Can you give this a listen, weird mic noise

[anton]

Hi Folks,

I have been borrowing a friend's Focusrite 18i20, which is about 18 more inputs than I normally use. I am thinking about getting a new interface, and he said I could borrow this one for a while, so figured why not.

I was doing some test recording with my pair of AT 3035's tonight and noticed a weird kind of rustling sound in the right channel. I figured it would was probably the environment but decided to switch to swap the mics left to right. Then I started hearing it my left ear. So I am kind of worried one of my mics might be broken. Can someone give this a listen and tell me if you hear a slight rustling kind of sound in the left channel? It would be most prominent at the end during the fade out.

[rick-slo]

A wee bit of moisture on the mike diaphragm can cause that sound to occur.

[anton]

Thanks Rick. That is good to know. Is there a good way to fix this? Just leave the mic out till it evaporates?

thanks

Anton

[MarkF_48]

If you have or can get some desiccant(silica gel) packs, put the mic with the packs in a ziplock plastic bag overnight. Dry rice in a stocking and mic in the ziplock bag can work also if you don't have any desiccant packs available.

http://www.amazon.com/Packets-Desicc...reusable&psc=1
Walmart may also have something similar.

[RRuskin]

Originally Posted by MarkF_48

If you have or can get some desiccant(silica gel) packs, put the mic with the packs in a ziplock plastic bag overnight. Dry rice in a stocking and mic in the ziplock bag can work also if you don't have any desiccant packs available.

http://www.amazon.com/Packets-Desicc...reusable&psc=1
Walmart may also have something similar.

You could also leave the mic on a stand and keep it powered up. If it's moisture, it will bake off in anywhere from a few hours to a few days. In severe cases, you can place an incandescent light bulb under the business end of the mic at the same time.

[anton]

Thanks for the advice! Going to get some silica packets after work

[Rudy4]

Swap cables, too. It sounds like what I've experienced from a low quality cable in the past.