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[access-uk] Re: Sound Forge and Sound Cards

From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 10:16:42 +0100
Donna, afraid the Rode NT3 maybe more than you want to pay;  they usually
retail around £90.

However, I've recalled a supplier of relatively cheap mics in the UK who
specializes in supplying mics and other equipment for portable recorder use.
He has a lot of more economical mics from Eagle and others , although they
tend to be lapel and tie clip mics.  Take a look at:

http://www.inquitaudio.co.uk/html/wired_mics.html

If its desktop mics you are after then Maplin is the other obvious source,
and, as I'm going into the town centre a bit later on I could email you
of-list if I see something there that looks as if it will fulfill your
needs.  If you don't mind finding your way around complex sites then you
could have a look around their web site.

From Ray
I can be contacted off-list at:
mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
Of Donna Waring


Do you know how much this costs ray?

Donna

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>


> Donna, depends how much you want to spend, although you will need a
> self-powered condenser to work with the Audigy.  Someone may well come up
> with a suggestion that's more suited to the Audigy with its mini-jack
> input,
> but the only cheapish high quality condenser mics I know of are the likes
> of
> the Rode NT3, which uses a PP3 internal battery.  You would though need an
> XLR to mini jack lead for this mic.
>
> May well be other mics which are geared more to the computer mic market
> though.  I'd say the likes of Rode and AKG battery powered condensers are
> much more the business where music recording is concerned, whereas
> straight
> voice narration is rather less demanding.
>
> From Ray
> I can be contacted off-list at:
> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
> Of Donna Waring
>
>
> I think Aurdry you have a point.  My mike is only cheap.  I've been
> planning
> to get another for a while.  Can anyone recommend a condenser mike and
> model
> to go for?
>
> Donna
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Audrey Tonge" <audrey.tonge@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
>> HI Ray,
>>
>> I think you could be right with the Microphone output.  the real problem
>> is that a condenser microphone of professional quality should be used and
>> I am using a headset microphone.  So it isn't so much the soundcard's
>> shortcomings, but not having the correct component.  Having said this,
>> Donna could have the correct microphone so I could be on the wrong trail
>> here, smiles.
>>
>> Audrye
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ray's Home" <rays-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>>
>>> Hi Donna.  At the outset, I won't say much as I'm not using the Audigy,
>>> although a friend does have it and I'll have a word with him tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Sounds to me as if the microphone pre-amp might not be that good in the
>>> Audigy, which, if it is the case, seems a bit daft in a card aimed at
>>> higher
>>> quality sound.  Maybe someone will come back who has found a higher
>>> output
>>> microphone they're using with the Audigy so that the gain on the mic
>>> input
>>> can be turned down a bit and, hthe hiss level with it.
>>>
>>>
>>> I know has experience with sound editing through her TAFN work and her
>>> solution of cleaning up in Sound Forge does have the merit of avoiding
>>> spending more money and the time involved in looking around for a higher
>>> output mic.  Does seem a shame to have to clean up because of the
>>> shortcomings of the Audigiy.
>>>
>
>>> From Ray
>>> I can be contacted off-list at:
>>> mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx
>>>
>
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf
>>> Of Audrey Tonge
>
>>>
>>> HI Donna,
>>>
>>> I have the same type of sound card and also experience the slight hiss
>>> you
>>> were speaking about.  I believe it could be a feature of that card.
>>> What
>>> you need to do is correct this with the tools in sound Fforge after
>>> recording.  Re your problem with recording from the net.  This should be
>>> altered in the play controls of your volume control.  It is the wave
>>> setting
>>> that you need to raise as you should be recording in What You Hear
>>> setting
>>> and it is the play control volume that reflects levels as it is what it
>>> says, what you hear.
>>>
>>> Hope this helps you figure out what is going on.
>>>
>>> Audrey
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Donna Waring" <donna@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Access-UK" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 1:57 AM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Sound Forge and Sound Cards
>>>
>>>
>>>> After the excellent advice I got last week about muting my microphone
>>>> in
>>>> playback, I've come across two more difficulties I am hoping someone
>>>> can
>>>> help with.
>>>>
>>>> Firstly, I am using an Audigy Sound Card, and prior to this, I had a
>>>> Sound
>>>> Blaster Live.  I changed the sound card because I heard the Audigy's
>>>> worked better with JAWS and didn't require special drivers etc.
>>>>
>>>> However, when recording, I now notice a slight hiss which wasn't there
>>>> before.  Is this normal and is there anything I can do about it.  I
>>>> just
>>>> get the slight hiss when recording my voice, not when recording off the
>>>> internet or anything like that.
>>>>
>>>> Secondly and lastly, I notice that when I record off the net, the
>>>> recording levels are quite low.  Lower than the radio in fact when I
>>>> was
>>>> recording The Archers on Radio 4.  I adjusted the volume in Record what
>>>> you here to 100 per cent using the up down slider, but even then the
>>>> levels of what I had recorded were lower than the program itself when I
>>>> played it on the net.
>>>>
>>>> So, in order to increase the levels, is there a master volume somewhere
>>>> I
>>>> can increase, or do I just have to leave it?  Or do you record first
>>>> and
>>>> then normalise to make it louder?  I'm quite new to this but I like to
>>>> get
>>>> it right.
>>>>
>>>> Just learning.
>>>>
>>>> DonnaThanks in anticipation
>>>>
>>>> Donna
>>>

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