trubbleshoting Random mic tapping

[Marcel25]

Help,

 

my mic does some weird stuff, i know that its not voicemeeter but my audio interface is off and i don't know what to do.

 

 

[Kilrah]

Try NOT turning it off. 

[ZplcKnave]

It depends on what kind of mic you have. Since you mention an audio interface, are you using phantom power? It looks like your windows UI is in German so I'm not sure if it's called anything different, but most will have a little 48V sign right around the button for it. Also check what kind of microphone you are using; dynamic mics don't need 48V (think SM58) while condenser/capacitor mics (think Blue Snowball) do.

 

Barring a phantom power issue, check your cable/connector. Whether you're using 1/4" or XLR, an unshielded cable is bound to pick up some noise. Might also be worth checking that you're not cranking the gain too high on your interface, you could be putting too much energy in at the front end and causing a feedback loop that either the interface is dealing with or some other program is catching and minimizing to save your speakers.

[Marcel25]

That helps, but its still a problem because i don't want my audiointerface running the whole time

21 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Try NOT turning it off. 

 

[Marcel25]

14 hours ago, ZplcKnave said:

It depends on what kind of mic you have. Since you mention an audio interface, are you using phantom power? It looks like your windows UI is in German so I'm not sure if it's called anything different, but most will have a little 48V sign right around the button for it. Also check what kind of microphone you are using; dynamic mics don't need 48V (think SM58) while condenser/capacitor mics (think Blue Snowball) do.

 

Barring a phantom power issue, check your cable/connector. Whether you're using 1/4" or XLR, an unshielded cable is bound to pick up some noise. Might also be worth checking that you're not cranking the gain too high on your interface, you could be putting too much energy in at the front end and causing a feedback loop that either the interface is dealing with or some other program is catching and minimizing to save your speakers.

I have a Presonus PD 70 so a dynamic microphone, i also don't have a cloudlifter.

[Kilrah]

5 hours ago, Marcel25 said:

That helps, but its still a problem because i don't want my audiointerface running the whole time

 

Why not?

Then disconnect the USB cable too. It seems that it remains connected when off but with USB plugged, but misbehaves in that circumstance for some reason.