at2040

I recently bought a new AT2040 microphone and upon hooking it up it is super quiet and I have to have everything turned up to max to get the volume to just below average volume level. I have the volume in windows turned up to max(100), I have it plugged in through a Behringer UM2 with the gain...

So I recently "upgraded" from a Blue Yeti USB microphone, to a AT 2040 XLR with the Evo 4 interface. But I've had nothing but issues. First of all the 2040 is so quiet that people can't hear me in chat, unless I turn the gain on the Evo 4 to 100%. I'm fairlyu certian that at 100% gain it should...

[Moderator edit: Moving thread from Computer Peripherals to Home Audio. More applicable category.] I bought new AT2040 with Behringer Um2 and I have to turn the mic gain to about 2 to 4 oclock to have decent volume. But from that gain level I'm start hearing that background hissing like...