Hello John, Nightwolf. Last night i recorded with my NT1 and One sansom condenser mic. I recorded my clapping then i sang on another track. The the NT! when soloed captured the clap almost perfect, but the samson condenser mic sounded horrible for the clap. Why is this?. I also lowered The gain on the preamp to lessen the hiss. That seemed to work but there is still hiss just not as much, and I have to add some plugins to bring up the vocal. I think it is my computer fan, i hope ill be able to make my computer more quite so i can record without any hiss. Mabey a new fan? I make sure to turn off all fans, didnt know about lights. My fridge is also loud. Im very dissapointed with the samson condenser mic. I think the Nt1 would even be better for recording acoustic guitar, I just get alot of hiss with it.