microphone has a wierd hiss through the speakers..

[SoKGiX]

finally got someone to sing last night, but it hissed out of the speakers during the sung words only. anyone know what this might be?

my audio setup is as follows: 360 out to HD converter; converter out to HDTV; hdtv audio out to 5.1 dolby digital 2 reciever (harmon-kardon).

is it because the multiple connections or is this a mic issue someone else has had? thanks all

[HellishFiend]

Definitely bypass EVERYTHING and go straight from the 360 optical out to the reciever. This will almost certainly fix your problem. There is absolutely no reason to route sound through components it doesnt have to go through.

[xiaNaix]

Turn down the mic sensitivity.

[PinkFloyd]

Definitely bypass EVERYTHING and go straight from the 360 optical out to the reciever. This will almost certainly fix your problem. There is absolutely no reason to route sound through components it doesnt have to go through.

Agreed. Seems like you got yourself a pretty nice setup, you ruin it by not passing the audio directly to the audio-system. Get yourself an optical cable, and jack that into the receiver. Gets you better sound.

[SoKGiX]

Turn down the mic sensitivity.

is that in options?



i have to run everything like this because i have a wii, 360, ps3, a modded xbox, and a hd satellite reciever i need to run in 1080.

problem is i only have 2 ports on my tv that can handle 1080 so i have to run everything into a "spliter" that runs to the tv then to the reciever

[hmxsean]

Turning down mic sensitivity is done with the controller on the fly when a song loads. Just press the Y button on the controller and move the slider up or down using the directional pad.

Other suggestions - unplug the USB and then plug it back in and make sure it is nice and snug. That works pretty nicely if the connection is wonky somehow.

[PinkFloyd]

is that in options?



i have to run everything like this because i have a wii, 360, ps3, a modded xbox, and a hd satellite reciever i need to run in 1080.

problem is i only have 2 ports on my tv that can handle 1080 so i have to run everything into a "spliter" that runs to the tv then to the reciever

OK, let's get some efficiency down here. You got two ports that support 1080p? Well that's great, because you have only two devices that output 1080p: PS3 and satelite receiver (if you got HD-satelite-package that is, but most are so I'll assume you do too). The Wii and Xbox, you can attach them to your TV through component-cables. Now, as for the surround sound department, I don't know how many optical inputs you got on you system, but damn, start using them. You haven't got the cheapest one and you're only using it for 15%. My suggestion is to hook up the PS3 and satellite if you got two ports.

[thecactusman17]

finally got someone to sing last night, but it hissed out of the speakers during the sung words only. anyone know what this might be?

my audio setup is as follows: 360 out to HD converter; converter out to HDTV; hdtv audio out to 5.1 dolby digital 2 reciever (harmon-kardon).

is it because the multiple connections or is this a mic issue someone else has had? thanks all

If the hiss is only occurring through the vocal parts, then it's definitely a mic issue. Try turning down the mic sensitivity (either on the fly as described above or in the audio settings in the options menu, in its own little subcategory called "mic options") and also, see if you can position your singer so that he or she isn't pointing the mic in the general direction of any louder speakers.

Having said that, you should STILL be running your optical outs directly to the receiver if possible. I can tell you from first-hand experience that even multimillion dollar recording studios do a lot to bypass any unnecessary hardware when they record top artists, because it produces low amounts of system noise that gets amplified over and over again as the audio signal goes through everything.