SCARLETT 8i6 / RODE NT1A MICROPHONE HELP???

Author
Post
Essentials Only Full Version
richardhan
Max Output Level: -90 dBFS
  • Total Posts : 1
  • Joined: 2013/01/20 16:07:57
  • Status: offline
2013/01/20 18:27:21 (permalink)

SCARLETT 8i6 / RODE NT1A MICROPHONE HELP???

I'm posting this on nearly any forum I can find. I'm useless with these kind of things so I am begging for help.
I'm using a Rode nt1a microphone connected to a Scarlett 8i6, along with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0. Months ago, they worked perfectly fine together.
Yesterday, with my audio settings set to the Scarlett 8i6 device for both default recording and playback on my computer, Sony Vegas armed for recording, the phantom power switched on and every line plugged in (including the mic plugged into the channel 1 XLR socket) I noticed that when I sung into the microphone no sound was coming from it. I then noticed that the signal light for channel 1 was off. When I turn the phantom power on however I see the signal turn on for about 1 second and the overload turn on for 2 seconds. The Scarlett MixControl also displays a loud volume noise which decreases to absolute quiet, and a quick instance of noise comes from when I tap the table hard, but nothing at all when speaking into the microphone.
I spent hours trying to find what could be the problem, but found nothing. Both my microphone and scarlett are both working properly and in good condition. I'm trying to find out whether it's the microphones problem or the Scarlett's problem. I'm in desperate need of an answer... Do any of you know what kind of issues cause the signal to be off?
Thanks.
#1

1 Reply Related Threads
    AT
    Max Output Level: 0 dBFS
    • Total Posts : 10654
    • Joined: 2004/01/09 10:42:46
    • Location: TeXaS
    • Status: offline
    Re:SCARLETT 8i6 / RODE NT1A MICROPHONE HELP??? 2013/01/20 18:47:22 (permalink)
    Cable, mic, interface in that order.  Try a differnet cable.  Does the Scarlet have 2 mic inputs?  If so, switch them out.

    First steps.

    @

    https://soundcloud.com/a-pleasure-dome
    http://www.bnoir-film.com/  
     
    there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
    24 And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
    #2
    Jump to:
    © 2024 APG vNext Commercial Version 5.1