Recording Audio with Microphone to Creative.

[harley2ride]

I am trying to do voice overs on a separate track in Vegas or Premiere, and every time I record my Audio file I getting popping noise on the peaks, which transfers to my final track. I am using a cheap microphone which came with my system, and recording via mic in on my Audigy 2 ZS sound card using the creative software. Any ideas for help would be appreciated. Are there other good free or inexpensive software to try? Do I need to lower my mic in levels? Do I need a better Mic? If so, please offer suggestions.
I have already done extensive searching in this forum and others, and did not see the answers to my questions.

[Soopafresh]

I'll bet the mic you're using isn't very good, especially if it came as a system accessory.

Depends on how often you plan on doing this. If it is frequent, the Shure SM57 is the standard <$100.00 mic for a variety of recording uses, including vocals. http://www.tweakheadz.com/review_of_the_sm57.htm

Mic placement is important, and you need to move your head to the side if you're using explosive, percussive pronounciation - on the words that POP.

Dynamic Range Compression is an effect that will smooth out the peaks and valleys of your voice-over. You can find the effect built into audacity and other sound apps.

On the Creative cards (at least the one I had some years ago), there is a check box in the software for mic input that allows a 6dB boost. Try it without the boost on.