Many people have been quite disappointed by the very common problem with USB microphones lacking any way to live monitor the input. This makes them very difficult, or impossible, to use for anything...

This is simplified outline of the process you must go through to get the modern, deranged "loud loud" effect, without excessive gross distortion.

First, in the mixing stage, you bring the...

Are your mixing and mastering operations driving he peak levels above 0dBfs? Every track you mix in adds something to the maximum mix level. IF they add up to more than 0dB they clip. That causes...

The computer input that accepts an S/PDIF signal must be set to use the external clock of the S/PDIF source. In general, both must be set to the same sample rate, although it is often possible to...

You are at an audio forum asking about a non-audio problem. There are many sites devoted to OS, malware, and hardware problems. I don't know if any can help you but there may be a better place than...

A "newer model" page loaded. It lists "audio out." If you happen to have this newer model, this output should allow you to attach headphones as I described for my out setup,. Again, it depends on...

Having just looked at some published specs, I don't see any analogue outputs, so how you are attaching any headphones is quite unclear.

The only output listed is optical digital audio. This is...

Microphone preamps exist as part of a great many "interfaces." Standalone microphone preamps can be used with any interface that has a proper line-in. Usually you want a +4dBu rated input rather than...

Very often, when recording, especially singing, people want to/need to hear the results in real time. The singer, and probably the recording engineer, need to be able to hear what is coming in the...

Also, anyone considering a USB microphone for music work should be aware that monitoring while recording can be difficult to impossible if you are not using a recording application that supports real...

I would like some insight. Maybe this is about a psychology that no one understands. Maybe, not seeing very clearly, I'm part of a small minority to whom it isn't obvious. Perhaps it should go on...

If you have the tracks from which the stereo mix was made, it is easy. Just don't pan the guitar to right or left. If it is dead center, it will appear equally in both channels in the mixdown..

If...

This might be rather complicated but could be simple. If the two recordings were made under the same conditions, and the reader spoke the same way both times, but the gain was set lower during one...

You might want to look at Emu. This is a professional level product, purchased whole by Creative. The audio quality is still professional level; Creative hasn't screwed it up, last I heard. Most of...

What are you using to play the music? Some player applications have many options for adjusting audio parameters, quite independent of the soundcard used. foobar200 is one such widely used application...

Using an equalizer is saying "amplified the selected frequencies by the amount specified by the equalizer settings." It is not saying "change 'this' to be 'that'." Therefore, each time you apply it,...

The one that lets you accomplish what you want to do. That's one reason they come is so many different configurations. The differences in conversion quality are far beyond human hearing sensitivity...

Audacity, or any other properly functioning recording application, will make a recording that is identical to that of the most expensive sofware. Somewhere in the recording chain there will be a...

If the mixer has separate analogue outputs for the inputs you want to use, you could record more separate tracks through them. You will need another audio interface with multiple ADC channels...

According to the Behringer website you have a 18 input mixer with six mic preamps accounting for 1/3 of those inputs. This mixer is attached to a stereo USB ADC. Stereo is two channels. The intention...

Many microphones work over a fairly wide range of phantom power voltages but I can't answer your question. If you don't get something useful here you should try the hardware section of...

It is questionable that there are any computer speakers that are not "really bad" when it comes to serious monitoring. Forget Logitech and all it brothers. Decent monitor speakers, and no subwoofer,...

Fix what exactly? If you mean change whether or not the computer goes into sleep mode, that is accessed through the Power Options, available on the system Control Panel. You need to consider this...

15 seconds is probably long enough. This can help with a few different problems. The thing with audio devices is that they sometimes go to "sleep" with the computer switching to lower power mode and...

Have you tried completely resetting by turning off the power to everything for a brief time?