Recording vocals

[molotov_ckoctail]

Greetings.

I just finished mixing a song and am pleased with it overall, but what bothers me is that my vocals have hissing/static/air. I have a shure sm58 hooked into a pre-amp/mixer and I run the mic line from that into my computer's mic input. I don't have a line-in port (only two speaker ouputs and microphone input). I use a wav editor to reduce a majority of the hiss, but enough remains that it is noticeable. This leads me to believe that there is a problem in the initial recording.

My question is, how do I reduce the remaining hiss/air from my vocals without making the vocals inaudible all together? I thought about another sound card ( i use the factory card) but wanted to see if there are other ways....as I don't have $200 to spare right now. If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate it. Peace and blessings.

-Molotov-

I put the molotov in your cocktail

 

[Asa]

first off I would never use the mic input on a sound card to record vocals...you will get noise...Consider geting a M-Audio board or a Digidesign Dig001 they have a lil' box wit a preamp and XLR connectors so you can hook up a mic to it

 

[molotov_ckoctail]

wave editor

Thanks man.

While messing around with the wave editor I found an option that eliminates the noise. No hissing at all now. Peace and blessings.