Audacity Forum

Ok, so I just got back from best buy and apparently they're closing down their music department, so there were no mixers and preamps for me to test my setup with. I've decided to bet on the fact that the mic mate pro is faulty and go ahead and look for preamps. Can anyone recommend a good replacemen...

I little history, I bought the Rode mic 4 years ago working on a project... While working on it I thought I was recording through the mic (it turned out I was recording from the mic on my monitor which is also usb.( note I had also had these problems then but I thought I fixed it when in actuality I...

I'm taking my microphone right now to best buy to get it tested. If It's not the microphone its definitely the pre-amp right?

I have tried this set up with the mac pro and a macbook pro with no avail. I do not have another xlr cable... could that be the issue? I'm not sure about the microphone but the mic mate pro is definitely out of warranty. Should I invest in another preamp/converter or is the microphone broken?

Yes, when I turn the gain control down I hear nothing. The headphone volume is the same as the sound from the computer, very low with a lot of white noise. All the volumes are maxed (on the system and with the mic mate pro)

Hello, I recently obtained a Rode NT1-a Microphone and a MXL mic mate pro to use for recording at home. However I seem to be having a problem with the microphone. The volume on the microphone is extremely low and their is a very large amount of white noise. Even with the gain set all the way up, the...