   sound recording trouble
  I'm currently making sound effects using cool edit pro 2.0 and its going well except my sounds seem to have a small hiss in the background. I'm unsure whether it is my microphone or the settings in cool edit any ideas?   
  Do you have the monitor turned on when recording and/or are standing really close to the computer? I find turning the monitor off generally helps.   ;  I'm assuming you're recording sound effects through the mic. What soundcard do you have (most importantly)? Is your mic cable crossing/near a power cable by any chance? What bit-depth and frequency are you recording at? Thanks.   ;  Could be your preamp's gain if you're using one.What equip are you using outside of your PC?  Soundcard, mic, length of cord, etc.  ANYTHING you hook up between your mic and soundcard will have an impact on sound quality.  Also, if your monitors are turned up and you haven't recorded at a decent level you will definately hear hiss.  Audio monitors produce hiss and usually can easily be ignored or understood to be there.Go to tweakheadz.com to ask them about what ur problem is.I am personally having issues with crackling.  I have for the longest time.  I can work around it, but man it's starting to piss me right off.   