micraphone not working! NEED help >.<

Moh214 · Post by **Moh214** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 2:26 pm

Alright, so i just recently bought a AKG D5 micraphone from Guitar center for $100, and it's great.

but i'm having a huge issue, i record with Mixcraft 4, but i can barley hear anything.

And i have Vista, so i go to my recording devices and turn the gain up to +50 DB, and i can hear myself better, but theres static. So i turn it up to +100 DB and it's perfect, but sooo much static!

i've been searching online for a while now and i really can't find anything to help me! i need to have good sensitivity for the mic, so i can be heard loud and clear, but not get static!

this is very very frustrating so please, any help would be greatly appreciated

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:57 pm

Hi,

How do you have your AKG D5 mic connected to your computer? What do you have selected in Mixcraft for your recording source?

Are you using Mixcraft 4.2 build 100?

Greg

Moh214 · Post by **Moh214** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 4:59 pm

I have my mic connected with a Microphone Impedance matching transformer.

and the mic source is my 'frontmic'

and yes it is Mixcraft 4.2 build 100

If i could either figure out how to stop the static, or atleast remove it using an fx, that would help out.

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:01 pm

Hi,

Try switching to the back microphone input.

Greg

Moh214 · Post by **Moh214** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 5:08 pm

what do you mean 'Back micraphone input'?

i'm not sure what that is...

YouTube · Post by **Acoustica Greg** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 4:01 pm

Hi,

If you've got the microphone plugged into the front of your computer, try locating the microphone input on the back of your computer. It may be color-coded pink, or it may just have a microphone symbol next to it.

Greg