Originally Posted by Mike Caro Substudio
This mic has it's own power supply box and the Mogambi seven pin
cable. I run my mics through a very good expensive mic pre I even tried shutting the phantom power off.


You should NOT be using phantom power with your MXL mic! Using it probably isn't the source of the noise, because the mic's power supply should be "blocking" it from hitting the mic, but it's "good etiquette" to have phantom power off when not needed. It *can* destroy a mic!

If you are using an external mic pre, you should have the pre plugged directly into your ADC. If you must plug the pre into your mixer for monitoring or whatever, make sure the input channel on your mixer is set to line level (+4dBu). This will bypass the extra, and unneeded mic preamp in the mixer and likely reduce your noise floor.

Keep in mind, some mics are noisier than others, and the MXL might be a noisy one.

Matt

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