Mic sounds distorted =[

[jFliP101]

ok ive been recordin for ages now. n just then when i was recordin my mic sounded all distorted. i tryd using other programs still the same thing. can anyone help me?

[kozikowski]

What kind of microphone have you got? Give me the web site.

Koz

[jFliP101]

its a AKG perception 100

http://www.akg.com/site/products/powers ... ge,EN.html

[kozikowski]

Excellent. It seems like a very nice microphone. I'm writing this down. I would want the 200 because I want the filters and attenuators.

Anyway, you can't plug this microphone directly into a computer. There are electronics inside it that need 48V Phantom Power battery to travel up the microphone cable at the same time that the sound is coming down. Where is your phantom power coming from? If the microphone doesn't have its own battery supply, it usually comes from the sound mixer or desk.

As a first shot at this, I would turn everything off and disconnect and reconnect each cable like twice. Bad connections will drive phantom power nuts and if you've been using them a long time, it may be time for a little "exercise." If you have a mixer, switch the phantom power on and off several times (while the mixer is off!)

Turn it all back on and see what happens.

You're on a Windows machine. Did you just recently upgrade your Windows Drivers?

Koz

[jFliP101]

i got a M-Audio Fast Track wich had phantom ect.

yeh i think my windows just updated. ill try what ya said man

[jFliP101]

all workin now man. thanks so much. n yeh its a mad mic. the 200 would be pretty good 2.

thanks again man!!