u/Total-Locksmith-7592

I had never really thought about investing this amount of money into a seat before, but after doing a little bit of thinking I am ready to buy my back a bit of relief. I have decently pronounced forward head posture, and would like to pick a herman miller chair that can aid in the alleviation of some pain that comes with my poor posture, and/or subtly force me to sit in a way in which it might be corrected. I am an absolute noob in this space so literally any recommendation will help immensely.

Not too sure if this is the right sub to post about my issue with this interface, but i saw a few posts about the M4 on here so i thought i would give it a shot and see if anyone can help me fix my problem.

I recently bought a MOTU M4 to power a Shure SM7dB and when i went to connect the XLR cable to the interface i initially thought the lack of a signal was a firmware or driver issue, but the last seven hours have taught me that was not the case.

For some reason there is absolutley no signal being transmitted from my microphone to the interface; however when i tap the microphone there are noticable bumps from a lack of activity that I can see on the on board monitor, but no amount of speaking, or screaming will illicit the same response.

This is my first set of proper audio equipment so i am a total noob when it comes to this space, so im not even sure which part of this setup is faulty; or if it is just a user error. I have made sure to update my M4 to the latest firmware, registered my product, and just about everything i can see on their website. There seems to be no posts about my issue that i can find online, and im not too sure where to go from this point, because i dont have another interface, xlr cable, or mic to troubleshoot and find the root of the problem.

Any help would be greatly appreciated