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Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
I have a microphone which sounds clear in FlStudio 10 but sorta muddy/muffled/not very clear in X2 Producer. What can/should I do to remedy this? Oh and thanks in advance for you guys' help. I luv this forum!
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Kalle Rantaaho
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 02:49:25
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Well...why don't tell us what microphone it is?
Basicly, if no effects are used, there should be no difference in the microphone sound whatsoever between DAWs.
I can't think of any way it could be possible, but maybe someone else knows.
Your soundcard changes the audio into 1s and 0s and sends the exact same digits to any software, and all music software produce practically the same sound from the same data.
Have double checked there's no track EQ or whatever involved in either software?
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 03:06:23
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Sounda like some issues to do with how you've set your levels.
but is it the recorded sound or the live monitored soumd that is muddy.
you realy need to guve us some more info.
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Pragi
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 05:46:45
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Welcome here!
This issue can have different matters,without detailed info´s it´s like a riddle.
Example:
Input channel Stereo ? has to be mono - try turn the phase!
If needed ,post a screenset of the routing of your interface,which mic, interface aso.
Have fun
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konradh
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 11:59:19
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Some audio interfaces can be controlled from inside Sonar. If the phantom power is off, a pad is on (e.g., -20db), or the level is low, the mic could sound very muffled.
What interface do you use?
Related issue: One thing that bothers me about Sonar and some other DAWs is the lack of an input fader during recording. Riding the fader while cutting gives much more control over what is going down than constantly messing with the input trim (which should not move during recording).
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 12:25:36
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What sound card are you using
What mic?
What recording settings do you have set in sonar and in the sound card?
Does anything else sound muffled?
Maybe it is a sound card setting?
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 12:27:32
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Konradh, that would be ALL other DAWs yes?
How can DAW software let you adjust the input level PRE-Converters?
Neither the track fader nor the Input trim won't affect the incoming signal, it's all done via your pre or interface.
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 13:50:19
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Bristol Jonesy, I was just venting a bit. While it would be technically possible to control the input level from the hardware console provided things were coded and set-up properly, I understand that the architecture of DAWs does not make that easy since the model is for the hardware faders to mimic the software faders which are post-input. This is just one of the FEW things I miss from pre-PC recording days. It is a small price to pay, however, to have a studio with Undo buttons, no drop-outs, cut-and-paste, vocal correction plug-ins, etc. 
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LunaTech
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 15:36:10
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Hey DJ,
I had a very similar issue but mine was a simple fix. One of my mics was really muflled when compared to the other ones. Turned out for some reason one of the compressors in the pro channel had somehow "turned on". It took me over an hour to nail it down..
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Lanceindastudio
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Re:Sounds from my microphone sounds muddy. what to do?
2013/04/23 17:22:48
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Im guessing the signal is getting equalized, rolling off some lower frequencies inside Fruity Loops, and not in X2.
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