Condenser Mic static noise with phantom power

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phoenixfkr

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Hey guys, So i bought a condenser mic from amazon, to hopefully improve my stream quality, boy its turning out harder then ever.

So I bought the Mic which has an XLR to 3mm Jack cable, was told that it would have enough power to run from my gaming rig.

Seemed to be a problem with the recording being incredibly low, looked around and saw that I might need a phantom power 48V and another XLR to XLR cable, purchased these and had a little improvement

I can hear from recordings now, but my voice is still low, the only way I can actually get any sound out is if I boost to +10-20DB.

However this is the case, I have tons of white noise and this reduces the quality, Can anyone help me with this?
 
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No worries... it could be a number of things, nothing is causing interferance like powerline ethernet adaptors or soemthing?

Im really not sure what to suggest but if its not interference Id say its probably some kind of ground loop or the xlr-3.5mm cable.

Its a shame so spend more money after buying the phantom power unit, but you will probably have a much easier time with a USB soundcard with built in phantom power, or even an USB mic.

As i think i said before.. if it were me I'd be inclined to try disconnecting one of the hot pins on the XLR end of the 3.5mm cable.
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Can you describe the current cabling and phantom power supply you are using?

If memory serves, the whole point of XLR is it cancels noise by sending the signal twice down 2 pins, one with the phase inverted, when it gets to the other end an XLR socket will remove noise by phase canceling.

The point is.. though it is possible to go from xlr to 3.5 mm you could create all kinds of cancelation issues if done wrong.I dont know enough about it but If I had to guess id say you might want to try lifting one of the pins on the XLR end of the xlr to 3.5mm cable.

You will get a lot better results if you get something that will function as a standalone soundcard.
this could be a

DI box
USB pre-amp
USB sound card
USB mixer

e.g http://www.gak.co.uk/en/behringer-xenyx-q502usb-mixer/96868

Personally I use the steinberg UR22, which works well, and comes with a free copy of cubase AI
 
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The current setup is;

Condenser Mic to PP input via XLR cable then XLR from PP to 3mm jack to the desktop, going to have a browse through some of them sites now buddy, thanks for the reply :)
 
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No worries... it could be a number of things, nothing is causing interferance like powerline ethernet adaptors or soemthing?

Im really not sure what to suggest but if its not interference Id say its probably some kind of ground loop or the xlr-3.5mm cable.

Its a shame so spend more money after buying the phantom power unit, but you will probably have a much easier time with a USB soundcard with built in phantom power, or even an USB mic.

As i think i said before.. if it were me I'd be inclined to try disconnecting one of the hot pins on the XLR end of the 3.5mm cable.
 
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Think I'm going to take the easy route out buddy and return it and probably spend a tad more on something like the Behringer C1 and a sound card, thank's for the help and support though buddy!

Zak
 
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Cool.. I use a steinberg ur-22 and a behringer c-3 for recording my guitar amp, the quality is very good, though not that sensitive compared to condensers I've used in studios. I dont know if thats down to the MIC. I suspect an outboard pre-amp would be better, but of course that costs a lot :p

If all you want is voice recording, have you considered a USB condenser mic?
 
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