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However, if you start to use an external preamp, like the ART Tube MP mentioned above, then you need one extra step. You plug your microphone (using an XLR cable) into the external preamp’s mic input. Then using a balanced 1/4 inch cable (called a TRS cable) you run the output of that preamp into an available line input on your interface.

This is important. Your interface may have some microphone XLR inputs as well as some 1/4 inch TRS inputs for line level sources. Plug your preamp’s output into a line level input. Some interfaces have a combo connection that allows you to plug in XLR cables and TRS cables in the same input. If this is the case, you’ll likely have a switch that tells the interface that you want to use Mic or Line level on that input. Set this to Line. Keep in mind that Line inputs are different than Instrument inputs although both use a 1/4 connection.