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Originally Posted by ubermensch
I have the m-audio mobilepre - it's pants and distorts at pretty low levels. Although, for the price I paid for it (£50) you could do worse - I've had some small joy with recording low quality demos with it.
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its possible you could be distorting the mic, what SPL's can the capsule handle, it'll be written in the manual. if you're recording into the computer with no compressor, the temptation is to keep the level high so it sounds ok. Keep the level as low as you can get away with, the highest peak should be around -2 or a little lower to be on the safe side.