hi - just bought a smartmusic microphone, and trying to be able to
record students. when i record, the mic picks up the student, but
there is an enormous amount of background noise that almost drowns out
the player, even with the mic very close to the instrument. mic level
is set about as high as it can go. what could the probem be? thanks.

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hi - just bought a smartmusic microphone, and trying to be able to
record students. when i record, the mic picks up the student, but
there is an enormous amount of background noise that almost drowns out
the player, even with the mic very close to the instrument. mic level
is set about as high as it can go. what could the probem be? thanks.


That you're recording in a noisy environment, or, less-likely, a room that is
so bad the reflections are very distortive. If this is not the case then the
mic or pre-amp is really bad, or more likely, broken.