Hissing noise when recording??

[madmanencore]

hello me again
So iv been doing youtube for a little bit of time now and so far always edit out the hissing noise i seem to get when recording now, i was searching round to see if i can solve the problem so i dont have to keep editing it out.
Now im using Audacity to record the microphone.
Soundblaster Z sound card,
Using a condenser bm-700 microphone plugged into
a usb which has two 3.5mm female ports one for mic and one for headphones.
the mic is linked to that with xlr to 3.5mm jack.
So the problem i get it as i record using this setup i get a hissing noise consistently, i have tried plugging the mic into the sound card also but i still get the noise, or the sound is very quite even at full volume, the only way to remove the sound plugged into the sound card is to use the noise reduction, setting but this seems to make my voice sound robotic.
Any ideas would be great
thanks

 

[aJay]

hello me again
So iv been doing youtube for a little bit of time now and so far always edit out the hissing noise i seem to get when recording now, i was searching round to see if i can solve the problem so i dont have to keep editing it out.
Now im using Audacity to record the microphone.
Soundblaster Z sound card,
Using a condenser bm-700 microphone plugged into
a usb which has two 3.5mm female ports one for mic and one for headphones.
the mic is linked to that with xlr to 3.5mm jack.
So the problem i get it as i record using this setup i get a hissing noise consistently, i have tried plugging the mic into the sound card also but i still get the noise, or the sound is very quite even at full volume, the only way to remove the sound plugged into the sound card is to use the noise reduction, setting but this seems to make my voice sound robotic.
Any ideas would be great
thanks

Can you give us a clip of the hissing noise?

 

[madmanencore]

yea there is a quick snip of it thanks

 

[User.123120]

if your using Audacity, then you can actually remove that noise
Just record that and go to effects and then Noise Remover or something close to that xD
and then click "Get noise profile" and then on your main Audio highlight the lot and click the effect and then press ok! if you need pictures i can send them

 

[madmanencore]

Cheers I currently do that but my question was how do I get rid of it without editing, as if I wanted to live stream then your just hear the hissing noise. And sometimes edit the noise using noise reduction can take some quality away, making the voice robtic sounding. Be better if don't get the noise while recording. Thanks for reply advice is always good

 

[User.123120]

Cheers I currently do that but my question was how do I get rid of it without editing, as if I wanted to live stream then your just hear the hissing noise. And sometimes edit the noise using noise reduction can take some quality away, making the voice robtic sounding. Be better if don't get the noise while recording. Thanks for reply advice is always good

I've never found away to be honest i always thought it was the mic quality, the only thing that helps me is turning it down through windows sound Sorry i wish i could help more :/

 

[aJay]

yea there is a quick snip of it thanks

That is static noise, I fixed mine on my old mic by lowering my mic volume.

 

[madmanencore]

Ok no worries itsjustjord been reading around that I might need to get a audio interface as the mic might not be getting enough power from the pc, as usb have variable power.
And iv tried turning the volume down just makes it even quiter and still get hissing.
Thanks though guys

 

[Fourth Wall Games]

What is the gain on your Mic? That is basically just background static that happens with any Mic when the gain is too high. Set the gain to a point where you can hear no hissing.

I have my gain at about 10/100 and never hear any background sounds.

 

[madmanencore]

Ok I'll have a look later I have been using the custom auto gain, but have tried turning it off just mic is very quiet but I'll have a look when back cheers.

 

[Fourth Wall Games]

The mic will be quiet yeah, but you can raise its volume in your editing software. Also, it is a very cheap mic, cheap ones often have a lot worse quality, more expensive ones are built to prevent the hissing that you can hear.

 

[madmanencore]

Ok mate I'll try that have a look, at the settings again Ideally want to not have to edit it as if I want to stream I can't edit the sound.
Would using a mixer or audio interface like the scarlet not solve it.
Will look at getting a better mic when can afford it like the technica at2020

 

[madmanencore]

doesnt seem like changing the volume does anything it seems to have the hiss at the same volume screen shot of when im not talking, that is also gain turned off.

 

[Fourth Wall Games]

AT2020 is a great mic so defo go for that one when you can.

If there is no change when adjusting the gain then it sounds like it is an issue with the mic connections. As gain would directly influence the sounds being picked up by the mic.

 

[madmanencore]

yea think it might be the usb adapter as when i put it directly into the sound card, and use noise reduction the hissing is gone but, slightly alters the voice and is a little quite. Just have to do what I can for now and Yea think soon as i can ill get the At2020 as that should solve the issue and a small mixer or interface to power it. Thanks for the help.
Appreciate it

 

[Olivea Sea]

Oh my standard build in mic had this problem also! I always had to edit it out trough some kind of noise canceling setting
I got a new mic in today so I hope that problem will be gone now though!

 

[madmanencore]

thanks for the reply, yea always a pain though having to edit the noise out, doesnt seem too bad now after messing with some settings no longer using the usb ether so that helped. How did you get on with your new mic and what mic is it if you dont mind me asking.