Why do i get a buzz when recording with a stereo mic plugged into R/L XLR sndcard

[stef]

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

[Mike Rivers]

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.


--
I'm really Mike Rivers - )

[Carey Carlan]

(stef) wrote in
om:

> Hello,
> I get a buzz when i use my microphone.

Lay off the weed while you're recording.

[WillStG]

<< (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

[stef]

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

[WillStG]

<< (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