USB mics are regular mics that have a preamp and Analog to Digital converter already inside the mic. We will talk about USB microphones and condenser with audio interface(XLR), which are the most used to record vocals in a home studio. There are three types of microphones in general terms, USB microphones, condenser microphones that need to be plugged to an audio interface(XLR) and dynamic microphones.
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Lastly, if your USB microphone doesn’t have its own driver, it can cause problems in windows 10. When you are recording you maybe far from the mic, or recording at 0db instead of recording at -12db/-24db range and when you rise up the volume it sounds distorted. If you are using a cheap USB microphone the microphone won’t be as loud as a condenser(XLR), and a condenser microphone which is connected to an audio interface for the same price-range will sound louder but you will need to buy the mic and the audio interface. If you are using a condenser microphone connected to an audio interface you need to turn on 48v”Phantom Power button” otherwise it will sound low. Your vocal recording can be quiet for different reasons.
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Today’s standards require great quality vocals, and they need to stand out in the mix, and before you turn up the gain or lower the instrumental first is better to ask, how can you fix your vocals being too quiet? There are several reasons to explain the lower volume of your recording, the most important factors are: the microphone, the interface(if you use one), the editing and what you want to record(loud or soft vocals). It is a common thing that you record your vocals for a track and when you start to listen to the recording you barely hear it, and if you rise up the volume it sounds completely distorted.