Very Loud White Noise on New High Quality Microphone?

ofearion

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May 23, 2016
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I am quite new here, so sorry if I'm doing anything wrong or this isn't in the right place.

I just bought a Samson C01 off amazon because it was on sale, and because my last mic just broke. I thought I would go for a condensed mic because it seems like it would be crystal clear, right? Wrong. There is Hissing/White Noise coming from nowhere, and it is extremely loud. I would simply be able to live with it if it wasn't so bad. I can't use a noise gate because the white noise is actually louder than my voice, even when I'm talking loudly,

I don't have Microphone boost on, but if I do turn it on, then it gets much worse. Has anyone else had a problem like this? Can anyone help me?

Specs if needed:

Motherboard: Asus Hero Maximus VIII
CPU: Intel I7 6700k
Graphics Card: Nvidia GTX 960
Memory: 16GB Ripjaws

Thanks in advance if anyone is able to help me. I will be sure to keep you all updated if I find anything new!
 
Solution
You may not be using it properly or you've bought the wrong type of mic for using on a computer (see below).

From the user manual:

The C01 is a condenser microphone and therefore needs to be operated by
connecting a phantom power supply
.

Phantom power is standard on most quali-
ty mixers, outboard mic-pres and hard disk recorders.

If necessary an external
phantom supply can also be used. The C01 receives the phantom power directly
from a mic cable when connected to a mixer or other microphone input that
includes a phantom supply
.

http://www.samsontech.com/site_media/legacy_docs/C01_owners_manual_4lang.pdf
You may not be using it properly or you've bought the wrong type of mic for using on a computer (see below).

From the user manual:

The C01 is a condenser microphone and therefore needs to be operated by
connecting a phantom power supply
.

Phantom power is standard on most quali-
ty mixers, outboard mic-pres and hard disk recorders.

If necessary an external
phantom supply can also be used. The C01 receives the phantom power directly
from a mic cable when connected to a mixer or other microphone input that
includes a phantom supply
.

http://www.samsontech.com/site_media/legacy_docs/C01_owners_manual_4lang.pdf
 
Solution

ofearion

Commendable
May 23, 2016
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1,510
I do have the phantom power supply (as it wouldn't even turn on if I didn't have one) and I have seen other people using this microphone on computers, as on other websites people recommend it for different computer applications. but I do not have a mixer, maybe that could be the problem?