The Signal flow is the flow of the Signal, here that is the mic input that you want.
You want to get and keep the Signal to Noise high. I’ve learnt that noise can come in all sorts of flavours. Here, it’s that static you talk of. Having a hollow sound does suggest you’ve got more Noise to Signal and tried “something”.
Can you test something. Unplug your mic, turn your record volume up and record. Play this back and note the levels of the sound you’re getting. What does that sound like?
Look, I’ve spent much time in isolating analogue/digital noise from my sound floor. Oh yes, before I started it was coming in at around -20db, that was really horrid.
* Grazie
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