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Oct 20	comment	Windows 7 - multiple programs with conflicting sound output Again, what kind of driver does Ableton use? There are a couple of possibilities, like DirectSound or ASIO4All, which work quite differently in such regards.
Oct 20	comment	Windows 7 - multiple programs with conflicting sound output What audio devices do you use, and with what driver? You bet it's quite intentional that programs other than your DAW aren't granted access, so there won't be any conflicts over e.g. sample rate. — There are specialised frameworks for bringing the audio from different programs together, perhaps most notably ReWire. You won't be able to use this with programs that aren't professional audio applications, though.
Oct 20	answered	What equipment do I need to record the audio from my piano keyboard?
Oct 17	comment	How to improve live sound within poor stage layout? That's nice and fine if you can afford in-ear monitoring for everyone (including the not-neglectable maintainance). For a venue that often has a lot of different bands, possibly festivals with multiple on a single evening, quite unlikely – at least risky. Without in-ear monitoring, you will hardly get away with only sidefills; wedges are unabstainable for reasonably loud monitoring of singers' microphones (though you can possibly turn them quite a bit down).
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Oct 17	comment	Fix for terrible “Hard Drive Noise” Audio Interference? In a custom-built PC it's of course more possible that something's wrong with the internal grounding, but still hardly likely: the power supply certainly has a C13/C14 input that's properly connected to its shielding, which in turn should inevitably ground the entire PC by only attaching it to the housing with the correct screws.
Oct 16	answered	Fix for terrible “Hard Drive Noise” Audio Interference?
Oct 15	comment	Fix for terrible “Hard Drive Noise” Audio Interference? Please do upload the sample. "Like a hard drive" seems to me most likely to originate from a computer's switching power supply – a very common problem, but usually turns up only when using unsymmetric lines between an interface that's connected to the computer's power supply's ground, and another device that has its own grounding, which doesn't seem to be the case in your setup.
Oct 14	comment	How much would I need to spend on a condenser microphone to get a reliable professional vocal sound? I also still have the B1 as my only large-diaphragm! In fact, it was the very first studio microphone I bought. Now, I don't actually use it that much (I don't do a dramatic amount of studio vocal recording, and for most instrumental stuff I prefer small-diaphragm condensers) so I can't actually answer this question, but at any rate I wouldn't say the B1 is not a microphone you can't well work with, though it's that cheap. — Like Josh said, the mic is only one part in the signal chain, certainly an important one but in my experience far less critical than the room acoustics.
Oct 6	comment	Fixing low-frequency hum in an undersaddle acoustic guitar pickup BTW, my classical seems to have caught that same cold now... I hope I won't also have to replace the entire pickup. Funny, you'd think if it's shielded properly it stays hum-free forever. — Well, maybe the problem lies somewhere completely different in my case.
Oct 1	comment	recording with Shure SM7B is surprisingly quiet You're not quite getting these specifications right. The microphone's output level actually has nothing to do with "max volume", it just means that the microphone is (at any given level) 59 dB quieter than a microphone with a sensitivity of 1 Vᴏʟᴛ per Pᴀꜱᴄᴀʟ of sound pressure. (1 Pa sound pressure or ~94 dBre20μPa is a reasonably loud sound, but nowhere near the limit of what dynamic microphones can take and less than you get in typical recording situations.) 51.5 dB gain means the EIE Pro's +6 dBV full scale comes down to -45.5 dBV, which the SM7B achieves at 110 dBre20μPa.
Sep 30	comment	What's the difference between dynamic and condensor microphones? +1, short and to the point. However, dynamic microphones need a preamp as well... in fact, because condenser microphones usually have a preamp-stage built in already, the quality of the main mic preamp is rather more important for dynamic microphones than it is for condensers.
Sep 30	comment	Vocal recording - Output level is too low even though the preamp show it's clipped Obviously, but which kind of driver? The ASIO one?
Sep 27	comment	Vocal recording - Output level is too low even though the preamp show it's clipped Alright, then my answer isn't really relevant to your problem, this is really about your interface. – What driver are you using?
Sep 26	comment	Vocal recording - Output level is too low even though the preamp show it's clipped Alright, but that's not quite my point. I also do most effects processing in software, during the mix rather than recording; the point is that I very much avoid using any software FX during recording, because of the latency issues. So I can use the interface's built-in latency-free direct-monitoring (or in fact a seperate headphone preamp that's independent of the recording equipment). The OP has apparently tried direct monitoring, too, not just software monitoring.
Sep 25	comment	Vocal recording - Output level is too low even though the preamp show it's clipped It is a good idea to use the DAW to check the levels, however the direct monitoring itself should have nothing to do with the software.