[Leonhard Wolf]

Ok, thanks for your advice.

Mainboard: Asus Maximus Ranger VII
CPU: Intel i7-4790k (not overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870
RAM: 8GB
Soundcard: Avid Eleven Rack
HDD: 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Home, 64bit

[Leonhard Wolf]

Thanks for your suggestion.
It worked for me!

Mainboard: Asus Maximus Ranger VII
CPU: Intel i7-4790k (not overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870
RAM: 8GB
Soundcard: Avid Eleven Rack
HDD: 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Home, 64bit

[Leonhard Wolf]

To point one:
My room sadly isn’t sound proof at all. But I have some diy absorbtion. Sadly no diffusion or bass traps either.
I made some measurements which are, as far as I know, not too bad. Though the bass is pretty out of control.

Listening position:

Foley position:

Point two:
Maybe I will have a look at the Rode NT1-A. I read somewhere that it would be pretty sensitive for the price.
The SD MixPre-D looks good. And it seems to be a portable recording device which is pretty cool! But I try to keep my spendings as low as possible since this film thing is only a hobby for me right now. Maybe this could be a thing for the future.

Third point:
I amplified the sound examples attached to my last post this much only for the ease of listening. I didn’t want you to have to turn your volume up like crazy. In the final mix I have it, as you suggested, way lower in volume. And the extreme noise seems to kind of disappear in the mix.

As you can see in the images the RT60 is at about 300ms. I read that this would be good for voice and instruments. But all the sounds I recorded (rubbing of hands etc.) sound pretty wet.
Do you know if this could be because I have no diffusion? Or would a typical foley theatre have even less reverb?

You can listen to an example here:
11544_footsteps.wav.zip

And thanks for taking the time to help;)

Mainboard: Asus Maximus Ranger VII
CPU: Intel i7-4790k (not overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870
RAM: 8GB
Soundcard: Avid Eleven Rack
HDD: 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Home, 64bit

[Leonhard Wolf]

Thanks for your fast reply.

I am not sure if there is mains hum in there.

I recorded the mic signal when it was put in a big blanket (noise1). I also attached the file where I noticed the problem the most. It is a recording of someone rubbing his hands (noise2).
These two recordings are amplified by 36dB.

I noticed that my CPU fan is pretty loud. Maybe this could be a major problem. But I think the noise when the mic is in a blanket is still quiet high.

And yes, phantom power is turned on and the pad button is not active.

Noise 1: 11541_noise1.wav.zip
Noise 2: 11542_noise2.wav.zip

Mainboard: Asus Maximus Ranger VII
CPU: Intel i7-4790k (not overclocked)
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6870
RAM: 8GB
Soundcard: Avid Eleven Rack
HDD: 2TB
OS: Windows 10 Home, 64bit