![]() I've created a file ~/.asoundrc looking like this: So I have done some research on the Internet and found a solution to make this thing work at least somehow. I had to manually re-plug the USB cable twice, three times or even more in a row each session until it started to work properly: sometimes I was hearing my mates like if their lunges were full of helium, sometimes I could not hear them at all, sometimes they couldn't hear me, etc. That's when the problem started to get nasty.įirst of all, I had a lot of troubles connecting to the qTox app. For instance, I could record an audio stream to the left channel only and then mix it down to mono (or to digital stereo) with a piece of software like "Audacity" or something like that, so I simply did not consider it to be a problem at all.Ī couple of days ago I decided to completely remove all my proprietary software from the system and replaced it with FOS analogues. I had never experienced any troubles because of that. ![]() During all that time I have been using it without any great issues except for one: when I plug in the microphone to the first channel, the sound is being recorded only via the left channel, and if I would re-plug my microphone to the second - only the right channel works. I've got a PreSonus AudioBox 22VSL USB sound card for about a decade already, and it has two input channels. Also turning off phantom power will make your laptop battery last longer, and depending on the quality of the interface, there might be a bit less noise.Hello there! I apologize for bothering, but I feel totally unable to solve the issue by my own. It shouldn't usually be damaged by it, but no need to take chances. The SM57 is a dynamic microphone, so you won't need to turn on phantom power (the 48V switch/indicator). The cable to be used for that is an XLR (or microphone) cable with one female and one male XLR connector (XLR cables can be expected to always be that way). Unsurprisingly, the cable from the microphone actually belongs in the socket with a microphone painted on. The cable basically is the "I think I don't have a ground loop I need to break up" cheap equivalent of a DI box. The cable you are using is for plugging the TRS output of a mixer (for example) into an instrument amp: high voltage, often low impedance. The balanced connection is pretty important at typical microphone levels in order to keep hum and noise in check. Microphones are low-impedance low-voltage, balanced connection. ![]() Guitars are high-impedance high-voltage, unbalanced connection. How can I tell if the mic is not working?Ī microphone is no guitar. But nothing seems to go through the mic capsule. It seems the cable works, because it produces static noise when I move the mic around and the interface picks up that noise and shows that in the input LED. I logged in another mac system and tried to make it work there too, but same result. No sound whatsoever from the mic.Ĭould it be that the mic is not working? The interface works ok, as far as I can tell. Then I tried to record in Adobe Audition, Audacity and in Reaper. First installed all the drivers and set the interface as the default audio input device. I plugged the XLR female in the SM57 mic and the jack in the interface guitar input. Tried everything, installed the Focusrite USB (ASIO) driver, I made sure to set the proper input device in Windows 10 (default recording device) and output to my headphones, I switched to the Instrument line on the interface, I bumped the gain to the maximum, etc. But when I speak in the mic, I get no sound. When I handle the mic, I see the LED from the gain knob lighting up, probably from static stuff. I have a newly bought Scarlett Solo, in which I plugged an SM57 using an XLR to jack cable, in the guitar input.
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