not the WD40, but i just let all the little dust bunnies free, ordered up all the plugs nicely, went through 3 mics, reinstalled it 3 times, an it still sounds muffled... it sounds great when im far away, but when recording with any sort of emotion it sounds terrible, ive noticed that the bars only go up half way on the mixing meter, like it doesnt wanna go past the center.

(i really appreciate the help by the way)

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