
If you do have a line level input on your sound card use a mic preamp and or a small mixer and use the line level input, it should give you greater control over the sound and allow you to patch in other signal processing on the mic channel.

If you are plugging the mic straight in make sure it's a mic inpu