Hello,
I get a buzz when i use my microphone.
The mic i use is a sony stereo ECM-909A. No good stuff but i can´t
afford better at the moment. I have to use an adaptor (mini-jack
female to XLR Left and Right) to be able to plug it to the soundcard.

I know the pbm doesn´t come from the sound card (m-audio DUO), the
adaptor or the mic. I tried the mic with a MD and there´s no buzz. I
tried a static xlr mic in the DUO and there´s no buzz.

I heard it was some kind of symetric / asymetric pbem, but i don´t
understand what it means. And i would like to know if there´s a way to
get rid of this buzz without having to buy another microphone.
Thank you for your help.

Stéphane

In article writes:

I get a buzz when i use my microphone.
The mic i use is a sony stereo ECM-909A. No good stuff but i can´t
afford better at the moment. I have to use an adaptor (mini-jack
female to XLR Left and Right) to be able to plug it to the soundcard.

Are you or your mic cable close to a CRT monitor? The're notorious
buzz generators.


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I'm really Mike Rivers - )

(stef) wrote in
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Hello,
I get a buzz when i use my microphone.

Lay off the weed while you're recording.

(stef)
I get a buzz when i use my microphone.
The mic i use is a sony stereo ECM-909A. No good stuff but i can´tafford better
at the moment. I have to use an adaptor (mini-jack female to XLR Left and
Right) to be able to plug it to the soundcard.

I know the pbm doesn´t come from the sound card (m-audio DUO), the adaptor or
the mic. I tried the mic with a MD and there´s no buzz. I tried a static xlr
mic in the DUO and there´s no buzz.

I heard it was some kind of symetric / asymetric pbem, but i don´t understand
what it means. And i would like to know if there´s a way to get rid of this
buzz without having to buy another microphone. Thank you for your help.

If it's not the monitors being too close to the cheap mic's cheap cables
- If you only connect *one* side of the mic to the soundcard, do you still get
a buzzing?


Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Fox And Friends/Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

Don't know about the monitor since i'm using a laptop.
Unless you're talking about the monitoring of the soundcard, in this
case too, i hear the buzz with or without monitoring.
I tried to connect only one side of the mic to the soundcard and i
still get the buzz...


If it's not the monitors being too close to the cheap mic's cheap cables
- If you only connect *one* side of the mic to the soundcard, do you still get
a buzzing?


Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Fox And Friends/Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

(stef)
Don't know about the monitor since i'm using a laptop.

I meant computer monitors (VIDEO! ) make stuff buzz. Anyway the ECM909 is
a pretty noisy mic already, but for what you're describing I think maybe you're
using cheap cables/adapters to get from the mic's male mini stereo jack out
into a pair of male XLRs? The old cheap cables buzz problem? Move the cables
around, near the screen, shake them around a bit , if you can hear any of that
in your speakers you need better cables.

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Fox And Friends/Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits