Turn up the sound source (or sing louder), or move the mic closer to the sound source. If possible, try to improve the level of signal coming into the mic. This would get it into its least efficient range, and impart more noise into your recording. In this circumstance, it’s not usually recommendable to turn the mic preamp up any higher. Depending on what you’re recording, and how loud it is, you may find yourself in a situation where the mic’s positioned properly, the gain is turned up to 3 O’clock or higher, but the level coming into your recording program is nowhere near 0dB. On most mixers, you’ll find that beyond 3 O’clock, the preamps get increasingly noisy. The reason behind this is that all amps (guitar amps, mic preamps etc) are designed to be quietest when operated within a range of levels. As you experienced, however, cranking the mic preamps to their maximum setting often results in unacceptable levels of noise. This means that these units can apply more clean gain to a signal than many other devices. The good news is that most computer audio interfaces have a lower noise floor than many of the most legendary and respected mixers out there, and provide up to 50db of gain.
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