I chose to use weaker carriers of my remaining carriers on E 4 , while leave my better ones for E 5 . I feel that is absolute mistake , and if I swap now I would have to clear E 5 on normal # thesaltistoodamnhigh <| sep |> Isn ' t this how all art is created ? Combining , mashing , editing . <| sep |> Thanks for your feedback . <| sep |> We do not get paid any extra for holidays . It ' s terrible . <| sep |> Haha I imagine life might look like a Wes Anderson movie if your stoned <| sep |> The distortion is a bit concerning , as some people have said slightly lowering your input gain on your interface could help as well as sorting out your buffer size this should be a preference within audacity , generally a lower buffer size is better while recording and a higher one is recommended for playbackmixing . As for the missing high end , that ' s just a characteristic of the mic . Whatever your record with an SM 57 is going to sound sorta muddy with a choked up mid range compared to what you hear in the room .