Hello all: I am looking for advice on using a Shure sm57 microphone directly into the mic input of a Creative sbawe64 gold soundcard. I am using an impedance matching XLR to 1/8" adapter and I have raised the "capture" level in the mixer. To record anything (say using arecord) I have to crank up the mic-in level to full and the result is that I get a lot of hiss and the signal is still pretty quiet. Do I need an external preamplifier to use the sm57? If so where can I go to find one or schematics to build one? Or is there a simpler way? Thank you for any suggestions, Paul
