Weird Crackle or pop sound when recording

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shakezoola779
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Weird Crackle or pop sound when recording

Post by shakezoola779 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 10:38 pm

Howdy everyone. Im brand new to recording things and am working on doing some work for a show with a buddy of mine. Im getting this weird intermittent pop or crackle sound and was hoping you guys could help me identify it.
Im using a brand new Blue Snowball Ice

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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shakezoola779
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Re: Weird Crackle or pop sound when recording

Post by shakezoola779 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:38 pm

Here is a wav file of my recording. I thought you could hear my audacity file but someone just told me they couldnt. sorry to early bump
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themickster
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Re: Weird Crackle or pop sound when recording

Post by themickster » Tue Mar 15, 2016 8:18 pm

Sounds like the problem I had but not as bad as mine. Read http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 46&t=89998 for ways to try fixing it.

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