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When the mic is plugged into the MBP and I'm using the headphone port of the H2 mic as the audio output, the sound is still distorted and I still occasionally get bouts of static and noise. When the mic is plugged in and the static episodes are happening, the monitored audio levels in audacity skyro...

That's impressive. Which laptop? I have a MBP 15". How old? are the USB ports USB3? Do you have two ports and does it do it on both? Are you going through a USB hub? Any other USB stuff plugged in? Can you try it on batteries clear on the other side of the apartment or house? It sounds like it may ...

Sorry I forgot, another thing,
sometimes the static and distortion do not occur, but instead I get this nonstop ticking over the recorded audio:
http://www.hulkshare.com/aecqrqcegi68

Hi there, I am using a Mac OS X 10.7.4 with Audacity 2.0.3. The built-in microphone on my laptop works just fine, but when I plug my Zoom H2 mic in and record with Audacity it keeps randomly getting into fits of distortion and static. I use this same mic on my Windows desktop computer and it works p...