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I'm running my Heil PR-40 mic through an Alesis USB output mixer. I have my input settings as USB Audio Codec in my record preference settings. When I monitor through headphones (connected to mixer) my output signal is clean as a bell.
When I playback my recorded VO tracks in Soundtrack, the audio is totally distorted with clicks, pops and whatever - totally unusable. My VU settings during record are actually a bit low, so peaking is not the problem. I have never been successful at getting good mic audio into my Macs. What am I missing?
Running Soundtrack Pro 2 on an Intel 24" iMac with 2 gig ram and dual core, OS 10.4.1
Help!
thanks

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