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There's nothing personal about it. DPA doesn't even make LDC's. It's a physical/technical fact. It's a bit of a reaction against the commercial statement that LDC's are "the best" for voice recording. Technically, they will always be a little bit inferior. http://www.dpamicrophones.com/ac...

I'm guessing that cyrano means "small diaphragm condenser microphone" and "large diaphragm condenser microphone". Yes, indeed. Note that cyrano is only stating his personal preference and that the comment "Less white noise, higher output and less room problems, imho" i...

... going to work perfectly. Sound recording systems are more complicated than they seem and success can stay just ahead of you. Particularly when the help is over multiple time zones. If you were closer to success with your original system, that may be the way to go until you get "The Big Studio" ...

There is another possibility. Some of these things, simple as they are, come with software drivers and packages. Check for that. We recently ran into problems where simple USB microphones were not rated for Windows 10. Yes, it is a lot like: "I'm sorry, this pencil is not rated for that paper.&...

... some sort that doesn't overlap with it and see how that goes. It might take a while but i want to see if it will get a bit better. THANKS FOR THE HELP!!!!! :D

You can use an adapter cable such as this to connect the back of the Solo to the Line-In of the Mac. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/RCAMiniStereo-650.jpg It's a little concerning that the Solo connected with USB is that noisy. That puts you in deficit even before you open your mouth. With either...

What file format are you exporting?
Which version of Audacity? (look in "Help > About Audacity")

I need to come back to this. My internet connection went on a nice holiday, so I'm catching up. It was even more entertaining than that. I went to a breakfast cafe thinking I was going to connect from there and theirs was down, too. Turns out a chunk of Los Angeles went dark for many hours.

Koz

If that really is a 78 record, you should be playing it with a 78 stylus. That will eliminate tons of noise and distortion with no software corrections at all. You should also be playing it at 78 if you're not doing that. There are desperation methods where you play at 78 at Some Other Speed and wit...

... to locate "multi channels" in the recording drop down -only mono or stereo. I also tried all options from the audio host drop down. Pls help! Thanks a lot