AKG 420 Mic static noise?

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I have the AKG Perception 420 and I'm working in my room to record singing and rapping..

The problem is that when I record you can hear noise like air or static..
Is this why people use acoustic foam or because of the echo?

My microphone can pick up anything like when people are talking in the other rooms..
How can I stop this is there a way to change the sensitivity of the mic to only pick up loud noises?

I've used some gates before and they stop the sound completly when there is no one talking but if i speak onto
the mic you can hear the static over the vocals..

What should I do?

I use FL Studio and Studio One..
 
P-I-N-K said:
I have the AKG Perception 420 and I'm working in my room to record singing and rapping..

The problem is that when I record you can hear noise like air or static..
Is this why people use acoustic foam or because of the echo?

My microphone can pick up anything like when people are talking in the other rooms..
How can I stop this is there a way to change the sensitivity of the mic to only pick up loud noises?

I've used some gates before and they stop the sound completly when there is no one talking but if i speak onto
the mic you can hear the static over the vocals..

What should I do?

I use FL Studio and Studio One..
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you probably got the mic up to loud
 
if you can get your hands on a shure sm57 - it will suit your situation much better. A condenser is just too sensitive to use in a less than ideal environment.
 
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You are fine what you need to do is find a way to isolate yourself meaning in a closet with even some old blankets on the walls and make sure you have a pop filter for the mic. You can order packing blankets from amazon pretty cheap ( 30 bucks or so ) enough to do the closet or other small area in your room. I would not suggest swapping to a sm75 or any dynamic mic if you want to have a semi professional sound you just need some isolation and read up on some recording techniques.
 
perhaps, but I would look at the gain you have on the mic as it is going in to your computer/interface - lower it by about 6db and hear the difference straight away

and ghetto style room treatment (blankets and such) nor most room treatment won't do much to isolate people speaking in other rooms as that is caused by transmission of audio in structure and air - to eliminate that you need to be an isolated room with in a room

for now you need to decrease the perceived sensitivity of the mic by lowering its initial gain
 
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Yes it is very ghetto but in many of these home situations anything is better than nothing IMO. As you stated it is audio waves in the air that are bleeding through but the blankets help to absorb some of that noise and ambient reflections. A room within a room is the correct way to work but I doubt he has the room or budget to build a isolation booth in his room.
 
and decreasing input sensitivity (aka dropping the input gain) should serve to eliminate most of the issues - yes the other audio from people in other rooms will still be there but the "static" (my guess is it is noise floor that is being amplified on the way in) will be brought under control
 
Also are you using a mic stand, pop filter and what type of cables? Cheapo radio shack or something like mogami? Are you using it the cardioid, omni, or figure-8 setting on the mic? Do you use the pre-attenuation pad build in?
 
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