You didn’t mention what type of mic(s) you were using, and what audio sources you were recording, or what signal level (numerically) you were getting into your recording software, so I’ll try to cover a range of possibilities. We’ve helped lots of folks with this question over the years, with various combinations of Microphones, Mixers/Mic Preamps. Is something wrong with my mixer, or am I doing something wrong? 1 1 1 1 1 Rating 3.45 (60 Votes) Q: I'm getting a low output from my microphone, or my recordings are coming out noisy.