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Keudn
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I have a Electro-Voice N/D767a microphone and a isk UC200 XLR to usb preamp to connect it to my pc. The problem is I have static that slowly builds over a few seconds that is coming through on all my recordings and in teamspeak. If I make a percussive noise by clapping the static disappears and then slowly builds back up again. It doesn't show up in any program as microphone activity (teamspeak's microphone test option has no bar until I make noise, the static doesn't show up). This is what the static sounds like

 

I plugged everything into my laptop and it works perfectly fine. In fact it is much much louder and I don't have to crank the microphone levels way up and I can turn the gain and volume down on the UC200. On my PC I have to turn everything up to the max to get any usable volume levels. Removing the microphone and turning all the dials on the UC200 all the way down does not remove the static. I also tested a different USB cable. I am out of ideas, does anyone know the cause of this? I have used a program to increase the gain of the microphone when I had a different adapter before I bought the UC200 but I have since uninstalled it so I don't think that could be it. The software is called EqualizerAPO

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Just now, Loagster said:

Are you connecting the preamp to your PC directly or through a hub? I suspect that this could be interference from your PC's PSU.

Directly into my PC

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Just now, Loagster said:

Ahh. I would recommend connecting the preamp through a powered USB hub if you have one on hand.

I don't. Also it is far far quieter on my PC. I have literally all the knobs on the UC200 and the recording volume level in windows cranked on my PC to get it working. On my laptop I can turn that all down to like 50% and it is still loud enough

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Just now, Loagster said:

Odd. When you are using it on your laptop, is your laptop plugged in and charging or running off the battery?

Plugged in

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