my bad about how i wrote all of this, i been kind of sick lately so i just rushed this last night before i went to bed. yes its a input connection problem, its going through the recording input as i record. it doesn't do it unless i hit that little red button. far as the clicks and pops, i call it that because that's the closes thing i can describe it as. i have it on soundcloud now so you can listen to it and tell me what you think it sounds like
https://soundcloud.com/lilc850/clicks-and-pops